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Prescott, ON – The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), along with Bruce Fanjoy, Member of Parliament for Carleton, on behalf of the Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, yesterday officially welcomed Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Judy LaMarsh into its fleet, the first time an additional large vessel has joined the Great Lakes region in over […]

Port of Los Angeles waterfront workers processed 955,907 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in August, capping the busiest three consecutive months in Port history. More than 2.9 million TEUs moved across Port docks throughout June, July and August. August volume was 6% above the Port’s five-year average for the month and on par with last year.“We’ve put together

The Drewry World Container Index (WCI), the benchmark widely referenced by procurement teams, remained stable at $4,476 per 40ft container for the second consecutive week. On the Transpacific trade, rates from Shanghai to Los Angeles rose 2% to $7,352 per 40ft container, while those from Shanghai to New York edged up 1% to $9,726 per

ABS has announced the expansion of its capabilities in the Norwegian maritime market with the opening of a cutting-edge support center in Bergen, bringing advanced engineering, technology, sustainability and survey resources to one of the world’s most strategically important energy and maritime regions. The ABS Offshore & Marine Support Center is home to research and

The World Shipping Council (WSC) is calling on governments to address a gap in international dangerous goods rules that allows containers carrying thousands of lithium batteries to be transported without carriers being informed of the hazard. The call comes as battery transport grows rapidly and cargo fires remain a persistent risk at sea. Global lithium-ion

Steve Verheul Canada cannot reduce its economic reliance on the United States simply by signing more trade agreements, according to a new report by Steve Verheul, Canada’s former chief negotiator for CUSMA and CETA, who outlines a two-track strategy. Published today by the Public Policy Forum, From Reliance to Resilience: How to Diversify Canada’s Trade argues that

STEWART, British Columbia – The Nisg̱a’a and Tahltan Nations, together with Arrow Transportation Systems Inc. celebrated the official opening on September 9 of the Portland Canal Marine Terminal — British Columbia’s first majority Indigenous-owned port, marking an important milestone in Indigenous-led infrastructure ownership, transportation and economic development. The terminal is owned through Portland Canal Holdings

On Friday, August 28, the Port of Montreal welcomed a visitor unlike any other: the Neoliner Origin, the world’s largest sailing cargo ship currently in operation. On board were 1,000 tonnes of organic green coffee from Latin America. Behind this operation is Café William, a Sherbrooke-based company with a clear ambition: to combine its passion for

This year’s extended peak season is continuing, with a final bump expected this month that could push September just over the line to be the busiest month of the year for import volume at the major US container ports, according to the Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. “We

WASHINGTON — The Arctic Report Card, the annual peer-reviewed assessment of the state of the warming Arctic, will continue under its independent editorial team —  led by researchers at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Alaska Fairbanks —  with new support from the American Geophysical Union. The partnership ensures the report’s