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Le Groupe ALMACO, part of the ALMACO Group, has officially inaugurated its head office in Quebec City, marking a long-term commitment to Canada’s shipbuilding sector under the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS). The new office strengthens ALMACO Group’s international collaboration with Davie Shipbuilding (Davie) and coincides with work on the Canadian Coast Guard’s flagship Polar Max […]

AAL Shipping (AAL) has successfully transported three heavy lift LNG plant modules from Hai Phong, Vietnam, to the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, British Columbia, showcasing AAL’s service for large-scale energy infrastructure projects around the world. It also marks the carrier’s most recent sailing on the Pacific trade – a route it is eyeing for

The Port of Nanaimo has announced the arrival of the first shipment of Isuzu Commercial Truck of Canada (ICTC) vehicles to the BC Vehicle Processing Centre (BCVPC), marking another milestone in the Port’s growing role as a key gateway for Canadian automotive imports. The shipment arrived this week at the BC Vehicle Processing Centre Nanaimo,

The World Shipping Council (WSC) has released the third edition of the WSC Whale Chart, a global voyage planning aid that maps where slower ship speeds and route changes can help protect whales from ship strikes and reduce underwater noise. The WSC Whale Chart brings together all known mandatory and voluntary ship-strike and underwater noise reduction

By Leo Ryan. Editor The trade infrastructure strategy component of the federal budget submitted to Parliament by the Carney government contains several items that address certain urgent wishes expressed by maritime industry stakeholders in the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes waterway. In this connection, the budget document notes: “As part of additional resources for Canada Border Services

On the occasion of the 20th edition of the Assises de l’Économie de la Mer, Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group, announced the entry into the fleet and registration under the French flag (French International Register – RIF) of ten Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) dual-fuel vessels, each with a

Estimated transborder freight between the U.S., Canada and Mexico by all modes in August 2025 totalled $133.4 billion, representing a 2.5% decline from a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics TransBorder Freight Data of the US Department of Transportation.  The statistics in this release do not reflect changes in inflation or tonnage

The latest Seafarers Happiness Index (SHI) from The Mission to Seafarers reveals a significant downturn in seafarer wellbeing, raising concerns about worsening working and living conditions at sea after a period of encouraging improvement earlier this year. The average happiness level among seafarers fell to 7.05 out of 10 in the third quarter of 2025,

This autumn 2025 edition has much content of interest to Canadian shippers, transportation providers, ports and terminal operators amidst the continuing complexity of geopolitical conflicts and the ripple effect on global trade flows of President Trump’s tariff warfare on many nations. Of special topicality is our annual feature on Canada-North Atlantic Trade as the Carney

Cargo volume on the St. Lawrence Seaway totaled 24,030,000 metric tons in the 2025 navigation season to end-September, representing a 1.2% increase from the corresponding period in 2024, according to statistics released by the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC). A sharp drop of nearly 30% in general cargo to 1.5 million tons appeared to