Washington – Today, the 2026 Great Lakes Day Congressional Breakfast Reception is being celebrated in Washington D.C. at the Cannon House Office Building, creating the perfect opportunity for the Chamber of Marine Commerce (CMC) to announce that Congressman Nick Langworthy (R-NY) is the 2026 Champion of the Great Lakes Award. This award honors United States […]
Steven MacKinnon, Minister of Transport and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, has announced the launch of calls for proposals for both the $5 billion Trade Diversification Corridors Fund and the $1 billion Arctic Infrastructure Fund. Four corridors with map illustrations are listed: Pacific, Prairie, Central and Atlantic. The Arctic Infrastructure Fund
Toronto – Arctic Gateway Group (AGG) and Port of Antwerp-Bruges International (POABI) have signed a new agreement to foster opportunities for trade, collaboration, investment and long-term partnership between Manitoba’s Port of Churchill and the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, a leading European maritime gateway. The agreement establishes a framework for cooperation in port development, intermodal transportation, and
Homewood, Illinois – CN today launched its America250 celebrations with the unveiling of two commemorative locomotives in tribute to the United States’ 250th anniversary of its independence. Together, the two locomotives represent the dual pillars of the American story: independence and innovation. As they travel across CN’s U.S. rail network, spanning from the Gulf Coast
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The World Shipping Council today welcomed the European Commission’s focus on strengthening port security and advancing maritime decarbonisation in its EU Ports Strategy and Maritime Industrial Strategy. On security, WSC supports the strong emphasis on tackling organised crime and protecting Europe’s trade gateways, backing stronger public-private partnerships and two-way information sharing between authorities, shipping lines
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The Center for Biological Diversity has sharply criticized an announcement by the Trump administration of plans to revoke vessel speed restrictions on the Atlantic coast that protect whales, including the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, from deadly ship strikes. While the 2008 rule creating the speed limits needs strengthening to align with climate-related changes in
Canadian Pacific Kansas City said today it has broken its February monthly record for transporting Canadian grain and grain products, moving 2.232 million metric tonnes (MMT) in February 2026. This new February achievement beat the previous tonnage record set in February 2021. Last month’s 23,088 carloads also set a new February monthly record, beating the previous high set
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By Michael Grey* You would like to hope that all sorts of useful lessons are being learned from the current conflict in the Middle East, and not just about the consequences of offending irrational world leaders, with a short fuse and no sense of history. In staff colleges and war studies institutions, where cerebral military
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Cambridge Bay – West Kitikmeot Resources Corp. (WKR) announces that it has filed the Impact Statement for the Grays Bay Road and Port Project with the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB). Grays Bay is a new Arctic deep-water port and road, within the Arctic Economic & Security Corridor in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut. The
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Jason Card, Senior Director of Communications of the Chamber of Marine Commerce, has issued a statement urging the federal government to include marine shipping in its proposed subsidy that presently just involves the rail mode for supporting Canada’s steel and lumber industries hit by the heavy Trump Administration sectoral tariffs. As part of a series