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  Port of Argentia said today it was extremely pleased with the decision by the Provincial Government to release the Cooper Cove Marine Terminal Expansion Project from environmental assessment with conditions. The announcement was made late Friday by Bernard Davis, Minister of Environment and Climate Change. “We thank Minister Davis and the department for their […]

  In a significant step forward for southern Ontario importers and exporters, Hamilton Container Terminal (HCT), in collaboration with Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority (HOPA Ports), and Canadian National Railway (CN), announced the creation of a direct intermodal rail service between Hamilton, ON and Montreal, QC. The inaugural Hamilton-Montreal intermodal freight train, carrying export-bound shipping containers, successfully

  The Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) announced that 23.5 million tonnes of cargo moved through the Port of Prince Rupert in 2023, five percent less than in 2022. Hardest hit was container traffic, which plunged by 32% to 7 million tonnes. This marks a third consecutive year of volume decline and reflects challenges of

  The annual Piracy and Armed Robbery Report of the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has expressed concern over the first successful Somali based hijacking since 2017 while noting an overall rise in maritime piracy incidents. The IMB annual report recorded 120 incidents of maritime piracy and armed robbery against ships in 2023 compared to

  The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, joined by the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, announced that, following a competitive process, the contract for the conversion and refit of the Canadian Coast Guard ship CCGS Judy LaMarsh has

  Algoma Central Corporation (“Algoma” or “the Company”) (TSX: ALC), a leading provider of marine transportation services, today announced that the Company has acquired two 2009 built, 16,600 dwt product tankers from Norway’s Knutsen OAS Shipping. “We identified an opportunity to secure high-quality ice-class product tankers suitable for trading in Canada and in Northern Europe.

  Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has rejected plans for what would have been Australia’s first offshore wind farm at Victoria’s Port of Hastings due to alleged “unacceptable impacts” on the local environment and wildlife. A key reason evoked for the veto was the potential damage to the wetlands, notably the habitat of the sharp-tailed

  Sucro Can Sourcing LLC, a growing integrated sugar refiner, has announced its plans to build Canada’s largest sugar refinery at the Port of Hamilton, Ontario, on lands owned by HOPA Ports (Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority). The new refinery will have an expected future annual refining capacity of 1 million metric tonnes, representing an estimated investment of $135 million CAD. “The

  Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, recently announced $15.1M in funding to support the Port of Argentia Cooper Cove Marine Terminal Expansion Project through the Innovation and Business Development Fund (IBDF). “This comes on top of the $38 million committed by then federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra last July under the National Trade Corridors Fund,”

  Plaquemines Port Harbor and Terminal District (Plaquemines Port) has announced the execution of a letter of intent with APM Terminals to build a state-of-the-art container terminal on the West Bank of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. APM Teriminals is one of the largest terminal operators in the world and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, a global leader