Revolution Wind has announced receipt of its Record of Decision (ROD) from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), successfully reaching a major milestone in the federal environmental review process for the offshore wind project serving Rhode Island and Connecticut. With this milestone, Revolution Wind remains on track to […]
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The Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore has welcomed the largest container ship ever to visit Maryland with the arrival of the Evergreen Ever Max at Seagirt Marine Terminal on August 19. The vessel weighed 165,350 tons and has the capacity to handle 15,432 Twenty-foot Equivalent (TEU) containers. Maryland’s Port is capable of accommodating
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The Great Lakes-Seaway shipping corridor continued its consistent climb in overall performance through the month of July. Approximately 15.7 million tonnes of total cargo, transited the Seaway system this year to date, reflecting a similar trend to the previous year. However, 2023 has been unique in that western Canadian grain continues to be the
While in Alaska last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the designation of two new Marine Highway Routes, as part of the United States Marine Highway Program (MHP). The newly designated M-11 and the M-79 routes will help speed up the movement of goods, strengthen supply chains, and support local economies in Alaska, Pennsylvania and
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Cargill and BAR Technologies’ ground-breaking innovation, BAR Tech WindWings by Yara Marine sets sail on open waters, testing new technology that will bring cutting edge wind propulsion to commercial shipping for the first time. Mitsubishi Corporation’s Pyxis Ocean, chartered by Cargill, si the first vessel to be retrofitted with two WindWings, which are large
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The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) announces the appointment of Geneviève Deschamps as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer. This appointment will be effective as of August 21, 2023. Mrs. Deschamps is currently Vice-President, Finance. “Geneviève has all the leadership qualities required to ensure continuity of operations, mobilize teams and pursue the deployment of the strategic
– The Comité sectoriel de main-d’oeuvre de l’industrie maritime (CSMOIM) has just released the latest version of its Diagnostic sectoriel de main-d’oeuvre. This study, conducted every three (3) to five (5) years in order to have up-to-date data on the maritime sector, tells us that 15,228 direct jobs and approximately 8,200 indirect jobs are
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QUÉBEC – Le Syndicat des débardeurs du port de Québec dénonce un nombre effarant d’accidents au travail, commis par des travailleurs de remplacement, qui sont portés à sa connaissance depuis le début du lock-out imposé par la Société des arrimeurs de Québec. Le syndicat a en main certaines images des accidents en question. Récemment,
PortsToronto, in partnership with RanMarine Technology, today launched a pilot program that saw two WasteShark aquadrones make their Canadian debut in the Toronto Harbour. As part of PortsToronto’s larger Trash Trapping Program, two new WasteSharks, Ebb and Flow, will join PortsToronto’s network of Seabins in capturing floating debris and small plastic pollution from the
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After two years of construction, the Port of Montreal has officially opened its new overpass over Notre-Dame Street East in the Viau sector. Intended to remove close to 1,500 trucks a day from the local road network, this new infrastructure will improve the efficiency and fluidity of freight transport. Providing a direct connection between