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  The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today called on the global shipping industry to divert ships around the Cape of Good Hope until safe transit through the Red Sea can be guaranteed. The ITF condemned in the strongest possible terms the attack Wednesday by Houthi militants on the MV True Confidence, which has claimed […]

  The Great Lakes Commission, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, and International Joint Commission are all tasked with varying aspects of management in the Great Lakes. On Wednesday, they all gathered ahead of a Washington, D.C. event honoring the region to sign a groundbreaking formal agreement. Going forward, the three organizations will work together to protect

  The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, met today with Commandant Admiral Linda L. Fagan at the United States Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., to discuss the close partnership between the two coast guards on maritime safety and protection. This visit comes on the heels of the

  Chicago – Cruise the Great Lakes, the region’s cruise marketing program, announced its forecast for the 2024 cruising season. Following a record-breaking 2023, the 2024 season will continue to uphold the resilience of the region’s cruising sector and deliver passengers and their onshore spending to large and small regional destinations. Cruise the Great Lakes

  The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) marked 20,500 container moves by barge during calendar year 2023, the highest since starting the service in 2016 with the Port of Greater Baton Rouge and Ingram Marine Group. The partnership represents the largest container-on-barge network in the U.S. with connectivity to the nation’s heartland. Container-on-barge moves

  The Port of Virginia’s wider shipping channel has opened for two-way passage of ultra-large container vessels (ULCV), reducing the amount of time one of the large vessels spends on berth by up to 15 percent. Widening the channel is part of the port’s $1.4 billion strategic infrastructure investment package that focuses on creating efficiency,

  VICTORIA – Two conceptual renderings of BC Ferries’ New Major Vessels program are the first look at what up to seven new ferries could look like when they enter operation starting in 2029. BC Ferries is building these new major vessels to provide more capacity across the ferry system and continue to improve how

  The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has welcomed this week’s launch by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of a $3 billion Clean Ports Program to help fund zero-emission port equipment and infrastructure. “America’s seaports are charting a cleaner future with $50 billion worth of planned alternative energy projects that need funding,” said Cary

  The Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) and the Kitsumkalum First Nation have entered into a Relationship Agreement that will govern how the two organizations work together for years to come. The agreement was formally ratified last year, through a community-hosted signing ceremony on Kitsumkalum Laxyuup (territory). The agreement is founded on the shared principles

  Ports of Indiana announced it shipped 12.6 million tons of cargo in 2023, the second-highest tonnage in its 63-year history. The total represented a 6-percent increase over 2022 and second only to 2018, when Indiana’s three ports handled 14.8 million tons of cargo. The largest single cargo increase in 2023 was coal exports from