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  Ottawa – Canada’s Minister of Transport, Pablo Rodriguez, today issued the following statement: “A strong transportation supply chain means more affordable, more available products for Canadians. In order to ensure that we have fair competition at Canada’s ports, the Government of Canada is launching a review of the proposed acquisition of grain handler Viterra Limited by Bunge Limited, […]

  Mount Vernon – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has awarded Ports of Indiana a $2,250,000 grant to assist in the purchase of a heavy-lift crane at Ports of Indiana-Mount Vernon. This is the first federal grant for the Mount Vernon port, and it will allow handling of new large project cargo and

  Seafarers’ unions and maritime employers have signed a four-year agreement that will see significant wage increases and dozens of workplace protections and improvements for over 250,000 seafarers’ serving on more than 10,000 vessels. The International Bargaining Forum (IBF), the forum that negotiates the world’s largest global collective bargaining agreement, agreed terms for the 2024-2027

  The Port of Vancouver today reported an 11% growth in total cargo at 75.9 million tonnes in the first half of 2023 compared to the same period last year. A decline in container throughput was offset by a new record for the bulk sector at 55.5 million tonnes following a big rebound in grain

  The creation of the first-ever green shipping corridor across the Pacific is taking shape. Today, a voluntary partnership of leading maritime goods movement stakeholders, including the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Shanghai, some of the largest carriers in the world, and key leading cargo owners unveiled a Green Shipping Corridor Implementation Plan Outline to

  The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the Port of Rotterdam and 20 partners in the Green & Digital Shipping Corridor are working to reduce 20% to 30% of emissions from international shipping by 2030. This was agreed at the third Green Corridor workshop, held this week in Rotterdam. The Green & Digital

  Quebec City – Ocean Group reiterates its commitment to the Foundation of the CHU de Québec, with the second edition of Respire, a fundraising event aimed at renewing the fleet of respirators for neonatal critical care at the Centre mère-enfant Soleil of the CHU de QuébecUniversité Laval. Ocean Group is proud to donate $300,000

  Washington —  The Departments of the Interior and Energy have released An Action Plan for Offshore Wind Transmission Development in the U.S. Atlantic Region to accelerate offshore wind projects in the coastal region. The announcement came during Climate Week 2023, in which more than a dozen Biden-Harris administration officials — including Secretary of the Interior Deb

  A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S and CMA CGM have decided to join forces on several areas relating to decarbonization, in full compliance with all laws and regulations. As frontrunners of the energy transition in shipping, both companies are convinced that joint action will help accelerating the green transition in shipping, learning from each other to

  Marine shipping on the Canadian Great Lakes-Seaway corridor continues to show resilience and consistency in a year that began with economic uncertainty and ongoing disruptions in the global supply chain. In August, the year-to-date cargo traffic within the Seaway System reached 19.9 million tonnes, which is consistent with the 19.8 million tonnes transported during