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The Board of the Association of Pacific Ports (APP) has announced the appointment of Jane McIvor as Executive Director, effective February 1, 2020. In making the announcement, Ian Marr, President of the APP and President and CEO of the Port of Nanaimo, noted that “Jane’s strong knowledge of the marine industry, coupled with her expertise […]

The Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) announced today another record year in volume. A grand total of 29.9 million tonnes of cargo moved through the Port of Prince Rupert in 2019 – 12% more than the 26.7 million tonnes handled the previous year and the highest total volume to date for the Port. Forecasted volumes

The Guinea Shipping Corporation (GSC) launched its operations through a major contract for the transportation of raw materials from the West African nation to customers around the world. The GSC was created 10 years ago, but has remained dormant until today. Formed of a joint venture between Corporate Capital Consultants, based in Hong Kong, and

Ocean Conservancy,the Washington-based environmental advocacy group, announced that eight more companies agreed this week not to ship goods through the Arctic Ocean by signing the Arctic Corporate Shipping Pledgelaunched  in October 2019. Citing environmental concerns, the new signatories include Ralph Lauren Corporation, Kuehne + Nagel, PUMA, International Direct Packaging, Allbirds, Aritzia, Hudson Shipping Lines and Bureo.

The M/V Whistler is the first vessel to call the Port of Trois Rivières in 2020. The bulk carrier docked at the Port on January 5 at 8 p.m. after a 19-day crossing of the Atlantic. With its 20 crew members of mainly Filipino, but also Montenegrin, Croatian, Hellenic and Ukrainian nationality, the vessel left

Canada’s second largest port passed a historic milestone of 40 million tonnes of cargo in 2019, it was announced on the occasion of the annual Gold-Headed Cane awarded to the captain of the first ocean-going vessel to reach Montreal without a stopover in the New Year. It was also another record performance for container traffic.

Montréal, January 3, 2020 – The Exeborg became the first ocean-going vessel to reach the Port of Montreal without a stopover in 2020, by crossing the downstream limits of the Port at Sorel on January 3, at 2:11 a.m. The Exeborg under the command of Captain Qin Xiao Fei, is a bulk carrier operated by

Pierre Terrien Publisher, Maritime Magazine The Government of Canada today declared in a press release that the Davie Shipyard has prequalified to become the third strategic partner in the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS). The third partner shipyard under NSS will build six program icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard. It was an open secret that

A proposal to set up a fund to support research and development into zero-emission ships was submitted today to IMO for discussion at the next meeting of IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee in April 2020. If it is eventually adopted and enters into force as an amendment to MARPOL, it would establish a levy on

As the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway heads into the final weeks of the 2019 shipping season, ports along the Great Lakes are reporting the wins and challenges they’re facing at the end of the year.Overall cargo on the St. Lawrence Seaway totaled 34 million metric tons at the end of November; down 6 per cent