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Port of Sheet Harbour Agency (POSHA), a QSL International Ltd. Company, will manage the Sheet Harbour Marine Terminal.  Quebec-based QSL is a key supply chain player in port terminal operations, stevedoring, marine services, logistics and transport throughout North America. QSL has signed a 10-year lease agreement with Nova Scotia Business Inc., owner of the port facility. […]

Evergreen Marine, the owner of the stuck 12,000-TEU Ever Forward, today declared General Average following two unsuccessful attempts with five tugboats to refloat the ship in Chesapeake Bay. In a statement, Evergreen said GA has been declared “in light of the increasing costs arising from the continued attempts to refloat the vessel.” The next procedure

CSL’s new diesel-electric self-unloading ship,M/V Nukumi, has arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, fresh from its maiden voyage from China. Purpose-built for Windsor Salt, the Nukumi will begin servicing the Mines Seleine salt mine in late April. It departed from the Jiangyin shipyard on January 31 and arrived in Halifax on March 27 The ship is

Copenhagen – The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping announced the establishment of the European Green Corridors Network, kickstarting the initiative in close collaboration with the Port Authorities of Hamburg, Gdynia, Roenne, Rotterdam, and Tallinn.  The project will demonstrate the early commercialization of alternative fuel supply chains, showcase and support first-mover solutions, and

Quebec City — Following the Great Lakes Pilotage Authority (GLPA) initiative and with Viking Ocean Cruise’s participation, the Maritime Simulation and Resource Centre (MSRC) has been commissioned to create the mathematical model of the new cruise and exploration vessel, the Viking Octantis. The MSRC has also developed new geographic databases of the locations that will be

Two domestic “Lakers” arrived in the early morning hours Wednesday, March 30, marking the official opening of the navigation season in the Port of Thunder Bay.  MV Michipicoten came abeam of the light marking the Mission Bay entrance to the Port at 04:31 a.m. local time.  MV Captain Henry Jackman crossed the North entrance at

Ottawa – A new survey of Canadian youth confirms that the biggest barrier to recruit new candidates is a lack of knowledge of the diversity of jobs available in the marine sector — with 67% of those in the millennial and Gen Z generations believing the industry is hard to get into and 60% saying

The latest blog post of the International Monetary Fund indicates that the cost of shipping a container on the world’s transoceanic trade routes has increased seven-fold in the 18 months following March 2020. Entitled How Soaring Shipping Costs Raise Prices Around the World, the analysis predates the war in Ukraine but isn’t isolated from it –

 In an exclusive interview with the ArcticToday news platform, the highest-ranking U.S. diplomat for the Arctic said it remains unclear how the U.S. will continue to collaborate with other members of the Arctic 7 while official work on the Arctic Council is paused. “Russia’s credit rating had been reduced to junk status, and I would

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warned today that global economic growth will fall to 2.6% from 3.6% for 2022 due to the Ukraine war. In addition, it indicated that developing countries will need US$310 billion to meet their external public debt service requirements this year. These dire forecasts were contained in update