Saguenay – Le Port de Saguenay et le Port de Aalborg, ville située au nord du Danemark, ont conclu, hier, une entente de collaboration et de jumelage visant à favoriser le partage de connaissances et les échanges mutuels portant sur les innovations technologiques et les meilleures pratiques au sein de l’industrie maritime et industrialo-portuaire. La […]
Saint John, NB, June 13, 2022 – DP World, a global leader in logistics and provider of smart supply chain solutions is making a historic technology and asset investment in the DP World Saint John multi-purpose container terminal. This investment will enhance and modernize operations at DP World Saint John allowing it to provide a
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MONTRÉAL and TROIS-RIVIÈRES, QC – The Port Authorities of Montréal, Québec and Trois-Rivières have announced the creation of a working group to identify and facilitate the implementation of joint initiatives. The signing of a collaboration agreement between these three ports on the St. Lawrence River is motivated by strategic, environmental, and economic factors. The three ports
Halifax, NS – The Halifax Port Authority 50-Year Plan looks at port planning to 2070 and the various benchmarks that will trigger expansion projects.“Our goal is to build smart, in a way that is financially and environmentally sustainable, and that complements our surrounding community,” said Captain Allan Gray, President and CEO, Halifax Port Authority. “We
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Just In Time (JIT) arrivals allow ships to optimise speed during their voyage to arrive in port when berth, fairway and nautical services are available. Containerships can reduce fuel consumption and resulting carbon dioxide emissions by 14% on a per voyage basis using JIT arrival, according to a new study, commissioned by the IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050’s
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Copenhagen: A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) announced on Jun 2 the closing of the acquisition of Senator International, a well-renowned global company in freight forwarding. Under this takeover, Maersk will make use of the firm’s well-developed airfreight network, well-established full container load and less than container load network, and specialised services in packaging, warehousing, and
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Lévis, Québec – Davie, Canada’s largest and highest capacity shipbuilder, announced that the Government of Canada has officially confirmed its progress to the final stage of becoming a National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) partner. This will see Davie deliver to Canada a range of vessels including a new fleet of state-of-the-art heavy icebreakers. Davie will now
Ottawa – Canada, Finland, Iceland, the Kingdom of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the United States, today issued the following statement: “In response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine—a flagrant violation of the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity, based on international law—the other founding states of the Arctic Council—Canada, Finland, Iceland, the Kingdom of Denmark,
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DAKAR, Senegal – In the midst of celebrations around the arrival of the Global Mercy to Senegal, training has already begun by the crew of the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, currently docked in Dakar for its first African mission. In June, more than 260 Senegalese healthcare professionals will receive training on board this brand-new
According to a report published by the JOC.COM news platform, a planned maritime carbon tax that could double the already record shipping costs has some cargo owners worried they could be stuck footing the bill after the International Maritime Organization (IMO) last month got on board. Last month, the IMO Intersessional Working Group (ISWG) reached
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