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The Federal St Laurent first vessel of the year at the Port of Trois-Rivières 

Trois-Rivières – The Federal St Laurent is the first vessel to call the Port of Trois-Rivières in 2022. Belonging to Canadian shipowner Fednav, the ship docked at the Port on January 6 at 5:48 am, after a 15-day crossing of the Atlantic. The vessel, with its 22 crew members of Indian nationality, left the port of Brake […]

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Drewry sees carrier profits continuing to rise in 2022

Far from declining this year, ocean container carrier profits will increase again as the spreading Omicron variant hammers supply chains and higher freight rates are factored in, according to Drewry, the UK-based shipping consultancy. With another record for profitability expected to be confirmed by final results in the fourth quarter, Drewry has adjusted upwards its

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On our Forum: New Year thoughts on supporting seafarers and… handling fanatics

By Michael Grey* It’s New Year’s Eve, when people of kindly disposition wish each other the hope that the coming twelve months might be happy, or even prosperous. So let me begin with such a wish for our readers, despite most of the evidence suggesting that much of what made 2021 such a miserable experience

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Port of Québec awards Gold-Headed Cane to first ship of 2022

For the 187th consecutive year, the Québec Port Authority (QPA) awarded the prestigious Gold-Headed Cane on January 3 to the captain of the first ocean-going vessel from a foreign port to dock at the Port of Québec. Mario Girard, President and CEO of the QPA, was on hand to present the award to  Kandangama Deniyegedara, Captain

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The Quebec Express wins the Gold-Headed Cane of Port of Montreal

True to a tradition dating back over 180 years, the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) is awarding the Gold-Headed Cane again this year. The 2022 edition is awarded to Captain Felino D’Souza of the ship Quebec Express of the Hapag-Lloyd shipping line, the first ocean-going vessel to cross the Port of Montreal’s downstream limit at Sorel without a stopover at 00:21 a.m. “We are proud to maintain this

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U.S. shipyards invited to bid on construction of four river container vessels

American Patriot Holdings, LLC (APH) on behalf of its subsidiary American Patriot Container Transport LLC (APCT), has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to seven U.S shipyards for construction of four firm Inland River Container “Hybrid” design vessels, with  options for up to four additional vessels built in direct continuation. The Hybrid design is the

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