Prince Rupert, BC – Trigon Pacific Terminals Ltd. handled 10.4 million metric tonnes of Canadian dry and liquid bulk products through its terminal in 2025 – representing fully 40 per cent of all cargo exported through the entire Port of Prince Rupert and a 14% increase in terminal volumes over the previous year. Japan and […]
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OTTAWA – Port Saint John President & CEO Craig Bell Estabrooks joined New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt and Ontario Premier Doug Ford in Ottawa today to discuss the Port’s expanding role as a vital gateway for Ontario businesses accessing global markets. Emphasizing ongoing trade diversification and renewed efforts to remove inter-provincial trade barriers, Port Saint
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France’s CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, and Stonepeak, a leading U.S. alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, announced today an agreement to launch UNITED PORTS LLC, a U.S. Joint Venture to acquire 10 of the major CMA CGM-operated port terminals worldwide. The joint venture
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The Cleveland–Cuyahoga County Port Authority (the Port of Cleveland) has been awarded $4.2 million through the Ohio Maritime Assistance Program (MAP), a competitive Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) grant program supporting strategic maritime infrastructure investments across Ohio. The funding will support two Port-led construction projects — $2.7 million for the Dock 22 Rehabilitation and Operational Efficiency Project and $1.5 million for
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The latest Seafarers Happiness Index (SHI) from The Mission to Seafarers shows a modest improvement in wellbeing at the end of a volatile year, with the overall happiness score rising to 7.26 out of 10 in Q4 2025, up from 7.05 in the previous quarter. The Seafarers Happiness Index (SHI) is a quarterly survey by the
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Fourteen European coastal states of the Baltic and North Sea have issued an unprecedented joint warning to flag states and shadow fleet shipowners of their legal obligation to comply with international navigation safety standards and maritime law. The initiative is clearly aimed at Russia’s shadow tanker fleet while confronting escalating satellite navigation (GNSS) interference across
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Cunard’s iconic Queen Mary 2 last weekend completed her historic first transit through the Panama Canal, marking a major milestone in her 2026 World Voyage. Guests traveling aboard the 108-night journey around the world were treated to a rare moment as Queen Mary 2 began her historic passage through the canal’s new set of locks on Saturday, January
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The BBC BREMEN cast off immediately after the end of the naming ceremony to continue her voyage to Hamburg and further to Galveston and Houston in the US. MV BBC BREMEN, vessel number eight of a series of fifteen LakerMax-type vessels, has been officially christened in the Port of Bremen yesterday. Anitta Schumann, Chartering Manager
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In a joint statement last week, two Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) commissioners, Max Vekich and Laura DiBella, applauded the Trump Administration for taking steps to close the land border loophole in the Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT). For nearly two decades, the loophole has allowed shippers to avoid the 0.125% US port levy by routing U.S.-bound
By Michael Grey* “Is it legal?” This was a question asked by a friend when we learned of the news that President Trump’s agile forces had seized a large tanker off Venezuela and several of us, including a distinguished maritime lawyer, were rather stumped for an answer. But a week later when this is being
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