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SHIPNEXT signs agreement with XLProjects Network

  A strategic partnership agreement between SHIPNEXT, the leading freight platform, and XLProjects Network (XLP) was signed at last week’s Breakbulk Europe in Rotterdam – the world’s largest project cargo and breakbulk event. Offering instant cargo-to-ship matching on a global basis, SHIPNEXT was conceived in 2015 by Belgium-based shipping and tech entrepreneur Alexander Varvarenko to help charterers […]

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ACL’s Atlantic Sail named an official station of carbon observation network

  The Atlantic Sail is one of ACL’s G4 combination container/roll-on roll-off vessels. It was named as an official INTEGRATED CARBON OBSERVATION SYSTEM NETWORK Station (ICOS). The ICOS stations are coordinated and run by the ICOS National Networks in 14 member countries. These stations operate in three distinct domains: Atmosphere, Ecosystem and Ocean. For almost two decades, ACL has been

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Ports of Montreal, Quebec and Trois-Rivières contribute $130,000 in combined donations to the IMQ Foundation

  Rimouski, QC – The ports of Montreal, Quebec City and Trois-Rivières have joined the list of partners supporting the Institut maritime du Québec (IMQ) Foundation’s major fundraising campaign. Donors in the Expedition category, three Canadian port authorities are making cumulative donations totalling $130,000 as part of the major fundraising campaign. The IMQ Foundation is

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PSA Halifax welcomes fifth MSC Service to the Port of Halifax

  With the arrival of the MSC Elma on Sunday, June 11 to PSA Halifax Atlantic Hub, the Port of Halifax has officially welcomed its fifth MSC Service. The Ecuador to NWC Service rotation includes stops at Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Halifax, Boston, Freeport, Balboa, Guayaquil, Puerto Bolivar, Guayaquil, Paita, Cristobal, Moin and Antwerp. “This new

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British Columbia docker strike vote gets 99.2% union membership approval

  The results of the strike vote held on June 9-10 show “99.24% in favour of supporting strike action against the member companies of the BC Maritime Employers Association if necessary,” today announced Bob Ashton, President of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Canada. The ILWU represents more than 7,000 dock workers in British

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Seafarers need greater training in decarbonization and digitalization

  DNV has published a study co-sponsored by the Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF), examining the key drivers transforming the maritime industry and their impact on ship management and seafarers. It notably found that fully 81% of seafarers surveyed indicated that they require either partial or complete training to effectively work with the advanced technology that

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Cargill partners with Kotug to deploy world’s first zero-emission electric tug and barge

  Cargill has partnered with Kotug International to deploy Kotug’s zero emission E-Pusher™ and E-Barges, the world’s first fully electric pusher boat and barges to transport cocoa beans from the Port of Amsterdam, the largest cocoa import port in the world, to Cargill’s cocoa factory in Zaandam, the Netherlands. Pushers and barges are essential, efficient

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Launch of the RESPIRE fundraising campaign by Ocean

Québec City – Ocean Group, a well-established player in the Quebec and Canadian marine industry, officially launches its RESPIRE fundraising campaign. Funds raised will be donated directly to the Fondation du CHU de Québec to renew the stock of neonatal critical care ventilators at the Centre mère-enfant Soleil of the CHU de Québec-Université Laval, which

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