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  By Leo Ryan, Maritime Magazine Editor Following years of delays and lobbying, Chantier Davie at Lévis, Quebec has been officially integrated into the multi-billion dollar national ship procurement plan built around the urgent needs to modernize the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy fleets. At a special event staged today at the shipyard, […]

  With a view to establishing a land reserve, the Port of Québec announced that it has received regulatory approval from the federal government to proceed with the land acquisition in the Lévis-Est sector, the last industrial port lands in the greater Québec City-Lévis region. In 2017, the Port of Québec had signed an option

  APM Terminals, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has announced the expansion of its Maasvlakte II terminal in Rotterdam. The project involves a site of approximately 47.5 hectares with 1,000 metres of deep-sea quay. The expansion will increase the terminal’s capacity by approx. 2 million TEU (standard size for containers) and the new section

  The Spirit of Tasmania fleet will be the first Australian-based vessels to benchmark their environmental performance for continual improvement using the Green Marine environmental certification program. Spirit of Tasmania (operated by TT-Line Company Pty Ltd), which provides both passenger and freight services between mainland Australia and Tasmania aboard the two Spirit of Tasmania ferries,

  “Today has marked a historic day, both for Norled and for Norway as a leading shipping nation,” said Heidi Wolden, CEO of Norled. “We are witnessing the world’s first ship sailing on liquid hydrogen.” The ship is the ferry MF Hydra. Since the turn of the year, Norled has been carrying out system tests

  The important business relationship linking the Port of Montreal and Ontario companies will continue and strengthen in the years ahead, said Martin Imbleau, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Montreal Port Authority, in a speech on March 30 at the Toronto Region Board of Trade Transportation Symposium. The Ontario market, which accounts for about two million containers per year, could

  The Chamber of Marine Commerce (CMC) has welcomed a wide range of new investments by the Government of Canada through Budget 2023 that will leverage the unique strengths of a marine industry that is simultaneously the most carbon efficient and cost-effective mode of moving cargo.  Specifically, the CMC welcomes investments to support the development

  Ports of Indiana has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to identify potential operators of the International Ag Shipping Terminal at Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor. The 7-million-bushel terminal has transload capabilities for ocean ships, lake vessels, river barges, unit trains and trucks. This is the first time the Lake Michigan terminal is available for a

  As Canada seeks to decarbonize and address its supply chain challenges, the Federal Budget is a clear step in the right direction by announcing important enhancements and supports to Canada’s ports and supply chains. The Association of Canadian Port Authorities (ACPA) said it is pleased to see the government acknowledge key elements that need

  Canada’s Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, has announced an investment of $300,000 to the International Transport Forum (ITF) under the Clean Transportation System – Research and Development program (CTS R&D). The funding will help support the important research work of the ITF with respect to the rebuilding of Ukraine’s transportation infrastructure and supply chains to make them greener, more