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Federal government rejects proposal for expanded Baffinland development

  The federal government has given a final thumbs-down to the proposal by Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. to build a railroad and double its annual shipping output from its Mary River mine to 12 million tons. The decision was announced on November 16 by Northern Affairs Minister Daniel Vandal. “After careful consideration and consultations, the […]

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Minister of Transport introduces bill to strengthen Canada’s port system and railway safety

  Ottawa – The Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, today introduced the Strengthening the Port System and Railway Safety in Canada Act in the House of Commons which seeks to modernize Canada’s ports and railway systems. Canadians have experienced supply chain challenges firsthand and the impacts that come with them, like the rising cost of everyday products,

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Maersk and Carbon Sink sign strategic partnership to accelerate green methanol production

  As part of the strategy to decarbonise its customers’ supply chains, A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has entered a green methanol partnership with U.S. based project developer Carbon Sink LLC. This is Maersk’s 8th such agreement in the efforts to accelerate global production of green methanol. The parties have signed a Letter of Intent

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Governments urged not to miss the boat in green fuel shipping

  Sharm el-Sheik- A report commissioned by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and published to coincide with Energy Day at COP27, highlighted the major role the shipping sector will play in transporting the green fuels necessary to meet global climate goals. But it found a yawning gap between announced government led projects and what

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Trigon Pacific Terminals receives $75m federal financing to double capacity for green energy exports

  Prince Rupert, BC – Prince Rupert’s Trigon Pacific Terminals Limited (Trigon) has announced a $75-million award from the federal National Trade Corridors Fund to enable a major expansion and near doubling of export capacity, and also support Trigon’s well-advanced diversification strategy. “With this federal support, we’ll be able to accelerate the construction of the second berth at our

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Auditor General report underlines insufficient surveillance of Canada’s Arctic

  Ottawa—A report from Auditor General Karen Hogan tabled in the House of Commons found that the federal government has not addressed longstanding issues affecting its surveillance of Canada’s Arctic waters. As a result, the federal organizations that are responsible for safety and security in the Arctic region do not have a full picture of traffic

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Viking takes delivery of first cruise ship to test small hydrogen fuel system

  The new Viking Neptune was delivered to Swiss based Viking on November 10 from Fincantieri’s shipyard in Ancona, Italy, with a fuel cell installation aboard. Viking Neptune, ninth of this class, marks a quantum leap in the longstanding cooperation between Viking and Fincantieri for designing, delivering and operating environmentally considerate cruise vessels. The two

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Celebrating 140 years by planting over 140 trees and shrubs!

  Trois-Rivières – As part of its 140thanniversary celebrations, the Port of Trois-Rivières announced that more than 140 trees and shrubs were planted throughout the year. The Port carried out these plantings on three of its properties, which border residential sectors and a commercial artery, as part of its continuing efforts to optimize its integration into

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Close to $1.8 million investment in Nova Scotian offshore wind projects

  PORT HAWKESBURY, NS – On November 10, Mike Kelloway, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard and Member of Parliament for Cape Breton–Canso, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, announced an investment of nearly $1.8 million in Net Zero Atlantic to lay the

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