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By Leo Ryan, Editor While the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has traditionally focused on security, it must now prioritize trade facilitation as well by notably significantly broadening customs support for shipping projects requiring marine container examination facilities. Such is the central message from the respective leaders of the Chamber of Marine Commerce, the Shipping […]

Atlanta-based Americold Realty Trust, a global leader in temperature-controlled logistics, real estate, and value-added services focused on the ownership, operation, acquisition, and development of temperature-controlled warehouses, today announced plans to develop its first Import-Export Hub in Canada at Port Saint John in New Brunswick. Americold will invest between $75 and $80M to develop this conventional

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Quebec (CCIQ) and the Greater Lévis Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIGL) have announced their support for a project being proposed by QSL for a  container terminal that would handle 250,000 containers annually in the Beauport sector of the Port of Quebec. In a joint statement on January

A wide-ranging agenda on Polar specific measures was discussed at the January 24-25 Polar Marine Seminar jointly sponsored by IMO and Norway’s Chairship of the Arctic Council, in cooperation with the Arctic Council’s Working Group on the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME). Over 200 participants representing nearly 100 different States, entities and organizations

CN announced today that a new tentative four-year collective agreement has been reached with the International Brotherhood of Electric Workers (IBEW), thereby averting a strike action that workers had approved with a 72-hour notice. The union represents approximately 750 Signals and Communication employees at CN across Canada. No details of the tentative agreement will be

At its cocktail reception at the beginning of the year, the Port of Sept-Îles (PSI) revealed that it had reached a tonnage record for the second year in a row, with 38.5 million tonnes of cargo transiting through its facilities in 2024. This surpasses the record of 36.6 million tonnes set last year. With this

Denmark today announced a new agreement between the country’s political ;parties regarding strengthening military presence in the Arctic and North Atlantic regions. This first agreement contains initiatives with financial commitments valued at approximately 14 billion Danish kroner (about US$2 billion). The agreement comes amid Denmark’s evolving challenges in the regions, including increasing Russian-Chinese cooperation in

The Manitoulin, a bulk carrier operated by Lower Lakes Towing of Port Dover, Ontario, was heading for winter lay-up at Sarnia upon being being freed last Saturday by three U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard vessels after being trapped in Lake Erie thick ice near Buffalo, NY since January 22. Taking part in the rescue operation

There are alarming warning signs, says international freight and cargo handling insurer TT Club, that severe climatic events are already impacting inland waterway operations and these impacts are widely forecast to get worse in the future. 2024 was the hottest year on record globally.  Reinsurer Swiss Re reported natural catastrophe losses exceeding US$100 billion for