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New collective agreement ratified between Montreal port checkers and maritime employers

By Leo Ryan, Editor Members of the union representing some 175 checkers at the Port of Montreal have approved by a large majority a new collective agreement with the Maritime Employers Association (MEA), it was announced. The MEA said, “Over 87% of the Port of Montreal checkers voted in favour of the agreement in principle […]

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Striking Montreal dockers and maritime employers conclude truce

Michel Murray from the CUPE 375 and Martin Tessier of the MEA exhibit signs of relief (Photo MEA)   By Leo Ryan, Editor Normal operations at the Port of Montreal are to resume early Sunday after the Maritime Employers Association (MEA) and the union representing 1,125 dockers today announced an agreement in principle for a 7-month truce during

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Port of Montreal using AI again to optimize logistics operations

Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), the Port of Montreal will be able to benefit from a new predictive tool that optimizes port logistics, letting the Port improve its operational planning and positively impact the transit times for containerized cargo in the supply chain, especially for rail freight. Daniel Dagenais, Vice-President, Operations at the Montreal Port

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Name change announced for Canadian Coast Guard vessel Edward Cornwallis

The CCGS Edward Cornwallis outside Halifax, whose controversial founder of the same name is known to have put a bounty on Mi’kmaq scalps in 1749 while he was governor of Nova Scotia. Photo: Mac Mackay DARTMOUTH, NS, June 30, 2020 /CNW/ – The Government of Canada is working with Indigenous peoples to right the wrongs

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Maersk steers towards renewable methanol as a future fuel

Copenhagen Airports, A.P. Moller – Maersk, DSV Panalpina, DFDS, SAS and Ørsted have formed the first partnership of its kind to develop an industrial-scale production facility to produce sustainable fuels for road, maritime and air transport in the Copenhagen area. The partnership brings together the demand and supply side of sustainable fuels with a vision

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UN agencies call for urgent action on crew changes and keyworker designation for sea and air workers

From the middle of June 2020, around 150,000 seafarers a month will require international flights to ensure crew changeovers can take place. Half of these seafarers need to be repatriated home by aircraft, the other half will be joining ships. The heads of the maritime, labour and aviation organizations of the United Nations have issued

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Welcome to Maritime Magazine’s new website

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to visit Maritime Magazine’s new website, a gift that marks our 25th anniversary. The streamlined site, displayed in both of Canada’s official languages, is simple to navigate with two distinct sections, one for each language. Whether you need information, to broaden your horizons, a subscription to the print

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ABB and Hydrogen de France agree to collaborate in the field of fuel cells for ocean-going vessels.

A MOU between ABB and hydrogen technologies specialist Hydrogène de France (HDF) envisages close collaboration on the assembly and production of a fuel cell power plant for marine applications. Building on an existing collaboration announced on June 27, 2018, with Ballard Power Systems, the leading global provider of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell solutions,

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Federal Churchill launches Duluth 2020 navigation season

DULUTH, MN – The Duluth Seaway Port Authority yesterday welcomed the first oceangoing vessel to the Port of Duluth-Superior, thereby officially launching the 2020 international shipping season. The vessel, Federal Churchill, a 2016-built, 34,500-DWT, ice-class bulk carrier owned and operated by Montreal-based Fednav, will load a cargo of about 21,000 metric tons of wheat destined to Italy for the account of shippers Riverland Ag Corp. In light of

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