The 2020 shipping season starts this week at the Port of Thunder Bay following the arrival of the Canadian Icebreaker Samuel Risley on Tuesday, March 24, the Lake Superior gateway reported in its just-released newsletter. Ice conditions are favorable compared with recent years. Upon ice break-out, three vessels docked for the winter at Keefer Terminal […]
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Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, announced the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., opened at midnight Monday, marking the beginning of the 2020 Great Lakes shipping season. The up-bound Motor Vessel H. Lee White, 704-foot long freighter, was the first ship to enter the Poe Lock.
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The Port of Halifax has received its largest vessel call to date. The CMA CGM T. Jefferson, 366 metres length, 48 metres beam and 14,414 TEU capacity, arrived at PSA Halifax at approximately 5:00 p.m. on March 21. The CMA CGM T. Jefferson sails in the weekly AWE3 service operated by the Ocean Alliance, from South Asia
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Montreal-based marine and environmental services provider Logistec Corporation announced consolidated revenue of $639.9 million in 2019, an increase of $55.1 million or 9.4% over 2018. Logistec provides specialized services to the marine community and industrial companies in the areas of bulk, breakbulk and container handling in 34 ports and 60 terminals in North America. The marine services segment posted revenue of $385.3 million
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BURLINGTON, ONTARIO – Marine services provider McKeil Marine Limited has purchased the Adfines Sky, an intermediate-sized ice class 1A product tanker, and sister ship to the Adfines Star that was purchased last month. The 19,000 DWT vessel has been renamed the Northern Spirit and is currently in operation With this latest addition to its diversified fleet
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In an unprecedented move, Princess has announced today it will pause global operations of its 18 cruise ships for two months in response to the Coronavirus. The extreme measure comes after the infections of passengers and crew on board the company’s two ships, Diamond Princess in Japan and more recently Grand Princess in Oakland, California.
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SAN PEDRO, Calif. – The Port of Los Angeles moved 544,037 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in February, a 22.9% decrease compared to last year. “While cargo volumes are important, the coronavirus is first and foremost a public health crisis that needs to be brought under control with the collaboration of governments and medical experts from
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Due to an abundance of caution and in the best interests for the safety, health and well-being of its many members and supporters in light of the coronavirus pandemic, the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) today announced the cancellation of its March 17-19 2020 Spring Conference event in Washington, D.C. The AAPA groups together ports from Canada, the
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Container pile-ups at the key ports of Vancouver, Montreal and Halifax were reaching critical dimensions Tuesday as anti-pipeline protests and demonstrations in solidarity with Wet’suwet’ hereditary chiefs spread across Canada. In the vicinity of the Port of Vancouver alone, more than 50 ships are sitting at anchor, while some carriers are diverting their vessels from
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