Our spring 2022 edition highlights two special features plus the editor’s First Watch column that covers the eventual potential impact on Arctic developments of Russia’s deplorable invasion of Ukraine. One feature examines the expansion of shortsea shipping developments on Canada’s east and west coasts. The other is our annual review of growing opportunities for shippers, multimodal carriers and key Canadian ports in the strategic Midwest market – Canada’s biggest regional trading partner in the United States. And on the Arctic front, Vladimir Putin’s actions have, among other things, prompted seven Arctic states, including Canada, to assess security and sovereignty risks and to “pause” all cooperative activities of the Arctic Council.