Our spring 2023 edition highlights two features of strong interest to marine industry stakeholders across Canada and overseas plus a special analytical report by editor Leo Ryan in his First Watch column on a subject of critical interest: what the future holds for the world’s oceans.

One feature consists of our annual review of the continuing significant opportunities for Canadian ports, carriers and shippers on the strategic Midwest market. The other feature updates latest shortsea shipping developments on the east and west coasts.

And then don’t forget to read all about the implications of the historic agreement reached at a recent United Nations conference by some 200 countries to protect the high seas. Does it mean the end of the Wild West on the “blue planet” that covers more than 70 % of the world’s total surface?