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Ice breaking giant Sibir embarks on its maiden voyage

The giant nuclear-powered icebreaker is currently heading to Murmansk to stock up before starting work along the Northern Sea Route. Sibir, the second of the new class of powerful nuclear-powered Russian icebreakers tasked with keeping the Northern Sea Route open to navigation all year round left the shipyard in Saint Petersburg early on January 13

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European Union halts merger of South Korean shipbuilders

The European Commission has prohibited, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering CO., Ltd (DSME) by Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings (HHIH). The merger between the two South Korean shipbuilders would have created a dominant position by the new merged company and reduced competition in the worldwide market for the

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Ocean Alliance adds Prince Rupert to new services

According to a report today on the JOC.Com news platform, the Ocean Alliance, the second-largest container ship alliance by volume, has unveiled network changes that include the addition of two new trans-Pacific express services into the North American West Coast and one to the US Southeast by spring. The Alliance comprises some 352 container vessels

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Port Saint John posts 11% cargo increase in 2021

Overall cargo tonnage at Port Saint John for the year 2021 was 28,822,218 metric tonnes (MT), an 11% increase over 2020, the New Brunswick port announced.  In the container sector, both TEUs and tonnage experienced year-over-year increases in 2021, with TEUs increasing to 86,949 TEUs (10% over 2020) and tonnage increasing to 617,312 MT (6%

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Maersk advances net-zero emissions by 10 years

Copenhagen – A.P. Moller – Maersk has announced a new bar to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its entire business: 2040 instead of the original target of 2050. “As a global provider of end-to-end logistics services across all transport modes, it is a strategic imperative for Maersk to extend our net-zero ambition to the

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Container truck issue brewing at Port of Vancouver

Canada’s largest private sector union has warned that a controversial plan to force hundreds of older container trucks out of the Metro Vancouver port transportation system will cause chaos in a system already under unique pressure from the pandemic, flooding, and supply chain issues. “Without action from Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, gridlock will overtake Vancouver’s

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Port of Saguenay welcomes M/V Nordersand as first vessel of 2022

Saguenay, QC – The Port of Saguenay welcomed its first ocean-going vessel of 2022 when the M/V Nordersand docked at the Marcel-Dionne wharf at the Grande-Anse Marine Terminal on Monday. Per tradition, the Saguenay Port Authority (SPA) marked the reception of the first international ship of the year by presenting a commemorative plaque and a

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