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On our Forum: Seafarers and truckers: supply chain’s most vulnerable providers
By Michael Grey* “Am I a man – or an animal?” This was a question dramatically posed by a huge Sicilian lorry driver on a ferry that was carrying his truck full of vegetables on the overnight run up to Genoa. It was a very new service, designed to move cargo off the country’s north-south

Crew evacuated from container ship fire off BC coast
The weekend was marked by a dramatic maritime incident, with crew members safely evacuated from the MV Zim Kingston on which ten containers caught fire Saturday in Pacific waters some 8 kms off Victoria. It was the same vessel which two days earlier had lost 35-40 containers in heavy seas west of Vancouver Island. The

Expanded maritime container capability at Port of Duluth
Duluth, Minn. – Port officials announced that Duluth’s Clure Public Marine Terminal now has the ability to handle significantly larger volumes of international shipping containers transported by vessel, in an expansion that will augment existing road- and rail-based intermodal container service under the Duluth Cargo Connect banner. Through recent investments in infrastructure and capabilities to ensure homeland

Proman and Stena jointly develop methanol as the pathway to sustainable shipping
Swedish shipowning group Stena has joined forces with Swiss-based methanol producer Proman to jointly develop a methanol retrofit and supply solution that should enable both Stena’s vessels as well as third-party vessels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Transitioning to low-carbon fuels will be essential to secure the long-term future of the industry and meet International

DP World launches new digital logistics platform
DP World, announced the launch of its new digital logistics platform, CARGOES Logistics, providing instant online cargo booking, highly efficient movement, and advanced tracking, from origin to destination. The platform provides customers with a single-window solution enabling seamless, safe, secure, and efficient movement of their cargo. With CARGOES Logistics, customers can choose from multimodal logistics

Logistec Stevedoring wins prestigious heavy lift award
Montréal – LOGISTEC Stevedoring Inc., a subsidiary of LOGISTEC Corporation, is honoured to have been named Operator of the Year at the prestigious international Heavy Lift Awards in London, UK. LOGISTEC’s subsidiary Gulf Stream Marine, Inc. (GSM) also won an award in the Safety category for its exemplary commitment to develop and nurture a culture

World’s first 1,000 nautical mile autonomous voyage completed
Boston – Sea Machines Robotics announced today that it has completed the world’s first 1,000+ nautical miles autonomous and remotely commanded journey of a commercial vessel at sea. Under the project named The Machine Odyssey, the autonomous tug Nellie Bly completed its journey in a mere 129 operational hours over 13 days. The program was commanded

Industry coalition aiming to use ships powered by zero-carbon fuels by 2040
BOSTON – Nine major companies including Amazon, IKEA, Michelin, and Unilever announced today their commitment to progressively switch all of their ocean freight to vessels powered by zero-carbon fuels by 2040, in a “fantastic display of ambition that sends a clear market signal to the maritime value chain and fuel producers,” said Jonathan Lewis, Director