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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

 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

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, 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

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

  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

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