News – Page 15 – Maritime

DULUTH, MN – The Duluth Seaway Port Authority yesterday welcomed the first oceangoing vessel to the Port of Duluth-Superior, thereby officially launching the 2020 international shipping season. The vessel, Federal Churchill, a 2016-built,

Final Ottawa decision on Roberts Bank container terminal project delayed to November

8 April 2020

By Leo Ryan, Editor The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) announced that Jonathan Wilkinson, the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, has extended

WTO foresees sharp fall in global trade

8 April 2020

Geneva, Switzerland – Global trade is expected to fall by between 13% and 32% in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts normal economic activity and

Steel cutting for the world’s largest LNG RoRo ship

7 April 2020

Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard located in Shandong Province in eastern China, has cut the first steel for a new LNG-powered roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel ordered by

Canadian container ports facing worst Covid-19 impact in May

7 April 2020

By Leo Ryan, Editor While arguably fully operational amid the Covid-19 health crisis, Canada’s leading container ports are gearing up for big cargo declines in

Québec government takes over four former Transport Canada ports

6 April 2020

Within the context of the federal government’s 2015 Ports Asset Transfer Program (PATP), the St. Lawrence River ports of Matane, Gros-Cacouna, Rimouski and Gaspé, formerly

EU shipping industry needs more EU support says ECSA Board

3 April 2020

In their meeting on 2 April, ECSA’s Board of Directors thanked all maritime professionals across the whole shipping industry for their dedication and sacrifices made

NovaAlgoma Short Sea Carriers takes delivery of mini-bulker from Chinese shipyard

3 April 2020

Lugano, Switzerland – NovaAlgoma Short Sea Carriers (NASC), a joint venture of Algoma Central Corporation and Nova Marine Holdings SA, today announced they have taken delivery of

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