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Hamilton port partners launch container ship service to Montreal
HAMILTON, Ontario – Nearly 300 containers were being loaded June 11 onto the M/V Sedna Desgagnés at the Port of Hamilton, as part of a new short sea shipping service launched by Hamilton Container Terminal (HCT) in very close collaboration with Desgagnés. Bound for the Port of Montreal, this new container service was developed
Québec’s Laurentia container project given thumbs down by Canada’s federal environment minister
By Leo Ryan, Editor The Port of Quebec’s ambition to emerge as a second container gateway on the St. Lawrence River with Montreal appears seriously jeopardized after Jonathan Wilkinson, the federal Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, announced his refusal to endorse the Laurentia project. This followed the release yesterday of the final
Port congestion gaining momentum globally
More than 300 liners are waiting for berth space globally according to a report on Splash247. Data published today by Seaexplorer, a container shipping platform created by logistics giant Kuehne+Nagel, shows the global carrier snarl-up with supply chains is under enormous stress. From Shekou to Seattle, Amsterdam to Auckland, containerships are backing up like never
Shipping industry welcomes Nigeria’s “Deep Blue” project
The Nigerian Navy has commissioned into service 16 new vessels, including ten small boats and six patrol vessels, which will be used to enhance maritime security and protect the country’s oil and gas assets. Nigeria has today announced a significant investment in military and law enforcement infrastructure to secure its maritime domain as part
Key IMO meeting on GHG reduction begins
LONDON – A key meeting of IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 76) began today and will last until June 17. Opening the session, IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim highlighted key amendments set for adoption, aimed at cutting the carbon intensity of ships by 40% by 2030. He emphasized the need for IMO to timely
Massive Yantian congestion fuels shipper frustrations over carrier services
With North American consumer demand expected to continue to outpace supply on the eastbound trans-Pacific, disruptions that remove functional container capacity like the recent Yantian congestion will drive shipper and forwarder frustration with carrier performance to new heights, indicates a report by Executive Editor Mark Szakonyi of JOC.COM. In an already maxed-out trans-Pacific system,
TSB calls for mandatory risk mitigation measures for passenger vessels operating in Canadian Arctic
The Akademik Loffe after running aground on a shoal in the Canadian Arctic on August 24. Donglai Gong Gatineau, Québec — In its investigation report (M18C0225) released on the 2018 grounding of the passenger vessel Akademik Ioffe, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) determined that there are unique risks associated with operating in the Canadian
Construction kicks off on world’s first zero-emission fast ferry
Hardanger, Norway – Partners in the TrAM (Transport – Advanced and Modular) project announced that construction has commenced on the world’s first fully electric passenger fast ferry at the Fjellstrand shipyard on the west coast of Norway. Designed to carry around 150 passengers, the catamaran vessel will be 31 metres long with a nine-metre