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  The World Bank has added its voice to various countries and organizations backing a potential carbon tax on international shipping. The proposal comes ahead of the July meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London. A key area of discussion is climate change, with shipping accounting

  The Trois-Rivières Port Authority (TRPA) held its Annual General Meeting on June 15, highlighting the results for 2022 and the Port’s 140th anniversary. Over the past year, the Port welcomed 242 vessels and reported record cargo traffic of 4.3 million metric tonnes (MMT), bringing net earnings to $4.35 million.  “We would first like to

  Vancouver— Labour, community, and environmental groups have come together in a united front against the controversial Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (RBT2) expansion project recently approved by the federal government. They staged a press conference yesterday to underline their concerns over detrimental impacts on wildlife, the environment and job security. The federal government on April

  The Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) have concluded a tentative agreement for a new six-year contract that covers 22,000 workers at all 29 ports on the U.S. West Coast. The deal announced late Wednesday must be ratified before becoming official. It ends more than a year of uncertainty

  The trends exhibited in Canadian Great Lakes-Seaway shipping in April continued through May, with certain key commodities showing strong numbers. Approximately 7.97 million tonnes of total cargo traffic have now transited the seaway system for the year to date, which is down slightly but still consistent with the 8.2 million tonnes of cargo recorded

  A strategic partnership agreement between SHIPNEXT, the leading freight platform, and XLProjects Network (XLP) was signed at last week’s Breakbulk Europe in Rotterdam – the world’s largest project cargo and breakbulk event. Offering instant cargo-to-ship matching on a global basis, SHIPNEXT was conceived in 2015 by Belgium-based shipping and tech entrepreneur Alexander Varvarenko to help charterers

  The Atlantic Sail is one of ACL’s G4 combination container/roll-on roll-off vessels. It was named as an official INTEGRATED CARBON OBSERVATION SYSTEM NETWORK Station (ICOS). The ICOS stations are coordinated and run by the ICOS National Networks in 14 member countries. These stations operate in three distinct domains: Atmosphere, Ecosystem and Ocean. For almost two decades, ACL has been

  Rimouski, QC – The ports of Montreal, Quebec City and Trois-Rivières have joined the list of partners supporting the Institut maritime du Québec (IMQ) Foundation’s major fundraising campaign. Donors in the Expedition category, three Canadian port authorities are making cumulative donations totalling $130,000 as part of the major fundraising campaign. The IMQ Foundation is