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TSB report on Vanterm incident raises concern over vessel size capacity

Richmond, BC — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its investigation report into the container vessel Ever Summit  striking  the berth at Vanterm, in the Port of Vancouver. In the report, the Board expressed a concern relating to larger container vessels berthing at the Port of Vancouver and the capacity of existing terminal infrastructure to accommodate

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Logistec and Port of Johnstown renew partnership

Johnstown, ON- The Port of Johnstown and Logistec Stevedoring (Ontario) Inc. have renewed their cargo handling partnership for the next ten years. This successful partnership goes back as far as 25 years through Logistec’s Rideau Bulk team. The experts at Logistec and the Port of Johnstown have worked together to provide customers and supply chain partners with unparalleled cargo handling services on

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A marine acoustics research station will be deployed off Rimouski

  By Jean-Francois Bouchard A marine acoustics research station will be deployed next spring in the center of the Laurentian Channel, off Rimouski. A unique project in the world co-directed by the Rimouski Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMER) of the University of Quebec at Rimouski (UQAR) and the applied research center Maritime Innovation. This research

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Trois chantiers navals remportent des contrats pour fournir 48 barges à la Garde côtière canadienne

  GATINEAU, QC – À la suite d’un processus ouvert et concurrentiel, Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada, au nom de la Garde côtière canadienne, a annoncé qu’il avait attribué trois contrats totalisant 14 millions de dollars pour l’acquisition de 48 barges à coque dure aux entreprises canadiennes suivantes: Industries Océan de Québec, Génie maritime canadien

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Three shipyards win contracts to supply 48 barges to Canadian Coast Guard

GATINEAU, QC – Following an open and competitive process, Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard, announced it has awarded three contracts totalling $14 million for the acquisition of 48 hard-shell barges to the following Canadian companies: Industries Océan of Québec, Canadian Maritime Engineering of Port Alberni, British Columbia, and MetalCraft Marine of

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Desgagnés in mourning

By Pierre Terrien, Publisher, Maritime Magazine Maritime Magazine would like to join Desgagnés in offering our most sincere condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Renato Battisti, who for almost 10 years held the position of chief cook on board several Desgagnés ships and recently on board  the Damia Desgagnés. Mr. Battisti died as

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CP one-month grain shipments exceed 3 MMT for first time

  CALGARY, AB – Canadian Pacific announced today it set a new record for shipping Canadian grain and grain products in October, with 3.04 million metric tonnes (MMT) moved, the first time ever CP has exceeded 3 MMT in a month. This exceeds the previous record for a month, set in April 2020, by 6.9 percent.

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