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  The World Port Climate Action Program (WPCAP) is being extended with a new focus on shore power, new fuels and green shipping corridors. This was agreed by the CEOs and leaders of 12 leading ports at a meeting in Rotterdam on the occasion of the first five years of the program. WPCAP members praised

  The ocean freight industry saw a slump in global long-term rates of unprecedented proportions in May, as the contracted cost of shipping containers dived by 27.5%. The development, detailed by Xeneta’s Shipping Index (XSI®), marks the ninth consecutive month of rates drops, and is the largest ever monthly fall recorded on the XSI®. “If

  Rainfall in the Panama Canal watershed during the past several days has allowed the Panama Canal Authority to postpone until June 13 the maximum authorized draft of 13.41 m (44.0 feet) TFW in the Neopanamax Locks. This restriction had been scheduled to become effective on May 30. Therefore, the maximum authorized draft of 13.56

  Dutch shipping company Future Proof Shipping (FPS) has officially launched in Rotterdam the first hydrogen-powered zero-emissions inland container ship, H2 Barge 1. Last week, Nike introduced the H2 Barge 1 at its European Logistics Campus in Laakdal, Belgium. As part of its journey toward a zero carbon and zero waste future, Nike is partnering with Future Proof

  Amsterdam  – Spliethoff Group announced that it is starting a monthly Con-Ro liner service from Belgium and the UK to the US East Coast from June 1. The very fast transit time of around 14 days from port to port makes this newly introduced service unique in the market. Deploying a state-of-the-art Con-Ro vessel able

   By Julie Gedeon Great Lakes and St. Lawrence ports are bustling this spring to deliver the last of 2022’s strong harvests. And at the same time, infrastructure and technology investments are increasing capacity in the region’s ports to meet rising world demand for agri-food products. “Thanks to the marine highway’s resilience, grain exports were just

  For the first time, Britain’s wind farms are generating more electricity than gas-fired power stations. This was disclosed in findings covering the first three months of this year in an independent report by academics from Imperial College London commissioned by the UK renewable power producer Drax Group. During Q1 2023, nearly one third (32.4

  Québec City – Desgagnés announced today it is expanding and has completed the acquisition of Valport Maritime Services Inc., a company specialized in cargo handling and storage services located at the Port of Valleyfield.  The transaction is effective May 26, 2023.  Desgagnés and the Société du Port de Valleyfield, a key stakeholder in this transaction, have also