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Smart Green Shipping announces £5m investment into FastRig wing sail technology

  Artist impression Drax panamax with FastRigs Smart Green Shipping (SGS) has launched a £5m research and development project for its fully automated FastRigs wing sail technology and digital routing software that will harness the power of wind to deliver major fuel and emissions savings for the shipping industry. The collaborative three-year programme has been

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Protection of vast ecologically unique ocean area off the west coast of Vancouver Island

  Vancouver –  At the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) in Vancouver, the Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard together with the Council of the Haida Nation, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, Pacheedaht First Nation and Quatsino First Nation announced progress on the proposed Tang.ɢwan — ḥačxwiqak — Tsig̱is Marine Protected Area

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U.S. Coast Guard raises high risk to ships of loading electric vehicles with damaged lithium batteries

  The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a warning of the extreme risk of loading electric vehicles (EV) with damaged Lithium-Ion onto commercial vessels. Marine Safety Alert 01-23 addresses the issue and offers recommendations to vessels, ports, shippers and regulators. The alert message comes four months after Hurricane Ian made landfall in South Florida as a Category 4

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Global logistics executives brace for recession in emerging markets

  Dubai – Nearly 70% of global logistics executives say they are bracing for recession amid higher costs, slowing demand, and ongoing supply chain disruption arising from China’s battle to contain COVID, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and the impact of climate change. Ninety percent of the 750 industry professionals surveyed for the 2023 Agility Emerging

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Robert Lewis-Manning appointed new CEO of Greater Victoria Port Authority

  The Board of Directors for the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (GVHA) has announced the appointment of Robert Lewis-Manning, who for seven years has been President and CEO of the Vancouver-based Chamber of Shipping, as the port’s new CEO, effective March 22, 2023. The Chamber indicated that Vice-President Bonnie Gee “will be stepping into the

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CargoM reports more than 10,000 jobs gained in a decade

  Montreal — CargoM, the Logistics and Transportation Metropolitan Cluster of Montreal, has released the updated results of the 2013-2014 study carried out by KPMG on the logistics and transportation sector in Quebec and, more specifically, Greater Montreal. Consolidating the data then available on the various transportation segments of road, marine, rail and air, the

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U.S. -flag Great Lakes vessels post cargo decline in 2022

  U.S.-flag Great Lakes freighters (lakers) moved 76.4 million tons of cargo in 2022, a decrease of 6.6 percent compared to 2021, the Cleveland-based Lakes Carriers Association reported. The 2022 float was 7.1 percent below the fleet’s 5-year average. Iron ore cargos totaled 37.4 million tons, a decrease of 10.2 percent compared to ayear earlier.

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