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  The Cleveland-based Lake Carriers Association (LCA) reports that its member companies will invest over $126 million in their vessels at shipyards and facilities across the Great Lakes in the winter period prior to the opening of the 2023 St. Lawrence Seaway season in late March. U.S. shipping companies operating exclusively on the Great Lakes

  Germany-based Rhenus Logistics has announced the launch of operations in eastern Canada for the project logistics and offshore market with two new business sites located in Halifax and St. John’s. As a result, the global logistics specialist will operate in the strongly growing onshore and offshore markets in Canada. Rhenus will be primarily focussing

  Vancouver-based Methanex Corporation and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced that the dual-fuel vessel Cajun Sun successfully completed the first-ever net-zero voyage fuelled by bio-methanol. The voyage is an example of how Methanex and MOL are collaborating to demonstrate the viability of methanol as a marine fuel with a pathway to net-zero emissions. The

  The Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) is marking the tenth anniversary of its Green Wave program by honouring five companies for their outstanding participation in the initiative last year. The recipients of the 2022 Green Wave Award include container shipping companies COSCO Shipping Lines, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, and SM Line, along with liquified

  The Port of Vancouver has announced it will again defer implementation of its Rolling Truck Age Program for phasing out the oldest container trucks “for no less than nine months.” This would push the implementation date to early 2024 from April 3, 2023. The decision on February 24 was welcomed by both the federal

  Belledune, NB -The Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, and the Member of Parliament for Acadie-Bathurst, Serge Cormier, today announced an investment of up to $12.5 million, under the National Trade Corridors Fund, for an infrastructure project at the Port of Belledune. The $25 million project will create a dry bulk conveyor loop between two terminals that

  St. Catharines, ON – Algoma Central Corporation today reported its results for the year ended December 31, 2022. Algoma delivered strong fiscal 2022 results with revenues of $677.9M a 13% increase compared to 2021. The Company also reported a 46% increase in net earnings to $120M. “We have been busy this year and our

  The ports Hamburg and Halifax have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up a joint maritime innovation network platform. Jens Meier, CEO of the Hamburg Port Authority and Allan Gray, president and CEO of the Halifax Port Authority, signed the agreement on the sidelines of the GreenTech for Ports and Terminals Conference