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  Vancouver, BC –   The Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, today announced over $1.2 billion for 29 initiatives as part of the next phase of the Oceans Protection Plan. Since 2016, the Government of Canada has dedicated $3.5 billion to the Oceans Protection Plan, making it the largest investment Canada has ever made to protect its coasts and waterways. The new

  VICTORIA – November 19th is the last official full-time run for BC Ferries’ Mayne Queen, ending more than half a century of service for residents and visitors of the Southern Gulf Islands. It’s the kind of legacy that deserves a “victory lap” and in true rock star fashion the ship will perform an encore

  The federal government has given a final thumbs-down to the proposal by Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. to build a railroad and double its annual shipping output from its Mary River mine to 12 million tons. The decision was announced on November 16 by Northern Affairs Minister Daniel Vandal. “After careful consideration and consultations, the

  Ottawa – The Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, today introduced the Strengthening the Port System and Railway Safety in Canada Act in the House of Commons which seeks to modernize Canada’s ports and railway systems. Canadians have experienced supply chain challenges firsthand and the impacts that come with them, like the rising cost of everyday products,

  As part of the strategy to decarbonise its customers’ supply chains, A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has entered a green methanol partnership with U.S. based project developer Carbon Sink LLC. This is Maersk’s 8th such agreement in the efforts to accelerate global production of green methanol. The parties have signed a Letter of Intent

  Sharm el-Sheik- A report commissioned by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and published to coincide with Energy Day at COP27, highlighted the major role the shipping sector will play in transporting the green fuels necessary to meet global climate goals. But it found a yawning gap between announced government led projects and what

  Prince Rupert, BC – Prince Rupert’s Trigon Pacific Terminals Limited (Trigon) has announced a $75-million award from the federal National Trade Corridors Fund to enable a major expansion and near doubling of export capacity, and also support Trigon’s well-advanced diversification strategy. “With this federal support, we’ll be able to accelerate the construction of the second berth at our

    With a significant increase in grain shipments in October, monthly tonnage of this core commodity moving through the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway system continues to trend upwards. Just more than 1.3 million tons of Canadian grain was shipped in October, bringing the year-to-date total to more than 5.5 million tons. “The