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Oppsense Inc. partners with Navtek Naval Technologies to offer world’s first electric-powered tugboat in Canada
Oppsense Inc.., a Toronto-based company offering services for international companies to expand their business to Canada, today announced a new partnership agreement with Turkey’s NAVTEK Naval Technologies for the Canadian Market. NAVTEK Naval Technologies, Deputy General Manager Zahit Ogurlu said: “Today’s announcement marks a new era of cooperation in which we will offer ZEETUG, the

Soren Skou handing over Maersk helm to Vincent Clerc
Left to Right: Soren Skou, CEO of Maersk and incoming CEO Vincent Clerc Since 2016 Soren Skou has led the transformation of A. P. Møller – Mærsk A/S (Maersk) from a diversified conglomerate to an integrated logistics company and set the business on a new growth trajectory. Vincent Clerc, currently CEO of the company’s

FuelEU Maritime can do more to accelerate early action for shipping decarbonisation
In an open letter to decision-makers in Brussels, the World Shipping Council (WSC) together with Danish Shipping and the Methanol Institute urge decision-makers to reach an agreement on the FuelEU Maritime which will help reduce shipping GHG emissions. The liner sector, including container and vehicle carriers, are leading decarbonisation investment in new fleets that

Report urges ‘unprecedented’ collective action on maritime decarbonization
The maritime industry must take immediate collective action on an unprecedented scale to bring the decarbonization of the industry closer to the Paris 1.5°C trajectory, states the Maritime Decarbonization Strategy, a new report published today by the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping. The report urges companies, governments, and individuals across the globe

Maritime industry-unions renew pact on working relationship
Unions representing seafarers and maritime employer groups have entered into a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) to continue their working relationship throughout the pandemic to combat issues such as the crew change crisis.The MOU will take forward the “spirit of cooperation” between the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS),

COSCO pulls CEN Express service and adds Prince Rupert call on regular CEN service
The Container-News platform today reported that COSCO Shipping Lines has withdrawn its express China-Canada-US intermodal service that was launched in October 2021, as carriers continue to trim capacity in response to falling demand and plunging freight rates. Container News said it was informed that the CEN-EXPRESS service had its last sailing when the Xin Ying

GCT sells U.S. terminals to CMA CGM
GCT Global Container Terminals Inc. (GCT) has announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its U.S.-based terminal assets to France’s CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions. GCT currently operates two U.S. terminals: GCT New York on Staten Island, NY and GCT Bayonne in Bayonne,

Ocean Alliance boosting trans-Atlantic capacity amidst downturn in trans-Pacific markets
According to a report in the JOC.com news platform, container carrier members of the Ocean Alliance are shifting post-Panamax ships from the trans-Pacific and Asia–Europe trades to the trans-Atlantic, as global demand for Asian exports weakens. Although adding capacity will put downward pressure on rates, increasing trade between the US and Europe should buoy