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Leading tanker operator Euronav has instructed all of its captains to adhere to voluntary whale-protection measures in three critical habitat areas: the Canadian East Coast, the California coast and the Hellenic Trench. The Antwerp-based carrier has teamed up with the Great Whale Conservancy (GWC), an environmental non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of great whales. 

The opening of the 2022 navigation season is scheduled to take place on the following dates and times:  Welland Canal: March 24, 2022 – 0800 hours (D.S.T.) • Montreal / Lake Ontario Section: March 22, 2022 – 0800 hours (D.S.T.) Ship transits will be subject to weather and ice conditions. Restrictions may apply in some

Canada’s Competition Bureau has joined the competition authorities of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom in a new working group focussed on sharing information to identify and prevent potentially anticompetitive conduct in the global supply and distribution of goods. The working group brings together the Bureau, the U.S. Department of Justice,

According to the annual report of the World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO), China set a new record year for turbine installations in 2021 while leading the world for installed capacity. Fueled by a global surge towards renewable energy, the report shows that significant investments resulted in an additional 15.7 GW of installed offshore wind capacity

Québec – Ocean Group has announced a 10-year agreement with the Port of Vancouver to provide harbour towing services at the two Roberts Bank terminals, Deltaport and Westshore Terminals. To carry out this agreement, Ocean Group will mobilize two DAMEN ASD Tug 2813 tugs equipped with fire fighting systems and IMO Tier III engines, starting

The technology group Wärtsilä, together with the shipping company Grimaldi Group, have unveiled a new system that uses exhaust gas scrubber washwater to tackle the amount of microplastics in the world’s oceans; a critical and growing global environmental challenge.   According to the association Plastic Europe, 368 million tonnes of plastic were produced in 2019

Together with the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT), Valmet pilot tested the use of a marine scrubber and a wet electrostatic precipitator to reduce particle emissions from ships by up to 99 percent.  With a history of over 200 years, Valmet is a global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services

Longer waiting times at European hub ports for feeder and short-sea vessels are adding voyage days and slowing the turnaround of ships and equipment, with the bottlenecks spreading to smaller ports in the regional network, reports the JOC.com news platform. The ongoing hub port congestion has left feeder carriers facing “operational chaos,” amid poor schedule