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HOPA welcomes federal funding of Oshawa expansion plan

The Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority (HOPA) has welcomed funding from the Federal Government to support the Port of Oshawa expansion plan. The $14 million contribution, to be drawn from the National Trade Corridors Fund, was announced by Transport Minister Omar Alghabra recently. It will be added to a $16-million investment from HOPA for the $30-million

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Yves Gilson elected President of Cruise the Saint Lawrence

Rimouski, QC – Cruise the Saint Lawrence has announced changes to the composition of the organization’s board of directors agreed at the annual general meeting held 10 June 2022. The officers each appointed to a term of two years include as follows: Yves Gilson, Director, Marketing & Cruises at Port of Montréal, who was elected

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Seaway 7 announces” sizeable” contract for a U.S. offshore wind farm project

Norway-based Seaway 7 today announced that it has been awarded a “sizeable” contract for the transport and installation of inner-array grid cables on an unidentified offshore wind farm project in the United States. It offered no other financial detail beyond indicating that “sizeable” contracts run between $50 million and $150 million. The scope includes the

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MARAD announces grants to U.S. shipyards

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) of the U.S. Department of Transportation has announced $19.6 million in grant awards to 24 small shipyards in 19 states through the Small Shipyard Grant Program. Recipients include the Fincantieri Marine Group of Wisconsin (pictured), Great Lakes Towing of Cleveland, Ohio and Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corp. of Maryland. The funds are to

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Loss of Russian cargo sparks Rotterdam container volume decline 

Europe’s largest port has reported a slight increase in total cargo in the first six months of 2022, but the loss of Russian cargo provoked a 4.4% drop in container cargo. The volume of total cargo throughput in the port of Rotterdam was 0.8% higher in the first half of the year (233.5 million tonnes)

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Trade groups urge review of EU block exemption regulation for container shipping

Brussels – Ten trade organisations, representing the owners and forwarders of cargo, port terminal operators and other parts of the supply chain dependent on container shipping, are demanding an immediate start to the review of European Union’s Consortia Block Exemption Regulation for the container shipping industry. The trade groups include the Global Shippers Forum, the

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MOL installs first rigid, winged sail on bulk carrier

Mitsui OSK Lines of Japan has posted initial shots of the telescopic hard sail that has been installed on a bulk carrier being constructed at Oshima Shipbuilding. The 770-ft 100,000-dwt newbuilding is being developed under MOL’s Wind Challenger project. The first wind-assisted vessel is slated for delivery in October 2022. Following the launching of an

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Chamber of Shipping welcomes Ottawa’s increased investment in Oceans Protection Plan

The Vancouver-based Chamber of Shipping has welcomed the Government of Canada’s continued commitment to protecting Canada’s coasts by expanding and extending the Oceans Protection Plan (OPP) for an additional nine years with a further investment of $2 billion. The Chamber of Shipping is pleased with the federal government’s acknowledgment of the relationship between the supply chain and ocean protection.  Protecting

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