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Two additional cranes to boost capacity for Port Saint John
DP World and Port Saint John announced they will welcome two additional cranes to the terminal before the end of the year. Marking another milestone
Heritage designation for Blockhouse Point Lighthouse
Rocky Point, Prince Edward Island – The presence of a lighthouse has long represented protection and safe haven, providing mariners and coastal communities with a
Technological developments key to reducing maritime sector emissions
Reaching shipping’s 2030 decarbonization goal of 20% emission reductions, set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), will not happen without significant energy savings, according to
Teamsters union launches court appeal over government intervention in railway conflict
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference has filed appeals with a federal court challenging the decisions that led to binding arbitration being imposed on locked out
Common front of Canadian longshore unions denounces Ottawa’s “forced arbitration” in railway conflict
Montreal – In what was termed “an unprecedented response to a serious blunder,” the leaders from the unions representing longshoremen in the ports of Montreal,
Port of Montreal signs action plan with Vietnam Maritime Administration
Continuing its efforts to consolidate and intensify its trade relations with Asia, the Port of Montreal signed an action plan earlier this month with Vietnam
Canada’s shipbuilding association urges Ottawa to impose a surtax on Chinese-built ships
The Canadian Marine Industries and Shipbuilding Association (CMISA) commends the recent government decision to impose a 100% surtax on Chinese-made electric vehicles. This bold action underscores the
Shipments to end July on St. Lawrence Seaway confirm robust trend
Led by strong increases in grain, general cargo and liquid bulk, shipping activity on the St. Lawrence Seaway is enjoying a robust 2024 navigation season.
Port of Vancouver adds $16.3 billion to national GDP
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has released its latest Economic Impact Study, confirming the important role Canada’s largest and most diversified port continues to play supporting
WWF seeks more concrete directions in Canada’s draft Ocean Noise Strategy
The rumble of ships, deafening seismic blasts from oil and gas exploration and the roar of marine construction and port expansions continue raising the volume
Our Forum
On our Forum: The real cause of the supply chain quagmires…
By Michael Grey* It is funny how different items of news mesh with each other. Cop 26 is over, thank goodness and the thousands of
On our Forum: Shipmasters deserve greatest respect for difficult decisions made in stormy conditions
By Michael Grey* In this world where virtue-signalling competes with the need to blame everyone, maybe we should not be surprised at the growing enthusiasm
On our Forum
The shipping industry needs to set ambitious targets to help prevent global climate catastrophe, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) cautions in a new position
On our Forum: Seafarers and truckers: supply chain’s most vulnerable providers
By Michael Grey* “Am I a man – or an animal?” This was a question dramatically posed by a huge Sicilian lorry driver on a
On our Forum: Stranger than fiction in a world ‘not far short of chaos’
By Michael Grey* Will what we used to think of as “normal” ever return? Black swans used to be rare, but now they are coming
The many challenges to one-man bridge operations (Forum)
By Michael Grey* The results of an inquest in the UK on the deaths caused by a tram coming off the rails gave one
Carbon recycled methane can be recognized as zero-emission ship fuel according to new study (Forum)
The “Ship Carbon Recycling Working Group (WG)” of Japan’s Carbon Capture & Reuse (CCR) Study Group has confirmed that carbon recycled methane produced by
Marine salvage expertise must not decline… (Forum)
By Michael Grey* These are tough times for the professional salvor, with concern being expressed about weak revenues and worries about capacity. To the casual
Of congestion, ships and crews
I have always been terribly enthused by Oliver St.John Gogarty’s poem The Ship and its first stanza – “A ship from Valparaiso came/ And
Justifying the unjustifiable on inhuman seafarer crisis… (forum)
By Michael Grey* Nobody should be surprised that there has been something of a fight back by ship operators after the World Maritime
Shipping’s nightmare with the Gulf of Guinea pirates (Forum)
By Michael Grey* There will be few seafarers today who sail off to the Gulf of Guinea with a light heart and cheerful demeanour,
A Captain caught after a slaughter at sea (Forum)
Taiwanese Ping Shin 101 on which occurred the murders at sea described in this gut wretching article by investigative reporter Ian Urbina*. Photo Credit: Fish-I Africa The men are helpless
Clean Shipping Alliance scrubs away at ICCT report on Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems
Following the release of a report by environmental group ICCT, the Clean Shipping Alliance expresses its concern about the wrong perception of Exhaust Gas
80% of ports do not reap the benefits of digitalization according to Innovez-One (Forum)
Innovez One, one of the world’s leading providers of port management software for the world’s busiest ports and towage operators, stated that of the
Five percent zero emission fuels by 2030 needed for Paris-aligned shipping decarbonization (Forum)
The ambition of the Getting to Zero Coalition is to have commercially viable zero emission vessels operating along deep sea trade routes by 2030.
The Mask of Cassandra (Forum)
By Michael Grey* Nearly a year into the wretched pandemic and it is difficult to determine any real cheer amid the winter snow. Some
Provincial government investments should give priority to Made in Canada ships (FORUM)
Ottawa – The Canadian Marine Industries and Shipbuilding Association (CMISA) has expressed concern over provincial governments ordering vessels overseas rather than giving such business to
The Poseidon Principles Disclosure Report is good, but the disclosure could have been better (Forum)
In December 2020, the signatories of the Poseidon Principles—currently twenty large banks—released their first Annual Disclosure Report. As the first paragraph of the report says:
World Shipping Council pleads for more collaboration to mitigate Covid-19 challenges (Forum)
Ocean carriers are taking all available measures to improve the speed and efficiency of cargo movement including employing all available vessel tonnage says the World
The ongoing seafarer crisis: do charterers have hearts? (FORUM)
Widely regarded as the senior statesman of world shipping journalism, Michael Grey* offers in our FORUM section, another impassioned commentary and an urgent suggestion for
Tailwinds of 2020 (Forum)
Shipping has faced some historically significant challenges this year, we opened the year with IMO 2020, the greatest change in fuel regulation in this