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The Corporation of Mid St. Lawrence Pilots launches exhibition to mark 150th anniversary
Montréal – The Corporation of Mid St. Lawrence Pilots is celebrating its 150th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the organization is launching the travelling exhibition
Port of Montreal welcomes several new vessels
Teams from the Montreal Port Authority were elated to welcome the first call of the CMA-CGM MONTREAL on May 25, 2022, at 2 p.m. With a length of
Transport Canada invests in two projects to improve supply chain efficiency in New Brunswick
Saint John -The Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, and the Member of Parliament for Saint-John—Rothesay, Wayne Long, have announced more than $42 million for two new projects
Middle East ports ranked as most efficient amid global pandemic
Washington — Ports in the Middle East took four of the top five spots in the second edition of the global Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) developed by the
Drewry forecasts half trillion dollar 2022 profit for global container carriers
According to the latest forecast by UK shipping consultancy Drewry, the world container shipping industry could post an unprecedented half a trillion dollars of operating
Project to establish cruise-led green corridor in Pacific Northwest of North America
The ports of Vancouver and Seattle, City and Borough of Juneau (Alaska), various cruise lines, as well as the Global Maritime Forum, Blue Sky Maritime
Early 2022 Seaway season marked by lower shipments
Canadian Great Lakes ports posted lower overall tonnage shipments during March and April due in part to ice conditions and less available Prairie grain for
Massachusetts targets $100 million investment in wind ports
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has committed the state to invest $100 million into the development of three ports to advance the rapid growth of the
ILO adopts increased minimum wage for seafarers
Geneva – The minimum monthly basic wage for able seafarers is to be raised, following a resolution agreed by a subcommittee of the Joint Maritime
Canadian ports seen losing out on ecommerce-related shipments from Asia
By Colin Laughlan Vancouver – Canadian ports are losing out on ecommerce-related shipments from Asia because we don’t have the technology to facilitate the required
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