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IMO draft workplan on safety rules for battery, wind and nuclear-powered ships
IMO’s Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction (SDC) has finalised a workplan to develop a safety regulatory framework for ships using new technologies and alternative

Longer sailing distances boost demand in dry bulk shipping
According to Filipe Gouveia, Shipping Analysis Manager at BIMCO, the global dry bulk supply/demand balance will remain stable in 2026 and weaken in 2027. “An

Trigon Pacific Terminals reports 14% increase in 2025 export volumes
Prince Rupert, BC – Trigon Pacific Terminals Ltd. handled 10.4 million metric tonnes of Canadian dry and liquid bulk products through its terminal in 2025

Significant growth in Ontario exports through Port Saint John
OTTAWA – Port Saint John President & CEO Craig Bell Estabrooks joined New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt and Ontario Premier Doug Ford in Ottawa today

CMA CGM and Stonepeak announce terminal joint venture spanning 10 major ports
France’s CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, and Stonepeak, a leading U.S. alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure

Port of Cleveland receives $4.2 million for maritime infrastructure projects
The Cleveland–Cuyahoga County Port Authority (the Port of Cleveland) has been awarded $4.2 million through the Ohio Maritime Assistance Program (MAP), a competitive Ohio Department of Transportation

Seafarers Happiness Index shows small improvement
The latest Seafarers Happiness Index (SHI) from The Mission to Seafarers shows a modest improvement in wellbeing at the end of a volatile year, with

Fourteen European nations announce unprecedented new phase in shadow fleet enforcement
Fourteen European coastal states of the Baltic and North Sea have issued an unprecedented joint warning to flag states and shadow fleet shipowners of their

Queen Mary 2 makes historic first transit through the Panama Canal
Cunard’s iconic Queen Mary 2 last weekend completed her historic first transit through the Panama Canal, marking a major milestone in her 2026 World Voyage. Guests traveling aboard

BBC Chartering celebrates naming of the BBC BREMEN in Bremen
The BBC BREMEN cast off immediately after the end of the naming ceremony to continue her voyage to Hamburg and further to Galveston and Houston
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Montreal, a hub of excellence in intelligent transport and logistics (Forum)
Open letter by Sylvie Vachon, President and CEO of the Montreal Port Authority, published following the recent interview with Jean-Philippe Décarie in La Presse. As a

Three reasons the Arctic freeze is unseasonably late and why it matters
Summer minimum sea ice extent in the Arctic reached the second-lowest level on record in 2020 (NASA) By Mark Serreze. Research Professor of Geography and

How the Global Pandemic Put Container Shipping in the Spotlight (Forum)
By Claudio Bozzo, Chief Operating Officer, MSC Shipping is one of the oldest industries in the world. Today, around 90% of goods are transported by

Shell sets course for net-zero emissions shipping, backing hydrogen and fuel cells (Forum)
In a new report published September 29, Decarbonising Shipping: Setting Shell’s Course, Shell highlights the important role that hydrogen and fuel cells could play in

The wind carries a shipping revolution with Oceanbird (Forum)
Innovative Swedish technology will make it possible to power the large ocean-going vessels by wind, reducing emissions by 90 percent. Oceanbird is a concept for

Too easily forgotten heroes under COVID-19 (Forum)
Widely regarded as the senior statesman of world maritime journalism, Michael Grey* offers, in our FORUM section, an impassioned commentary on seafarers as the too easily

Sustainable fuel is not science fiction (Forum)
Copenhagen, 20 August 2020 Nel, Everfuel and Haldor Topsøe join Ørsted, Mærsk, Copenhagen Airports, DSV Panalpina, SAS and DFDS to establish one of the world’s

Greenpeace launch protest against Shell’s Brent oil field decommissioning plans (Forum)
Greenpeace activist Jennifer Ganster North Sea – Greenpeace activists from Germany have launched a protest in the North Sea to call out Shell’s plans to

Port of London Pilot, Ms. Ivana Carrioni-Burnett, shares a new personal insight during the COVID-19 crisis (Forum)
Photo : Ivana Maria Carrioni-Burnett 10 August 2020 by Ivana Maria Carrioni-Burnett London. UK. Reporting for Human Rights at Sea , Port of London Authority Pilot, Ms.
