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Port of Vancouver posts record total volume and container cargo in 2025
The Port of Vancouver announces it handled record cargo volumes last year including exports, as terminals and supply chain partners enabled Canadian businesses to connect

Global warming has accelerated in last decade
For the first time, scientists have stated with statistical confidence that global warming is accelerating, not merely continuing at a steady pace. According to a new study released by the American Geophysical Union, the past

WellAtSea champions women in maritime industry for International Women’s Day
Women still remain vastly underrepresented across the maritime industry, from crews onboard to leadership roles ashore, according to a hard-hitting industry report. The latest Women

ABS and HD Hyundai project on nuclear-powered electric propulsion of container ships
American Bureau of Shipping, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and HD Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HD HSHI) signed a joint development project

Too soon to measure impact of Iran war on declining US imports of container cargo
Imports at major U.S. container ports are expected to remain below last year’s levels for the first half of 2026 amid ongoing tariff uncertainty, but

IMC Logistics targets Toronto for first international expansion
Tennessee-based IMC Logistics, a national leader in landside logistics, announced plans to open a marine drayage operation in Toronto in 2026. The new location marks

LPA becomes SLP
Photo by SLP The Laurentian Pilotage Authority announces a change in its name to become St. Lawrence Pilotage to better reflect its identity. It is

Report underlines insufficient shore power capacity at Canadian ports
A new report underlines the extent to which Canada is lagging far behind its major trading partners in incentivizing shore power connections that reduce local air pollution

Algoma Central Corporation reports strong financial results for fiscal 2025
Algoma Central Corporation today released its results for the year ended December 31, 2025, reporting that robust momentum continued through resilient performance and strategic fleet

Chamber of Marine Commerce Awards 2026 Champion of the Great Lakes Award to Congressman Nick Langworthy
Washington – Today, the 2026 Great Lakes Day Congressional Breakfast Reception is being celebrated in Washington D.C. at the Cannon House Office Building, creating the
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New technology may weaken seafarers’ professional judgment (Forum)
By Guro Kulset Merakerås A good sailor has traditionally been a person who makes decisions that ensure that their ship, cargo and crew are

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.
