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Algoma Central and Furetank order two additional new vessels
Algoma Central Corporation today announced it has expanded its investment in the FureBear joint venture with two additional vessel orders, bringing the total newbuild
Amazon, IKEA, Patagonia and 20+ major brands launch initiative to accelerate the transition to zero-emission fuels
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA) announced a Request for Proposals (RfP) for 600,000 20-foot containers (TEUs) over a
Transport Nanuk inc. and NEAS Group inc. appoint Daniel Dagenais as President and Chief Executive Officer
IQALUIT, NU and MONTRÉAL and KUUJJUAQ, QC, – Transport Nanuk inc. and the NEAS Group Inc. (“NEAS”) (Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping Inc./Nunavik Eastern Arctic
Transport Nanuk inc. et Groupe NEAS inc. annoncent la nomination de Daniel Dagenais à titre de Président et Chef de la direction
IQALUIT, NU et MONTRÉAL et KUUJJUAQ, QC, Transport Nanuk inc. et le Groupe NEAS inc. (Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping Inc./Nunavik Eastern Arctic Shipping Inc./NEAS inc.),
Empire State, first of five U.S training ships delivered by Philly Shipyard to MARAD
PHILADELPHIA –Philly Shipyard, Inc. delivered the Empire State, the first of five new purpose-built, modern training vessels for America’s state maritime academies. The U.S.
Maersk-Equinor partnership on green methanol supply for world’s first methanol-fuelled container ship
A.P. Moller – Maersk and Equinor of Norway have signed an agreement securing supply of green methanol for Maersk’s landmark, new methanol-enabled feeder vessel
CMCF and Canadian Geographic Education announce Marine Month in Canada in October
The Canadian Marine Careers Foundation, in partnership with Canadian Geographic Education, proudly announces the launch of Marine Month in Canada, a ground-breaking initiative designed
Construction contract for stage 3 of Randle Reef remediation project in Hamilton Harbour
Hamilton, ON – Randle Reef partners have announced the award of a construction contract to start Stage 3 of the Randle Reef Contaminated Sediment
Report underlines growing gap in vessels to support offshore energy industry
A new market analysis from New York-based Intelatus Global Partners highlights the shortage of suitable vessels to support the offshore energy industry, especially the
Lantic Sugar investing $200m on plant expansion at Port of Montreal
Lantic Sugar, which has a plant on Notre-Dame Street East on Port of Montreal territory, has announced a vast expansion and modernization project. At
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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
Collaborative technologies for maritime transport at economies of scale (Forum)
by Mikael Lind, Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Adam Roark, AWS Transportation & Logistics, Amazon, Michele Sancricca, AWS Transportation & Logistics, Amazon, Almir Zerem, RISE,
Melting sea ice makes Canada more, not less dependent on Icebreakers (Forum)
Climate change leads to more sea ice and higher risks for commercial marine shipping For more than ten months of the year, Canada’s Arctic is
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.