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Shortsea shipping opportunities underlined for Great Lakes region
Hamilton, ON – A new study sheds light on the potential advantages of short sea shipping services between southern Ontario and the US Great
Poll shows big Canadian support for investment in zero-carbon shipping
Halifax—More than 8 in 10 Canadians support investment in the zero-emission ports, fuels and vessels that will help fight climate change, according to a
Sustainable infrastructure investment needed for Canadian shipping’s decarbonization
A new study from global sustainable development consultancy Arup, in partnership with Lloyd’s Register (LR) Maritime Decarbonization Hub, demonstrates the many benefits that Canada could
Port Saint John welcomes inaugural use of two new cranes
Port Saint John today welcomed the Hapag-Lloyd Barcelona Express at its new, additional pier, celebrating with its arrival the inaugural use of two new
Maersk to pioneer first container vessel conversion to methanol dual-fuel engine
As a first in the shipping industry, A.P. Moller – Maersk will retrofit an existing ship to a dual-fuel methanol powered vessel and thereby able to sail on green methanol. The first engine retrofit in the industry is scheduled to be conducted medio 2024 and
L’ICS salue l’adoption par les Nations Unies du Traité sur la haute mer
L’International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) a salué l’adoption du Traité de Haute Mer par les Nations Unies. Cela fait suite à la percée importante de
ICS welcomes United Nations adoption of the High Seas Treaty
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has welcomed the adoption of the landmark High Seas Treaty by the United Nations. This follows the significant
GreenTech conference drew maritime stakeholders from across North America
By Julie Gedeon Seattle – Green Marine welcomed more than 300 delegates to its annual conference in Seattle from June 12 to 15 –
Algoma partners with Irving Oil in ordering two ice-class product tankers
St. Catharines, ON – Algoma Central Corporation today announced it has placed an order with Hyundai Mipo Shipyard in South Korea to build two
International operator to launch winter cruises on St. Lawrence
Québec – In January 2025, for the first time ever, an international cruise ship will sail the waters of the Saint Lawrence in heart
Our Forum
On our Forum: Beware of risks for ships carrying EV vehicles…
By Michael Grey Here is a useful motoring tip that you probably will not discover in your service manual, should your new, all-electric vehicle inadvertently
On our Forum: Questions aplenty about ship fuel problems and ‘green’ solutions
By Michael Grey* You would be, to say the least, extremely angry, if your car came to a grinding halt and the nice person
On our Forum: New Year thoughts on supporting seafarers and… handling fanatics
By Michael Grey* It’s New Year’s Eve, when people of kindly disposition wish each other the hope that the coming twelve months might be happy,
On our Forum: Crew needs come last in revolutionary new ship shapes
By Michael Grey* In the compromise that dictates the design of a ship, you don’t have to be cynical to observe that the needs of
On our Forum: Will there be any sea left?
By Michael Grey* As the governmental delegates to Cop26, safely delivered home after their Scottish excursion, start to work out how they can deliver their
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