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Consistent cargo trend in Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway shipping
The trends exhibited in Canadian Great Lakes-Seaway shipping in April continued through May, with certain key commodities showing strong numbers. Approximately 7.97 million tonnes
SHIPNEXT signe un accord avec XLProjects Network
Un accord de partenariat stratégique entre SHIPNEXT, la plate-forme de fret de premier plan, et XLProjects Network (XLP) a été signé la semaine dernière lors
L’Atlantic Sail de l’ACL nommée station officielle du réseau d’observation du carbone
L’Atlantic Sail est l’un des navires polyvalents G4 de ACL. Il porte le nom en tant que station officielle de réseau de systèmes d’observation du carbone
SHIPNEXT signs agreement with XLProjects Network
A strategic partnership agreement between SHIPNEXT, the leading freight platform, and XLProjects Network (XLP) was signed at last week’s Breakbulk Europe in Rotterdam – the
ACL’s Atlantic Sail named an official station of carbon observation network
The Atlantic Sail is one of ACL’s G4 combination container/roll-on roll-off vessels. It was named as an official INTEGRATED CARBON OBSERVATION SYSTEM NETWORK Station (ICOS). The
Ports of Montreal, Quebec and Trois-Rivières contribute $130,000 in combined donations to the IMQ Foundation
Rimouski, QC – The ports of Montreal, Quebec City and Trois-Rivières have joined the list of partners supporting the Institut maritime du Québec (IMQ)
PSA Halifax welcomes fifth MSC Service to the Port of Halifax
With the arrival of the MSC Elma on Sunday, June 11 to PSA Halifax Atlantic Hub, the Port of Halifax has officially welcomed its
British Columbia docker strike vote gets 99.2% union membership approval
The results of the strike vote held on June 9-10 show “99.24% in favour of supporting strike action against the member companies of the
Seafarers need greater training in decarbonization and digitalization
DNV has published a study co-sponsored by the Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF), examining the key drivers transforming the maritime industry and their impact on
Record growth trajectory evoked for Port Saint John
The fastest growing container port on the Eastern Seaboard and in Canada, is about to experience exponential growth, all while working responsibly and with
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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.