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Assises québécoises du secteur maritime underlines decade of growth
TROIS-RIVIÈRES – A major finding to launch the second edition of the Assises québécoises du transport maritime: despite the crisis caused by the Covid 19

On our Forum: Canadian Port Authorities look to Port Modernization
*By Carl Laberge There has never been as much attention to the importance of Canada’s supply chain than right now, with pandemic-related product shortages, geopolitical

The Port of Trois-Rivières celebrates its 140th anniversary!
Trois-Rivières – On May 17, 1882, the bill creating the Port of Trois Rivières was passed. For the Port’s team, this was the perfect date
World Ports Tracker Launched at 2022 Conference of IAPH
Vancouver – Following on from the COVID-19 Barometer published during the first year of the pandemic, IAPH (International Association of Ports and Harbors) is rolling

Stamp issue highlights endangered whales in Canada
Vancouver – Canada Post is issuing a set of stamps this week to raise awareness about the plight of five whale species that have populations

Madeleine Paquin selected one of the Great Builders of the Québec economy
Montreal, Québec – As part of its celebration of the Great builders of the Québec economy, the Institute for Governance of private and public organizations

Admiral Linda Fagan first woman to head U.S. Coast Guard
Adm. Linda Fagan has been formally appointed to the post of commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, making her the first woman to head a

CSL’s Nukumi begins service for Windsor Salt
Earlier this week, Canada Steamship Lines’ new diesel-electric self-unloading vessel, MV Nukumi, successfully completed its inaugural loading and discharge of de-icing salt for dedicated customer,

Maersk upgrades vessels on Canada Express service with North Europe
A.P Moller Maersk Group has announced that two modern vessels, Vistula Maersk and Vayenga Maersk – each of 3,600 TEU capacity – will phase-in Canada

Sustainable Marine delivers first floating tidal power to Nova Scotia grid
Edinburgh, Scotland – Ocean energy pioneer Sustainable Marine announced it has successfully harnessed the enormous tidal currents in Canada’s Bay of Fundy, delivering the first floating
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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.
