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Euronav integrates Canada East Coast in right whale protection measures
Leading tanker operator Euronav has instructed all of its captains to adhere to voluntary whale-protection measures in three critical habitat areas: the Canadian East Coast,
Opening dates announced of the 2022 Seaway navigation season
The opening of the 2022 navigation season is scheduled to take place on the following dates and times: Welland Canal: March 24, 2022 – 0800
Canada joins countries investigating anticompetitive freight conduct
Canada’s Competition Bureau has joined the competition authorities of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom in a new working group focussed
China tops global offshore wind capacity
According to the annual report of the World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO), China set a new record year for turbine installations in 2021 while leading
10-year Ocean agreement with Port of Vancouver
Québec – Ocean Group has announced a 10-year agreement with the Port of Vancouver to provide harbour towing services at the two Roberts Bank terminals,
Wärtsilä and Grimaldi unveil new system to tackle ocean microplastics
The technology group Wärtsilä, together with the shipping company Grimaldi Group, have unveiled a new system that uses exhaust gas scrubber washwater to tackle the
Particle emissions from ships reduced by up to 99% with marine scrubbers and wet electrostatic precipitators
Together with the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT), Valmet pilot tested the use of a marine scrubber and a wet electrostatic precipitator to
Ongoing European hub port congestion hitting feeder services
Longer waiting times at European hub ports for feeder and short-sea vessels are adding voyage days and slowing the turnaround of ships and equipment, with
At least ten crew members perish from sunken Spanish trawler off Newfoundland
Ten out of 24 crew members have reportedly lost their lives so far after a Spanish trawler sank in the North Atlantic off the coast
The most extreme rogue wave ever recorded measured in the waters off British Columbia
Researchers have announced that a 17.6 m rogue wave – the most extreme rogue wave ever recorded – has been measured in the waters off
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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