Recent articles
Subscription
Online magazine
Categories
Categories
Trump administration pauses all large offshore wind projects
The Department of the Interior announced today that it is pausing—effective immediately—the leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the United States
Kurt Slocombe appointed interim President of Prince Rupert Port Authority
The Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) has announced that Kurt Slocombe has been appointed by the Board of Directors as Interim President effective January 1st,
On our Forum: Reminiscing on past naval lives and a training ship
By Michael Grey* At a certain time in one’s life, you begin to appreciate a good obituary. Not necessarily of a life well lived, as
Maersk vessel makes test transit through Red Sea
Maersk indicated today that one of its smaller container ships, the 6700-TEU Maersk Sebarok, had completed a test transit through the Red Sea on Thursday
CPKC evokes risks of proposed UP-NS rail merger
In a statement released today in Calgary, CPKC warned that the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger, unprecedented in scale and scope, “would radically and permanently
A record number of containers projected to move across Long Beach docks in 2025
Goods moved before tariffs started earlier this year helped put the Port of Long Beach on course to have its all-time busiest year, exceeding the
Rate of U.S. coastal sea level rise doubled in past century
A July 2025 report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) claims that U.S. tide gauge measurements “in aggregate show no obvious acceleration in sea
Port of Los Angeles on track for third best cargo year on record
The Port of Los Angeles processed 782,249 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in November, a decrease of 12% compared to last year’s elevated cargo levels. With
Extreme North Atlantic storm creates dangerous conditions for shipping
Hurricane-force winds and massive 50-Foot seas have been generated by the most intense storm this season on the North Atlantic that has posed dangerous conditions
DP World shortsea shipping service expands its reach at the Port of Nanaimo
The Port of Nanaimo welcomes DP World’s expansion of short sea shipping service to include weekly calls from Nanaimo to Fraser Surrey and Vancouver. By
Our Forum
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.