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Seaspan starts construction of science vessel
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC – Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) announced today it has cut steel and started full-rate construction of the Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessel (OOSV).

Ever Given successfully refloated in Suez Canal
Photo: Suez Canal Authority via Agence France-Presse. On Monday morning at dawn, the 400-meter-long, over 220,000-ton vessel, flying the Panamanian flag, had started to

Montreal port employers reveal details of offer rejected by dockers
By Leo Ryan In what is believed to be an unprecedented move, the Maritime Employers Association publicly disclosed, in a full-page ad in The

World’s fastest electric ferry set to launch in Stockholm
The first of a new breed of electric ships will soon launch in Stockholm. The foiling Candela P-30 is the world’s fastest electric ship,

Wallenius Wilhelmsen to reactivate last three laid-up vessels
Oslo – Wallenius Wilhelmsen has decided to reactivate the last three of its vessels that were placed in cold layup last spring due to

The Suez Canal continues to be blocked in both directions
For those wondering why it is taking so much time to dislodge the Ever Given, this topographic map from myshiptracking.com shows the dredged shipping

Damen Shipyards Cape Town launches first SA Navy Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessel
On 25 March 2021, Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) launched the first of three Multi Mission Inshore Patrol Vessels (MMIPV) procured by ARMSCOR for

NAPA, MOL, and ClassNK push on with navigational risk monitoring system
Helsinki, Finland and Tokyo – NAPA, a maritime software, service and data analysis provider, alongside classification society, ClassNK, and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL),

Ocean continues its momentum on the Canadian West Coast
A fourth tug joins the Ocean fleet in Vancouver. Arriving by cargo ship, the Ocean Georgie Bain, a 24-meter compact tugboat, built in 2009

Québec government environmental body says Saguenay LNG megaproject too risky
Following extensive public hearings, the Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement (BAPE) has determined that the risks outweigh the rewards for a planned $10 billion
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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.
