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CMC urges Ottawa to integrate marine shipping omitted from proposed subsidy favouring rail
Jason Card, Senior Director of Communications of the Chamber of Marine Commerce, has issued a statement urging the federal government to include marine shipping in
Algoma Central Corporation Announces Agreement to Acquire Lower Lakes Fleet
ST. CATHARINES, Ontario Algoma Central Corporation (“Algoma” or “the Company”) (TSX: ALC), a leading provider of marine transportation services, today announced it has entered into
2025 cargo in the port of Rotterdam shows a slight decline
Throughput in the port of Rotterdam fell by 1.7% in 2025 to 428.4 million tons., Europe’s largest port reported. The largest decline of 6.5% occurred
Banner year in 2025 for Port Saint John container operations
In a year that saw the completion of $247M in transformational infrastructure investments at its west side container terminal, Port Saint John is recording 2025
Low ship recycling activity threatens global tanker market strength
Niels Rasmussen, Chief Shipping Analyst at BIMCO, forecasts “continued strong market conditions for crude tankers in 2026 and 2027 despite some weakening in 2027. On
Pelican Acquisition Corporation and Greenland Energy conclude logistics agreement with Desgagnés
The leadership team behind the formation of Greenland Energy Company (“Greenland”) announced that a strategic logistics agreement has been concluded with Desgagnés, a leading Canadian
Spot world container rates drop for 7th consecutive week
The Drewry World Container Index (WCI) fell 1% to $1,899 per 40ft container for the seventh consecutive week due to a decrease in rates on
Harmonized regulation key to unlocking investments in scaling onboard carbon capture for maritime decarbonization
A clear and supportive legislative framework is critical to enabling Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage (OCCS) and unlocking timely investment across the ship and LCO₂
Port of Halifax reports total cargo decline in 2025
The Port of Halifax has released annual statistics which show a 10.4% decline in total traffic and a marginal drop in container cargo in 2025.
Fastfrate expands global supply chain capabilities with acquisition of Omnitrans
Toronto – Fastfrate Group, one of Canada’s largest privately held transportation and supply chain providers, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire
Our Forum
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.