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Montreal Port Authority reports “solid results” in 2025 at Annual Meeting
Nathalie Pilon, Chair of the Board of Directors, presented today the results of the Montreal Port Authority’s (MPA) activities for 2025 at the annual meeting,
Federal government funding for four projects in Nunavut
Iqaluit – Rebecca Chartrand, Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs and Minister responsible for CanNor, today announced over $13 million for four projects that will
Outlook for International Shipping – Shipfed Annual Conference
We are pleased to share the agenda for the Shipping Federation of Canada’s Annual Conference, “Outlook for International Shipping.” This year’s conference brings together leading experts to
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and GCT to explore partnership to advance Roberts Bank Terminal 2
Vancouver – With the support of the Major Projects Office, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA), and GCT Global Container Terminals (GCT) have entered into
Ports of Singapore, Los Angeles and Long Beach renew green and digital shipping corridor
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, Port of Los Angeles, Port of Long Beach, with the support of C40 Cities, have renewed their memorandum
ICS launches new edition of Tanker Safety Guide
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) today announces the launch of the sixth edition of its benchmark publication, the Tanker Safety Guide (Chemicals). First published in
Surprise departure of Alexandra Chouinard from helm of Port of Sept-Îles
The Port of Sept-Îles (PSI) has announced that Ms. Alexandra Chouinard has stepped down from her position as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective
Global shipping industry urges adoption of new IMO greenhouse gas regulations
In advance of a critical meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 84) in London April 27-May 1, a joint
Arctic Defence Logistics Platform launched to strengthen Canada’s Northern readiness
Edmonton and Yellowknife – BBE Expediting Ltd. (BBE) and Det’on Cho Logistics (DCL), part of the Det’on Cho Group of Companies, today announced the launch of the Arctic
Royal Canadian Navy and Institut Maritime du Québec announce new partnership
The Institut maritime du Québec (IMQ) and the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the recognition
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The Poseidon Principles Disclosure Report is good, but the disclosure could have been better (Forum)
In December 2020, the signatories of the Poseidon Principles—currently twenty large banks—released their first Annual Disclosure Report. As the first paragraph of the report says:
World Shipping Council pleads for more collaboration to mitigate Covid-19 challenges (Forum)
Ocean carriers are taking all available measures to improve the speed and efficiency of cargo movement including employing all available vessel tonnage says the World
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.