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Seaspan Shipyards delivers 2nd science vessel to Canadian Coast Guard
VICTORIA,BC- Seaspan Shipyards and its 2,700 employees have succeeded in delivering the CCGS Capt. Jacques Cartier, the Canadian Coast Guard’s newest state-of-the-art Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel (OFSV), the second OFSV
National Geographic Endurance leaves building dock
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, a global player in expedition cruises and adventure travel experiences, celebrated the float out of National Geographic Endurance in Ulstein Verft, Norway,
Iceland creates a strict sulphur emissions control area
The Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources of Iceland has enacted a strict sulphur emissions control area (SECA) whereby ships calling at the island
Port of Montreal using AI to improve flow of port trucking
Montreal, December 10, 2019 – The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) launched an upgrade of the Trucking PORTal application, which now includes predictive data on processing times at the
Prairie exports power cargo growth at Port of Thunder Bay
The Port of Thunder Bay is reporting above-average cargo tonnage as of October 31. Port terminals have handled 6.9 million metric tonnes of cargo so far this
Global project launched to tackle plastic litter from ships and fisheries
A new global project to prevent and reduce marine plastic litter from shipping and fisheries has been launched today (5 December) by the International Maritime Organization (IMO)
Sea-Intelligence rains on parade of decarbornisation
While shippers are increasingly interested in tracking their carbon footprint, Copenhagen’s Sea-Intelligence, a leading provider of innovative analysis in the container transport sector, reveals in an
Canada Infrastructure Bank commits $300 million to Contrecoeur project
The Canada Infrastructure Bank announced today it is committing up to $300 million in financing to the Port of Montreal project to build a new container terminal
Louise Bédard new head of St. Lawrence Shipoperators
Québec – St. Lawrence Shipoperators (SLS) announced the appointment of Louise Bédard as the organization’s new Executive Director. Ms. Bédard has succeeded Martin Fournier who recently left
Russia ignores climate emergency in planning Arctic shipping
As the UN published yet another alarming report on Climate Urgency and several of the world’s largest container shipping companies, including CMA CGM, Hapag Lloyd
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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.