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South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean partners with Ontario Shipyards and Mohawk College
Hamilton, ON — Hanwha Ocean, one of the “big three” shipbuilders in South Korea, and Ontario Shipyards have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Seaspan’s floating drydock to be transported to Indonesia for planned upgrades
North Vancouver locals might be surprised to spot the familiar Seaspan Careen floating drydock absent from its usual location near the Burrard pier and instead being lifted onto a gigantic heavy-lift ship in the
IMO sub-committee endorses draft strategy and action plan on marine plastic litter
The International Maritime Organization‘s Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response held its 13th session at IMO Headquarters in London from 9 to 13 February 2026.The
Highlights of 2026 Port of Montreal cruise season
In 2026, the Port of Montreal is getting ready to welcome 50,000 passenger days aboard 17 ships from 15 different cruise lines, from the smallest
ICS reiterates opposition to port fees in U.S. Maritime Action Plan
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) issued a statement that acknowledges the U.S. Government’s Maritime Action Plan and its stated position to revitalise and expand
BBE launches licensed customs brokerage facilitating transport of Canadian defence and Arctic equipment
As Canada accelerates investments in Arctic sovereignty, defence modernization, and critical mineral development, Edmonton-based logistics firm BBE has launched a licensed Canadian Customs Brokerage to
LOGISTEC expands international reach through acquisition of IPA Terminal in Altamira, Mexico
LOGISTEC, a Montreal-based leading North American marine and logistics service provider, today announced that it has successfully entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100%
On our Forum: Assessing the risks of today’s “normal” productivity demands on ship captains…
By Michael Grey* There can be few who were even remotely surprised at the guilty verdict and six-year jail sentence for the master of the
APM Terminals and Eurogate investing one billion euros in joint Bremerhaven terminal
APM Terminals, a subsidiary of A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk), and Eurogate aim for and are in advanced negotiations for a long-term partnership under which
Hapag-Lloyd concludes $4B merger agreement with ZIM
Hapag-Lloyd today signed an agreement with ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd., the world’s 10th largest container shipping line, under which Hapag-Lloyd will acquire 100% of
Our Forum
On our Forum: Crew needs come last in revolutionary new ship shapes
By Michael Grey* In the compromise that dictates the design of a ship, you don’t have to be cynical to observe that the needs of
On our Forum: Will there be any sea left?
By Michael Grey* As the governmental delegates to Cop26, safely delivered home after their Scottish excursion, start to work out how they can deliver their
On our Forum: The real cause of the supply chain quagmires…
By Michael Grey* It is funny how different items of news mesh with each other. Cop 26 is over, thank goodness and the thousands of
On our Forum: Shipmasters deserve greatest respect for difficult decisions made in stormy conditions
By Michael Grey* In this world where virtue-signalling competes with the need to blame everyone, maybe we should not be surprised at the growing enthusiasm
On our Forum
The shipping industry needs to set ambitious targets to help prevent global climate catastrophe, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) cautions in a new position
On our Forum: Seafarers and truckers: supply chain’s most vulnerable providers
By Michael Grey* “Am I a man – or an animal?” This was a question dramatically posed by a huge Sicilian lorry driver on a
On our Forum: Stranger than fiction in a world ‘not far short of chaos’
By Michael Grey* Will what we used to think of as “normal” ever return? Black swans used to be rare, but now they are coming
The many challenges to one-man bridge operations (Forum)
By Michael Grey* The results of an inquest in the UK on the deaths caused by a tram coming off the rails gave one
Carbon recycled methane can be recognized as zero-emission ship fuel according to new study (Forum)
The “Ship Carbon Recycling Working Group (WG)” of Japan’s Carbon Capture & Reuse (CCR) Study Group has confirmed that carbon recycled methane produced by
Marine salvage expertise must not decline… (Forum)
By Michael Grey* These are tough times for the professional salvor, with concern being expressed about weak revenues and worries about capacity. To the casual
Of congestion, ships and crews
I have always been terribly enthused by Oliver St.John Gogarty’s poem The Ship and its first stanza – “A ship from Valparaiso came/ And
Justifying the unjustifiable on inhuman seafarer crisis… (forum)
By Michael Grey* Nobody should be surprised that there has been something of a fight back by ship operators after the World Maritime
Shipping’s nightmare with the Gulf of Guinea pirates (Forum)
By Michael Grey* There will be few seafarers today who sail off to the Gulf of Guinea with a light heart and cheerful demeanour,
A Captain caught after a slaughter at sea (Forum)
Taiwanese Ping Shin 101 on which occurred the murders at sea described in this gut wretching article by investigative reporter Ian Urbina*. Photo Credit: Fish-I Africa The men are helpless
Clean Shipping Alliance scrubs away at ICCT report on Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems
Following the release of a report by environmental group ICCT, the Clean Shipping Alliance expresses its concern about the wrong perception of Exhaust Gas
80% of ports do not reap the benefits of digitalization according to Innovez-One (Forum)
Innovez One, one of the world’s leading providers of port management software for the world’s busiest ports and towage operators, stated that of the
Five percent zero emission fuels by 2030 needed for Paris-aligned shipping decarbonization (Forum)
The ambition of the Getting to Zero Coalition is to have commercially viable zero emission vessels operating along deep sea trade routes by 2030.
The Mask of Cassandra (Forum)
By Michael Grey* Nearly a year into the wretched pandemic and it is difficult to determine any real cheer amid the winter snow. Some
Provincial government investments should give priority to Made in Canada ships (FORUM)
Ottawa – The Canadian Marine Industries and Shipbuilding Association (CMISA) has expressed concern over provincial governments ordering vessels overseas rather than giving such business to
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