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Montreal port activity returning to normal
A week after the announcement of the August 20 truce agreement between the longshore workers’ union CUPE Local 375 and the Maritime Employers Association (MEA),
Last long-haul trip for Réjean Lanteigne
Réjean Lanteigne October 31, 1950 – August 21, 2020 It is with great sadness that Réjean Lanteigne’s family announces his death. He passed away
The Panama Canal Extends Temporary Relief Measures for Customers to End of 2020
Panama City, Panama – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the global economy, the Panama Canal has annonced it will extend its temporary relief
Hapag-Lloyd confirms two crew members test COVID positive in Vancouver
Hapag-Lloyd today reported that two crew members on board the 8,600 TEU containership Sofia Express tested positive for COVID-19 while the vessel was at
Heddle Shipyards wins another Coast Guard refit contract
CCGS Griffon; Photo CCG Following an open and competitive process, Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard, has awarded a
Greenpeace lance une manifestation contre les plans de décommission du champ pétrolifère Brent de Shell (Forum)
Jennifer Ganster, militante de Greenpeace Mer du Nord – Les militants allemands de Greenpeace ont lancé une manifestation en mer du Nord pour dénoncer les
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
The Philippines open new crew change hubs
Manila-The Department of Transportation (DOTr), Philippine Ports Authority, Philippine Coast Guard, MARINA, and the Office for Transportation Security, have worked together to activate crew change
New collective agreement ratified between Montreal port checkers and maritime employers
By Leo Ryan, Editor Members of the union representing some 175 checkers at the Port of Montreal have approved by a large majority a new
Mme Ivana Carrioni-Burnett, pilote au port de Londres, donne un autre point de vue personnel pendant la crise du COVID-19 (Forum en anglais)
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.
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On our forum: Regrettable inhospitable havens for seafarers
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On our forum: Human rights of seafarers need to be reinforced
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On our forum: Alas, the “inconveniences” of digital technology…
Michael Grey* It was years ago that an old friend, who was a shipbroker, told me proudly that using his new mobile telephone, then something
On our forum: Decarbonisation and “technostress”
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On our forum: Various questions raised by the Baltimore bridge disaster
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On our forum: The evolution of ‘acceptable’ risk in shipping
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On our forum: The growing risks of high deck loads
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On our Forum: The mounting ‘co-habitation’ challenges of cruise ship visits
By Michael Grey* It represents one of the “least sustainable ways of going on holiday”, whimpered some “expert” of an unidentified discipline (probably either a