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Texas Governor Abbott breaks ground On $1 Billion Davie Defense Shipyard Modernization In Galveston
Governor Greg Abbott on Monday delivered remarks and participated in a groundbreaking ceremony on a $1 billion modernization of Davie Defense’s Gulf Copper Shipyards’ Coast Guard

QSL admitted to Platinum Club of Canada’s Best Managed Companies
QSL announces its admission to the Platinum Club of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, the highest level of distinction within the Deloitte‑led recognition program. This designation

The world’s largest French-flagged LNG-powered containership makes maiden call in Singapore
The CMA CGM Group marks the maiden call of the CMA CGM NOTRE DAME in Singapore, a new-generation liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered vessel and the

SIU assails cabotage system proposal that “directly attacks Canada’s domestic shipping sector”
SIU Canada President Chris Given has sent a letter to a wide range of marine sector stakeholders across the country, including government officials, companies, industry

Wind-powered cargo ships sail past the 100-vessel milestone
The latest installations of wind propulsion technology on large commercial vessels have pushed the global fleet of cargo ships capable of harnessing wind energy beyond

IMO treaty on hazardous and noxious cargo to enter into force in 2027
The International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (2010 HNS Convention) is

Davie celebrates coin ceremony for Polar Max
Ottawa – Davie yesterday celebrated the ceremonial coin placement for Polar Max in Helsinki and marked the occasion with a parallel ceremony in Ottawa, underscoring

The Pacific Northwest’s first Unified Digital Maritime Information Exchange Platform
Seattle – The Marine Exchange of Puget Sound and Wärtsilä Voyage Canada have announced a three-year partnership to deploy the PortLink Digital Maritime Information Exchange

Container rates maintain upward streak for 4th consecutive week
The Drewry World Container Index (WCI) increased 3% to $2,800 per 40ft container due to rate increases on the Asia–Europe and Transpacific trade routes. On

Port of Long Beach launches $1 million prize for first carrier to bunker methanol at the port
The transition to cleaner shipping took a major step forward as the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commission approved a first–of-its kind $1 million incentive
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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.
