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Nova Scotia cruise ports continuing strong growth in 2024
The 2024 tourist season is set to be another landmark year for cruise ship visits in Nova Scotia. The cruise season is scheduled to
BIMCO starts work on standard contract for offshore wind turbine market
BIMCO has established a subcommittee to work on a global standard contract for the transport and installation of offshore wind turbines. The project has
U.S. Coast Guard increasing 2024 Great Lakes pilotage costs by 7%
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) today published a Final Rule in the Federal Register outlining U.S. Great Lakes pilotage rates for the 2024 shipping season. “This
Port of Montreal technology program to thwart vehicle theft
As part of the National Summit on Combatting Auto Theft, the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) announced the launch of an innovative program to support
Port of Trois-Rivières records steady cargo volume in 2023
Cargo traffic at the Port of Trois-Rivières remained stable in 2023, with 4.2 million metric tonnes (MMT) of goods transiting through the Port, compared
G3 Canada renews partnership with Port of Quebec for 30 years
G3 Canada, which operates the grain elevator on the Quebec harbourfront, has announced the renewal of its long-term partnership with the Port of Québec. After
Global marine insurance market continuing to support Red Sea and Black Sea trades
At its annual winter meeting in London, the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI), confirmed that the global marine insurance market is continuing to
Arctic shipping has increased nearly 40% in ten years
The number of ships entering the Arctic Polar Code area from 2013 to 2023 increased by 37%, or around 500 ships, according to the
Hapag-Lloyd announces big General Rate Increase from India and Pakistan to Canada West Coast and United States
German ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd has announced a new General Rate Increase (GRI) – effective March 1 – from India and Pakistan to Canada’s West
Study shows Port of Montreal supports nearly 600,000 jobs
A mission-critical link in Canada’s supply chain, the Port of Montreal supports 589,364 jobs and generates $93.5 billion in economic activity through its service users. These figures from a Martin
Our Forum
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
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