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Seaspan unveils new state-of-the-art operations centre at Vancouver Drydock
Earlier this week, the team at Seaspan’s Vancouver Drydock (Seaspan) celebrated the grand opening of its new 21,000 square foot Operations Centre – a state-of-the-art,

FMC fires shot at IMO in launching investigation on flagging practices and laws
The Federal Maritime Commission in Washington announced it is conducting a non-adjudicatory investigation to examine whether the vessel flagging laws, regulations, or practices of certain foreign governments

Port of Los Angeles reports more than 30% plunge in container cargo
According to Eugene Seroka, Executive Director Port of Los Angeles, cargo at the leading U.S. container gateway was down more than 30% in the first

Ports of Indiana hosts trade mission by Port of Antwerp-Bruges to explore expanded Midwest-Europe opportunities
Portage, IN – Ports of Indiana welcomed a delegation led by the Port of Antwerp-Bruges on a trade mission exploring economic opportunities and new container

Comprehensive study sheds Light on urgent workforce gaps in Canada’s marine sector
The Canadian Marine Careers Foundation (CMCF) announces today the release of the Canadian Seafarers Pathway Study, a first of its kind comprehensive report revealing critical

North Pacific Green Corridor Consortium announces David Molinski as Executive Director
Vancouver – The North Pacific Green Corridor Consortium (NPGCC), established to decarbonize and enhance the resilience of the trade corridor between Canada, Japan and South

BBC HOUSTON first vessel of the “LakerMax” series to complete passage into the Great Lakes
The BBC HOUSTON has successfully completed her first passages through the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System into Lake Erie and back, marking the premiere for

AAPA urges USTR to rescind tariffs on Chinese-built cranes and ships
In response to a proposed additional 100% tariff on Chinese manufactured ship-to-shore (STS) by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the

Shipbuilding in Quebec: Call for tenders for a strategic study on the workforce [In French]
À la suite des récents investissements massifs dans la construction navale au Québec, les comités sectoriels de main-d’œuvre (CSMO) de la fabrication métallique industrielle (PERFORM)

Procurement for Roberts Bank Terminal 2 construction partner to begin in July
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority announced it will issue a request for qualifications in July 2025 for a construction partner to deliver the landmass and
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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

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
