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Docker union evokes alleged current risks of handling ammonium nitrate at Port of Quebec
At a time when Lebanon is commemorating the explosion at the Beirut Port on September 11, 2020, the union representing Port of Quebec longshore
DP World selects hydrogen electric partners to decarbonize cranes at Port of Vancouver
Vancouver- TYCROP, a leading industrial manufacturing and engineering company based in Chilliwack BC, and Loop Energy™, a leading hydrogen fuel cell manufacturer, have been selected
Madeleine Paquin and Marc Paquin awarded ACPA Medal of Merit
By Leo Ryan, Editor Trois-Rivières, QC – For the first time in its history, the Association of Canadian Port Authorities (ACPA) has awarded its
Algoma Central and Furetank order two additional new vessels
Algoma Central Corporation today announced it has expanded its investment in the FureBear joint venture with two additional vessel orders, bringing the total newbuild
Amazon, IKEA, Patagonia and 20+ major brands launch initiative to accelerate the transition to zero-emission fuels
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA) announced a Request for Proposals (RfP) for 600,000 20-foot containers (TEUs) over a
Transport Nanuk inc. and NEAS Group inc. appoint Daniel Dagenais as President and Chief Executive Officer
IQALUIT, NU and MONTRÉAL and KUUJJUAQ, QC, – Transport Nanuk inc. and the NEAS Group Inc. (“NEAS”) (Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping Inc./Nunavik Eastern Arctic
Empire State, first of five U.S training ships delivered by Philly Shipyard to MARAD
PHILADELPHIA –Philly Shipyard, Inc. delivered the Empire State, the first of five new purpose-built, modern training vessels for America’s state maritime academies. The U.S.
Maersk-Equinor partnership on green methanol supply for world’s first methanol-fuelled container ship
A.P. Moller – Maersk and Equinor of Norway have signed an agreement securing supply of green methanol for Maersk’s landmark, new methanol-enabled feeder vessel
CMCF and Canadian Geographic Education announce Marine Month in Canada in October
The Canadian Marine Careers Foundation, in partnership with Canadian Geographic Education, proudly announces the launch of Marine Month in Canada, a ground-breaking initiative designed
Construction contract for stage 3 of Randle Reef remediation project in Hamilton Harbour
Hamilton, ON – Randle Reef partners have announced the award of a construction contract to start Stage 3 of the Randle Reef Contaminated Sediment
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