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Canadian Trucking Alliance reports Canada-US supply chain in “panic mode” over Trump tariff threats
The Canadian Trucking Alliance reports that the tariff threats by US President Donald Trump “have brought unparalleled uncertainty, creating an untenable situation for Canadian trucking

Opposition gathering force to Trump-proposed steep fees on Chinese-built ships
BIMCO, the world’s largest shipping organization, and the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) have added their voices to the rising chorus of maritime stakeholders

CSL named one of Montreal’s Top Employers for 7th year in succession
CSL has been named one of Montreal’s Top Employers for the seventh year in a row. This achievement follows CSL’s earlier acknowledgment as one of

IMO developing roadmap for maritime digitalization
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is taking action to create a comprehensive strategy that harnesses emerging technologies to turbo-charge efficiency, safety and sustainability in the

Nova Scotia shortlists five areas for potential offshore wind farms
Working with federal partners, Nova Scotia’s Energy Department is proposing five wind energy areas for designation after a regional assessment of offshore wind: French Bank,

OECD sees Trump tariff warfare dramatically slowing Canada’s economic growth
In the first attempt by global economists to forecast the damage inflicted by President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and

OPEN LETTER of Olga Farman, President and CEO of Port of Quebec
Over the last few weeks, many people have asked me: why the Port? Because everything led me there, my own story as much as the

UNCTAD sees new risks looming in global trade
Global trade started 2025 on stable ground, but challenges are mounting in a shifting landscape, according to the latest Global Trade Update by UN Trade and Development

Port of Gdansk reports strong 2024 performance
Poland’s largest seaport has released cargo and financial results for 2024 confirming both steady growth and a strong financial performance. Last year, the Port of

DP World announces record 2024 revenue of $20 billion
Global port operator DP World has announced record financial results for 2024 and growth in its network container-handling capacity to more than 100 million TEUs. The revenue
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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
