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Port of Argentia receives $38 million in federal funding to improve cargo movement
Placentia, NL – The Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, today announced an investment of up to $38 million under the National Trade Corridors Fund to improve cargo
IMO elects Panama’s Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco as secretary-general
The International Maritime Organization’s Council (IMO) today announced the election of Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco from Panama as its secretary-general for a four-year term.
OCI Global completes the first ever green methanol bunkering at Port of Ulsan, Korea
Yesterday, OCI Global successfully bunkered the world’s first green methanol fuelled container ship with its OCI HyFuels ISCC certified green methanol, establishing green methanol
On our Forum: The risks of transporting vehicles en masse…
By Michael Grey* You might think that insurers would have been more vocal about the risks they are taking on with bigger car carriers carrying
St. Lawrence Seaway cargo on par with last year trend
The dominant themes for Canadian Great Lakes-Seaway shipping in 2023 continued in June, with overall tonnage remaining consistent with last year, and with significant
Tim Heney retiring as President and CEO of Port of Thunder Bay
The Port of Thunder Bay today announced that Tim Heney, Chief Executive Officer since May 2004, has informed the board that he intends to
European shipping emissions increase by 3%
European shipping emissions grew 3% last year as the industry edges closer to pre-pandemic levels, new Transport & Environment (T&E) analysis shows. Cruise ship
Canada Post is releasing five new stamps featuring five ferries that are operating in Canadian waters,
OTTAWA, ON, July 12 – Canada Post is releasing five new stamps highlighting ferry transportation in Canada. Featuring five ferries that are operating in
Tentative deal on ending docker strike on Canada’s West Coast
A 13-day strike by 7,400 longshoremen on Canada’s West Coast appears to be over after the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada and the
Federal mediator instructed to recommend terms of a potential deal ending West Coast docker strike
Canadian Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan late Tuesday gave a federal mediator in Vancouver 24 hours to send him recommended terms to end the British
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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.