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Decarbonization targets put at risk by fuel supply and infrastructure uncertainties
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) Maritime Barometer Report 2022-2023 – published today – reveals that uncertainty over fuel availability and infrastructure puts at
First Spliethoff liner service call to Port of Duluth
The UAL Fortitude has called at the Port of Duluth-Superior’s Clure Public Marine Terminal as the first of Spliethoff’s new Antwerp-Duluth monthly liner service. The vessel,
Maritime industry needs to embrace a robust safety culture
A new report from DNV and Lloyd’s List Intelligence, “Maritime safety trends 2012-2022: Advancing a culture of safety in a changing maritime landscape”, found
Funding for Norwegian ground-breaking project for zero-emission coastal shipping
The Norwegian government fund, Enova, has provided Skarv Shipping Solutions AS with a grant of NOK 130 million to acquire three low-emission cargo ships operating
Contracts for the life extension of two Canadian Coast Guard vessels
The Canadian Coast Guard has announced two contract awards for the vessel life extension of CCGS Martha L. Black and CCGS Leonard J. Cowley, respectively at the
Newfoundland and Labrador signs MOU on hydrogen energy with the Port of Rotterdam
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Port of Rotterdam. This partnership will encourage the
The Atlantic Vision ferry at Ocean shipyard in Les Méchins
The ferry Atlantic Vision, a Marine Atlantic passenger ship operating between Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, and North Sydney, Nova Scotia, was recently
Port of Long Beach unveils Wind Port project for floating offshore wind turbines
The Port of Long Beach has announced a bold plan to establish a 400-acre wind port called Pier Wind that could centralize the manufacture
The ports of Montreal, Quebec and Trois-Rivières take up the zero carbon challenge
The Ports of Montreal, Québec and Trois-Rivières are taking the federal government’s Net-Zero Challenge. The announcement was made by Daniel Dagenais, Vice-President, Port Performance
LOGISTEC wins 2023 Canada’s Best Managed Companies award
LOGISTEC Corporation, a leading marine and environmental services provider, has won the 2023 Canada’s Best Managed Companies award. This award recognizes LOGISTEC’s outstanding business performance, continuous
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