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The lifeboat needs to be reinvented for safety purposes
Hamburg – Lifeboats are an essential part of crew safety onboard every vessel but seafarers are way too often getting injured when launching the
Port of Montreal sets course for carbon neutrality in 2035
Carbon neutrality, territorial protection and improving the city-port interface: the Port of Montreal made a series of flagship commitments at the 2nd annual Montreal Climate Summit underway
Antwerp port area becomes world first with drone network
Six autonomous drones are now performing daily flights in the Antwerp port area, a world first that will make an important contribution to the
First of upsized EC5 vessels calls at Port of Halifax
The first of the upsized EC5 vessels has arrived at the Port of Halifax. The ONE Stork, with carrying capacity of 14,000 twenty-foot equivalent units
Slow steaming by shipping industry expected to increase
Sailing speeds by global shipping lines could decline by about 10% before 2025, predicts BIMCO, the world’s largest organization for shipowners, charterers, shipbrokers and
Port of Montreal wins award from Belgian Canadian Business Chamber
The Port of Montreal has won the Canadian Company of the Year Award from the Belgian Canadian Business Chamber (BCBC). The award was presented
Norwegian firm launching world first self-driving ferry
Norway’s biggest transportation enterprise, Torghatten AS, will soon launch the world’s first self-driving commercial passenger ferry, entirely powered by electricity. It will operate between
Crowley launching integrated ocean and rail service between Mexico and Midwest into Canada
Florida-based Crowley will launch an end-to-end, integrated ocean and rail service between Mexico and the U.S. Midwest region and into Canada. Featuring Crowley’s new
Collaborative agreement between Ocean Group and Musqueam First Nations
The Musqueam First Nations community and Ocean Group have signed a collaborative framework agreement to foster marine sector opportunities within Musqueam territory and potentially
Port of Montreal and France’s HAROPA renew international cooperation agreement
Six years after signing their initial international cooperation agreement, the Port of Montreal and HAROPA PORT have announced that they are renewing it with
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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.