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Canada funds research for rebuilding Ukraine’s transportation infrastructure
Canada’s Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, has announced an investment of $300,000 to the International Transport Forum (ITF) under the Clean Transportation System – Research and Development
No rapid recovery anticipated of container shipping rates
Containerised cargo volumes moved in the deep-sea container shipping market fell a further 2.5% during the final quarter of 2022, marking the traditionally busiest
Multimodal transload facility planned in CN Calgary Logistics Park
CN, Trealmont Transport Inc. (Montship Inc.) and Kaptan US LLC have announced they have reached an agreement to develop a multimodal transload facility located
Port of Montreal welcomes additional Quebec government funding for Contrecoeur project
The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) has welcomed the additional financial support of $75 million granted to its expansion project in Contrecoeur by the Government
Chantier Davie Canada exercises option to purchase Helsinki Shipyard
Helsinki, Finland – Chantier Davie Canada Inc. of Lévis, Quebec has announced the exercise of its exclusive option to purchase the assets of Finland’s Helsinki
Spliethoff launching monthly liner service to Duluth
Dutch shipping company Spliethoff will be introducing in early May a dedicated monthly liner service between Duluth and Antwerp. It will carry breakbulk, project
Port of Los Angeles signs agreements with ports of Tokyo and Yokohama to establish green shipping corridor
The Port of Los Angeles has entered into separate Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) with the Port of Tokyo and the Port of Yokohama –
LOGISTEC Corporation reports record results in 2022
LOGISTEC Corporation, a leading Canadian marine and environmental services provider, has announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2022. Pursuing its long-term
European Union finalizes deal on cleaner maritime fuels
The European Parliament and Council early today reached a deal on cleaner maritime fuels, asking to cut ship emissions by 2% as of 2025
65th navigation season opens on St. Lawrence Seaway
Montreal – Terence Bowles, President and CEO of the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC), and Adam Tindall-Schlicht, Administrator of the Great Lakes St.
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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.