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Record 107 transits in single day at Suez Canal
The Suez Canal today reported a record for the number of transits through the international waterway, with 107 vessels passing through in either direction.
First Nations heavy-cargo port partnership on Lake Superior
The northernmost heavy-cargo port on the Great Lakes, Red Rock, is being developed in partnership with the BMI Group and the Red Rock Indian
World’s oceans polluted by estimated 170 trillion plastic particles
According to a new study published on the plos.org research platform, the world’s oceans contain an estimated 171 trillion plastic particles which if assembled
Maersk resumes service to Ukraine’s Reni port
Maersk announced this week it has resumed a weekly service with container-on-barge shipments from the port of Constanta in Romania to Reni in southwest
HaiSea Marine celebrates naming of its green tug fleet
HaiSea Marine, majority owned by Haisla Nation in partnership with Vancouver-based Seaspan ULC, has celebrated the official naming and blessing of its tug boat
AAPA rejects scenarios of Chinese ‘spy cranes’ at U.S. ports
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA has issued a statement rejecting recent media reports that giant cranes sourced from China at U.S. ports
Ocean space occupied by offshore wind installations to grow five-fold by 2050
Høvik, Norway – The collaboration between ocean industries will need to intensify for the rapid buildout of offshore wind and aquaculture to coexist sustainably
Wärtsilä to deliver first CCS-Ready scrubber order for carbon capture
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä today announced it has received its first order for carbon capture and storage-ready scrubber systems – CCS-Ready scrubbers. The
Port of London halves carbon emissions in one year
The Port of London Authority, which oversees safe operations in the UK’s busiest port, has committed to achieve Net Zero by 2040, or earlier.
Ammonia-fueled vessels require emissions management
The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS) has identified blue and electroammonia as potential low-emission alternative fuel pathways. The emissions profile
Our Forum
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.