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Canada, Finland and the United States advance work on icebreaker collaboration
Ottawa – The National Coordinators of the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE Pact) and other officials from the governments of Canada, Finland and the United States (U.S.) successfully concluded a 2-day meeting on

Port of Quebec achieves highest standards of Green Marine certification for 7th year in a row
The Port of Québec is proud that it has once again achieved the highest standards of Green Marine, an internationally recognized environmental certification program for

Logistec sets industry record with 30 Green Marine certified terminals in North America
LOGISTEC, a leading North American marine and logistics services provider, proudly announces the certification of three additional terminals—Cleveland Bulk, Cleveland Breakbulk and MtlLINK in Montreal—under

Davie acquiring Gulf Copper & Manufacturing in Texas
Davie, a leading international builder of icebreakers and other specialized ships, has announced its intention to acquire shipbuilding assets in Galveston and Port Arthur from

BC Ferries selects Chinese shipyard to construct four new major vessels
BC Ferries announced it has selected China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards (CMI Weihai) to build four New Major Vessels (NMVs) following a rigorous global procurement

AGLPA announces appointment of first Communications Director, Leslie Zager
Washington – The American Great Lakes Ports Association (AGLPA) announced the appointment of Leslie Zager as the organization’s first Communications Director. Zager will manage strategic communications efforts

Green Marine participants hold course as certification widens
New Orleans, LA – Green Marine has announced the results of its annual certification program as its membership also celebrated several milestones during its GreenTech 2025

World Bank forecasts slowest global economic growth since 2008
Citing heightened trade tensions and policy uncertainty amidst wide-ranging tariffs by the Trump Administration, the World Bank today sharply cut its global economic growth projection

Canada launches 3rd annual North Pacific patrol to protect marine ecosystem
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has launched its third annual high seas patrol to deter unregulated (IUU) fishing in the high seas of the North

Canada among 37 countries launching High Ambition Coalition for a Quiet Ocean at UN Ocean Conference
Nice, France – During the third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC), Ministers from Panama and Canada today joined leaders from 35 other countries to launch the High
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On our Forum: A new course for the Arctic after Russian invasion of Ukraine
By Evan T. Bloom* Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had tremendous impact on international relations globally. While the Arctic has generally been immune from external political pressures,

On our Forum: Memories of Odessa… as Russian attack nears
By Michael Grey “They are lovely people who are going through hell”. It was a surveyor from DNV, who we happened to meet at Odessa

On our Forum: It’s time for an Arctic Council 2.0
By Alice Rogoff* For eight years since anonymous “little green men” from Russia invaded Crimea, the Arctic Council has continued to operate under the

On our Forum: Beware of risks for ships carrying EV vehicles…
By Michael Grey Here is a useful motoring tip that you probably will not discover in your service manual, should your new, all-electric vehicle inadvertently

On our Forum: Questions aplenty about ship fuel problems and ‘green’ solutions
By Michael Grey* You would be, to say the least, extremely angry, if your car came to a grinding halt and the nice person

On our Forum: New Year thoughts on supporting seafarers and… handling fanatics
By Michael Grey* It’s New Year’s Eve, when people of kindly disposition wish each other the hope that the coming twelve months might be happy,

On our Forum: Crew needs come last in revolutionary new ship shapes
By Michael Grey* In the compromise that dictates the design of a ship, you don’t have to be cynical to observe that the needs of

On our Forum: Will there be any sea left?
By Michael Grey* As the governmental delegates to Cop26, safely delivered home after their Scottish excursion, start to work out how they can deliver their

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
