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Port of Thunder Bay recording strong cargo volumes
The Port of Thunder Bay is reporting strong cargo volumes during the month of June. The 1.19 million tonnes of cargo shipped is the largest
Davies Turner partners with Manitoulin Global Forwarding to strengthen Canadian ocean freight services
Davies Turner, one of the UK’s leading independent freight and logistics providers, has signed a partnership with Manitoulin Global Forwarding (MGF), a premier Canadian transportation
CN investing $110M in Wisconsin rail network capacity
CN announced plans to invest approximately US$110 million in Wisconsin, as part of its 2025 capital investment program. This investment will support track maintenance and
Wesley Newton appointed new Board Chair of Chamber of Marine Commerce
The Chamber of Marine Commerce (CMC) has announced the appointment of Wesley (Wes) Newton, Executive Vice-President of Strategy and Business Development for Algoma Central Corporation
NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers establishes new joint venture with DP World
Lugano, Switzerland – NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers Limited, a joint venture between Algoma Central Corporation and Nova Marine Holdings SA and the world’s leading operator of
IMO targets seafarer fatigue, work and rest hours, and harassment at sea
IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee seeks stronger compliance with global safety management standards to protect crew welfare. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is taking action to
First cargo headed for Asia puts Canada on the map of LNG exporting nations
Kitimat, BC – LNG Canada has successfully loaded a first cargo of liquefied natural gas that is now destined for global markets, marking the start
Iron ore trade down in U.S. Great Lakes
CLEVELAND – Shipments of iron ore from U.S. Great Lakes ports totaled 5 million tons in May, a decrease of 7.7 percent compared to 2024.
World Shipping Council reports increase of containers lost at sea
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has released its annual Containers Lost at Sea report, showing that 576 containers were lost at sea in 2024. While this represents
Seas At Risk applauds ban of scrubbers in Europe’s Northeast Atlantic
Seas At Risk, a Brussels-based marine organisation, has welcomed the decision by EU and 15 European governments to ban the discharge of scrubbers (exhaust gas
Our Forum
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
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.