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Maersk and CP open Pacific Transload Express facility
Vancouver – Maersk and Canadian Pacific (CP) opened on September 9 the new 117,000 square foot, 103 door Pacific Transload Express facility designed to make Asia/Pacific
CMA CGM stops all spot rate increases
French carrier CMA CGM made a striking announcement today to cancel all spot rate increases in an overheated global market with a view to prioritizing
Wendy Zatylny departing as ACPA President
The Association of Canadian Port Authorities and its Board of Directors announced that effective October 4, 2021, ACPA President Wendy Zatylny will be leaving the
NYK and Orca AI partner on safety research for autonomous vessels
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and MTI Co. Ltd. (MTI) have installed Orca AI’s Automatic Ship Target Recognition System onto an NYK Group ship for
Thordon Bearings salutes Canada’s ocean protection initiatives
Thordon Bearings has praised the government’s Innovative Solutions Canada initiative for encouraging more of the country’s entrepreneurs, innovators and manufacturers to design solutions in support
Construction completed of ICE Marine’s Ontario-bound zero emission ferries
Romania-based ICE Marine Design announced that the construction and trials of both 72-metre Amherst Islander II and the 99-metre Wolfe Islander IV ferries were successfully completed.
Report analyzes decarbonisation strategies of U.S. inland waterways
HOUSTON, Texas. ABS and Vanderbilt University have published a landmark report analyzing decarbonization strategies for U.S. inland waterways. Decarbonization of the Inland Waterway Sector
World’s first green ammonia terminal receives large governmental grant
ECONNECT Energy’s Azane Fuel Solutions’ first project “Ammonia Fuel Bunkering Network,” which will build a green ammonia bunkering terminal, has been awarded NOK 89
ICS proposes global levy on carbon emissions from ships
London, September 6 – The global trade association for ship operators, the International Chamber of Shipping, (ICS) has put forward a comprehensive proposal for a
Two new post-Panamax cranes offloaded at Montreal’s Cast Terminal
Two huge, high-performance electric gantry cranes have been offloaded at the Port of Montreal’s Cast Terminal. These are the first two of a series of
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On our Forum: Navigating in the new world of many nightmares
By Michael Grey* Decades ago – with the country suffering a government-appointed “wage freeze” and half the workforce out on strike – there was a
On our Forum: Solving the dilemma of shore-side post demands
By Michael Grey* It may offer less in the way of adventure, while an enthusiasm for foreign travel is universal these days, but
On our Forum: Measuring the local impact of giant cruise ships disgorging many people
By Michael Grey* As England battled Saharan temperatures, the depredations of climate activists and queues of multitudes trying to escape by air and sea, I
On our FORUM: Safety at stake on the world’s oceans
By Michael Grey* It’s those darned “stakeholders” who are the trouble once again. It is one of those words which was unknown in an earlier
On our FORUM: The index of happiness afloat
By Michael Grey* It was the annual “Day of the Seafarer” last week, not that anyone outside the maritime world actually noticed, although some
On our FORUM: The complex and fascinating world of modern weather routing: A deep dive into StormGeo’s advanced weather routing services
Do you know the name of the first navigator who used “weather routing” on his voyage from Europe to faraway lands and back? It wasn’t
On our FORUM: A mounting dilemma: burning boxes on the world’s containerships
*By Michael Grey There has been no end of sincere concern expressed about the frequency of fires inside containers, which are still running at
On Our FORUM: Uncontrollable monsters on the high seas
By Michael Grey* “She’s not answering her helm, Pilot!” It is not what anyone on the bridge of any ship wants to hear from the
On our Forum: The ‘disgraceful’ HR and PR behaviour of P&O Ferries
By Michael Grey* “In the shipping industry,” an old Greek shipowner once said to me, “we operate not with the help of the government, but
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
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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