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Alcoa and the Port of Trois Rivières inaugurate new facilities dedicated to unloading raw materials for the Deschambault Smelter
Alcoa and the Trois Rivières Port Authority (TRPA) officially inaugurated Alcoa’s new facilities at Wharf 17, marking an important milestone in the long-standing collaboration between

Green Marine conference focuses on further building widespread environmental sustainability
Québec City – Green Marine has welcomed a record 400 delegates to its GreenTech 2026 conference being held in Québec City until June 11th. “It’s

Royal Caribbean Group and Alaska Railroad celebrate opening of cruise terminal
Seward, Alaska — Royal Caribbean Group, a global vacation leader, recently commemorated the opening of the Dale R. and Carol Ann Lindsey Alaska Railroad Terminal with

WinGD powers delivery of world’s first ocean-going ammonia-fuelled vessel
Swiss marine power company WinGD has reached a landmark moment in the development of zero-carbon marine fuels with the successful sea trials and delivery of

Green Marine 2025 Performance Report: the maritime industry is increasing efforts to reduce its environmental footprint
Quebec City – Green Marine today released its 2025 Performance Report, which provides an unprecedented overview of the environmental progress made by more than 170

CFIB urges Ottawa to protect supply chains in Canada Labour Code reforms
As the federal government concluded consultations on potential reforms to the Canada Labour Code, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is calling on Ottawa to

Suez Canal raising temporary surcharges on July 15 for most vessel classes
Citing prevailing market conditions, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is raising additional transit surcharges for most vessel classes from July 15, reports the Splash847.com shipping news platform.

Ray-Mont Logistics begins construction of facility at Mobile, Alabama
Montreal-based Ray-Mont Logistics has begun construction of a new export-focused transloading facility at the Port of Mobile, Alabama – thereby spreading its footprint in North

Canada to host in Halifax the 12th Our Ocean Conference in spring 2027
Ottawa – The Honourable Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries, today announced Canada will host the 12th Our Ocean Conference (OOC) Spring 2027, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

St. Lawrence Ship Operators discuss St. Lawrence-Great Lakes corridor with U.S. Ambassador and Consul General in Québec City
St. Lawrence Ship Operators convened a roundtable discussion on June 3 at the residence of the U.S. Consul General in Québec City, bringing together U.S.
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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.
