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“Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens, significant uncertainty will remain and continue to shape market outcomes,” says Niels Rasmussen, Chief Shipping Analyst at BIMCO in the organization’s market overview and outlook. Key uncertainties include whether the US/Iran agreement will hold, when the Strait of Hormuz (SoH) will fully reopen, whether ships can return to […]

YELLOWKNIFE, NT – Today, the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources; the Honourable Steven MacKinnon, Minister of Transport and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons; and the Honourable Rebecca Alty, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, announced a significant milestone for the government’s plan to build Canada strong. Ministers announced that

Updated route and service schedules confirm that Netherlands-based Nirint Shipping earlier this month removed Halifax from the northbound leg of its Europe-Cuba-Canada fortnightly service. The service now concentrates on connecting Europe with Cuba. Nirint had been serving the Port of Halifax on a regular trade route since late 2002 with vessels carrying containers, breakbulk, project

Following the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States, IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez today announced a large scale evacuation operation to be carried out in cooperation with coastal states, the United States and the maritime industry. “After months of hardship and distress for thousands of innocent

Québec City – Green Marine International (GMI) held the first meeting of its new Board of Directors during GreenTech 2026 in Québec City earlier this month, following the election of its members at the Annual General Meeting on May 27, 2026. The organization is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Dagenais, President and CEO

HaiSea Marine’s fleet of electric and dual-fuel tugboats has successfully guided 100 LNG carriers through the Douglas Channel to Kitimat. This marks a significant step for the HaiSea crew, who celebrated the first successful escort operation in April 2025, representing months of training and planning. The powerful, dual-fuel HaiSea Kermode was joined by the fully

NORFOLK, VA –  Gov. Abigail Spanberger Thursday inaugurated The Port of Virginia’s® newest asset: the deepest harbor and shipping channel anywhere on the US East Coast. Though the $450 million effort to deepen the channel to 55 feet was complete in February, the governor introduced the project to the world. “Today, we are sending a

Ontario Shipyards recently visited Hanwha Ocean’s Geoje Shipyard in the Republic of Korea as part of ongoing efforts to advance strategic co-operation between the two organizations to experience firsthand the world-class shipbuilding technology and production capabilities of one of the world’s leading shipbuilders. The Ontario Shipyards delegation included Dan Vyselaar, Senior Director of Technical Services,

Tsawwassen, B.C – HTEC today announced the opening of Canada’s first 700 bar commercial heavy-duty clean hydrogen refueling station, located on Tsawwassen First Nation (TFN) industrial lands at the Chevron Commercial Cardlock in Tsawwassen, British Columbia. The opening of the station marks a practical step forward in advancing hydrogen-powered trucking in one of Canada’s most

While welcoming the signing of a U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding three days ago, shipowners and industry groups underline the operational complications and security issues upon the planned reopening of the Strait of Hormoz, the world’s most important energy chokepoint. Analysts consider that, at best, it will be a phased re-start and that it will take