A clear and supportive legislative framework is critical to enabling Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage (OCCS) and unlocking timely investment across the ship and LCO₂ offloading value chain, according to a DNV report commissioned by five leading shipping companies. The shipping companies involved – CMA CGM, Evergreen, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk and MSC – see OCCS as […]
The Port of Halifax has released annual statistics which show a 10.4% decline in total traffic and a marginal drop in container cargo in 2025. Global geopolitical pressures, shipping alliance shifts and economic uncertainties have continued to impact results, the port said in a press release. Total throughput amounted to 8.6 million metric tons versus
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Toronto – Fastfrate Group, one of Canada’s largest privately held transportation and supply chain providers, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Omnitrans Inc., a leading Canadian international freight forwarding and customs brokerage firm headquartered in Montreal. The deal includes 100% ownership of Omnitrans Inc. including their subsidiaries, Metro Customs Brokers Inc.
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By Michael Grey* There can be few who were even remotely surprised at the guilty verdict and six-year jail sentence for the master of the container feeder Solong, which plunged like a misguided missile into the side of the anchored Stena Immaculate off the Humber last March. There seemed to have been no rational explanation
By Michael Grey* A nuclear reactor, I can recall my father, who was a naval engineer, explaining, was just “an advanced form of kettle” and nothing to be too excited about. I can remember him shaking his head at the decisions to fit warships with gas turbine propulsion, about the same time as I was
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By Michael Grey* “Is it legal?” This was a question asked by a friend when we learned of the news that President Trump’s agile forces had seized a large tanker off Venezuela and several of us, including a distinguished maritime lawyer, were rather stumped for an answer. But a week later when this is being
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By Michael Grey* There is not a great deal to cheer about as we stumble, haltingly, into the uncertainty of 2026. True, the major carriers are cautiously resurrecting their Suez transits, although there are precious few guarantees that what faction currently runs Houthi High Command will not decide to indulge in some target practice, to
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By Michael Grey* At a certain time in one’s life, you begin to appreciate a good obituary. Not necessarily of a life well lived, as there can be much interest in learning about the life of a thorough blackguard, or someone whose stars have never been altogether in the ascendant. The late author John Winton
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By Michael Grey* As tens of thousands of weary delegates stagger off their righteously offset intercontinental flights, leaving the inhabitants of Belem to clear up the mess from a fortnight of COP30 (November 10-25) in the Brazilian jungle, there are just a few signs of hope. Not in any progress that might have emerged from
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By John Gruetzner* Canada needs to act quickly to protect the viability of its commodity export industries. For the cost of one submarine, the Carney government can deliver a public/private sector partnership under what I would like to name Project Bluenose to address two maritime voids in Canada’s economic security. The first is the relatively
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