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London – “Shipping and the IMO are on different trajectories, “ warns ABS Chairman and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki. “There is no clear pathway for green fuel availability and scalability and infrastructure support. LNG and biofuels are mission critical to any success and should not be overlooked, over penalized or discarded in the Net Zero […]

The World Shipping Council (WSC) today announced the launch of its Cargo Safety Program, an industry-led initiative to detect misdeclared and undeclared dangerous goods in order to prevent ship fires, protect crews, vessels, customers’ cargo, and the marine environment. The program combines AI-powered cargo screening and common inspection standards to identify misdeclared and undeclared high-risk

Cyprus-based Columbia Group predicts that dual-fuel ships will define the next decade of shipping, as the absence of a scalable zero-carbon alternative leaves LNG-powered vessels as the industry’s most viable solution. As one nears the end of 2025, dual-fuel ships will have accounted for around half of global new-build orders, with LNG propulsion powering nearly 70%

Robust grain shipments have sparked an overall 4% increase in cargo volume to 20.3 million tonnes on the binational St. Lawrence Seaway in the navigation period to end August. Statistics released by the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation showed cumulative grain traffic up 19% at 6.3 million tonnes. Dry bulk also increased by 10% to

Prime Minister Mark Carney today announced from Edmonton the first series of projects being referred to the newly-created Major Projects Office for consideration, including federal support for the Port of Montreal’s $1.5 billion Contrecoeur container terminal project and expanding LNG production in British Columbia. The MPO will help to identify projects that are in Canada’s

The Canadian Coast Guard has released a new photo of the Thamesborg, the Dutch-flagged freighter which ran aground in the Franklin Strait of the Northwest Passage last weekend. Operated by the Wagenborg shipping line, the vessel was carrying carbon blocks from China to the Port of Baie Comeau on the St. Lawrence River. The Canadian

The World Shipping Council (WSC) released a new report summarising deficiencies found in government cargo inspection programmes, reviving a vital data series that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) discontinued last year.  The 2024 report shows that 11.39% of inspected cargo shipments were found to have deficiencies, up slightly from the IMO’s final 2023 figure of

Vancouver – Global Container Terminals Inc. (GCT) today announced that Jane O’Hagan has been appointed Chair of the Board, effective September 2025. Ms. O’Hagan has served as an independent director on the GCT Board since August 2023 and brings more than 20 years of senior executive and board experience in the transportation and logistics sectors. Ms.

Following a near-record peak this summer, import cargo volume at the nation’s major container ports is expected to steadily decline for the remainder of the year amid rising tariffs, according to the Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. “We have seen the implementation of reciprocal tariffs across the globe,

Opening this year’s International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) conference in Singapore, IUMI President Frédéric Denèfle warned that marine insurers are facing significant change as the world approaches the end of an era of seamless globalisation. Mr. Denèfle reflected on the deepening shifts in global trade — a theme he has raised in previous IUMI