With new tariffs putting pressure on international trade, import cargo volume at the leading U.S. container ports is tentatively expected to end 2025 5.6% below 2024’s volume, according to the …
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This year has been especially “turbulent” for many industries and for the management team of Maritime Magazine amid new major global challenges ignited by the Trump Administration’s trade war. So, …
In a new campaign, Yemen’s Houthi rebel group has formally warned 64 global shipowners, without identifying them, that they face being attacked if their vessels call at Israeli ports. What …
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) inaugurated a new Regional Presence Office (RPO) in Suva, Fiji, marking a milestone for regional maritime cooperation and capacity development in the Pacific. The Regional …
Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) has signed a Master Service Agreement (MSA) with BC-based Tri-Metal Fabricators (TMF) to supply more than 80,000 fabricated parts for Canada’s new heavy polar icebreaker. The agreement …
A historic milestone in maritime decarbonization history was achieved as SINOBUNKER, one of COSCO SHIPPING subsidiaries, completed the world’s first green ammonia bunkering operation at the COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry …
North Vancouver, BC — Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) has begun the next step in the design and engineering phase of the Canadian Coast Guard’s (CCG) Multi-Purpose Icebreakers (MPI) program. With the …
The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) has submitted its notice of intent to begin preliminary construction work for the Port of Montreal’s Contrecœur expansion as early as September 29, 2025, pending …
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) and a broad coalition of every donor and energy transfer port have sent the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and the Energy and …
The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) has submitted its notice of intent to begin preliminary construction work for the Port of Montreal’s Contrecœur expansion as early as September 29, 2025, pending …
Montreal – LOGISTEC, a leading marine and logistics services provider, is pleased to announce the appointment of Texas E. Howard IV (Tex) as Chief Financial Officer, as part of its …
To unlock the Port of Prince Rupert’s full potential, CN has outlined an investment strategy focused on long-term rail capacity. The Zanardi Rapids Bridge Project stands at the heart of …
The Port of Barcelona and Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) today signed an agreement to intensify the connections between both ports and share knowledge in the areas of digitalisation, standardisation …
Following the failure of the United States and Canada to reach a trade resolution by the August 1 deadline and the imposition of increased tariffs on non-USMCA covered Canadian goods, …
Potentially the world’s largest offshore wind farm project has been granted consent by the Scottish Government. Located approximately 38km from the Scottish Borders coastline at St Abbs, Berwick Bank wind …
London – In a unique analysis of near 500 incidents involving shore workers over the last twenty-five years, the ICHCA Severe Risks Dashboard details important findings that all in the …
Ottawa -The International Joint Commission (IJC) is seeking public comment on the recently released Draft 2025 Review of the International Joint Commission’s Report on the “Protection of the Waters of …
Anchorage, Alaska — A new report released today lays out the case for why the International Maritime Organization (IMO) should immediately act on reducing black carbon pollution — a climate …
The Province of Nova Scotia and the Government of Canada have jointly designated the areas – French Bank, Middle Bank and Sable Island Bank off mainland Nova Scotia and Sydney …
Johnstown, ON – A shovel hit the ground on July 29 in the Township of Edwardsburgh Cardinal (TWPEC), marking the official launch of Canada’s first low- carbon, enhanced efficiency fertilizers …
Union Pacific Corporation and Norfolk Southern Corporation today announced an agreement to create America’s first transcontinental railroad. These legendary companies will seamlessly connect over 50,000 route miles across 43 states …
Bollinger Shipyards (Bollinger), Rauma Shipyards (Rauma), Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) and Aker Arctic (Aker) today announced the formation of a strategic partnership to deliver the lowest-risk, fastest delivery solution of best-in-class …
This summer 2025 edition of Maritime Magazine has substantial topical content of interest to Canadian shippers, transportation providers and government policymakers as many stakeholders strive to navigate through the complexity …
By Michael Grey* It must be summer, when there is the annual alarm in the UK about the potential catastrophe from the detonation of 1400 tonnes of high explosives sitting …
In the fall of 2025, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) will begin paying off the Kingston-class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels (MCDVs). The Kingston-class warships were built and launched in the …
Poland’s Port of Gdańsk on the Baltic Sea reported “very good results” in cargo volumes handled in the first half of 2025, with growth in bulk and containerized cargo. Over …
As the 2025 marine shipping season has progressed, grain traffic has remained the dominant story of the year per statistics reported by the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, notes the …
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has celebrated the historic reflagging of CMA CGM Phoenix as the largest U.S.-flagged commercial container ship, affirming it advances President Trump’s Executive …
In the first six months of 2025, the total throughput of Port of Antwerp-Bruges was 137.2 million tonnes, a decrease of 4.3% compared to the same period last year, the …
In 2024, more than 142 million metric tonnes of cargo moved through the GLSLW shipping corridor, according to a special report – the only data source of its kind – …
Gore Bay, ON -The Manitoulin Group of Companies has announced its acquisition of Martin Roy Transport (MRT), enhancing operations in Quebec and Ontario, effective July 18, 2025. Founded in 1998 …
Throughput in the port of Rotterdam decreased by 4.1% in the first half of 2025 at 211 million tons, Europe’s biggest port announced. The largest decline was in dry bulk …
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and Wallenius Wilhelmsen announce the completion of the terminal upgrades as part of the Annacis Auto Terminal Optimization Project in Delta, British Columbia. Construction, which …
Quebec City – Ocean Group, a leader in the maritime industry in Quebec and Canada, announces a significant change in its shareholding structure, marking a major milestone in its development. …
The Documentary Committee of BIMCO, the world’s largest shipping association, has adopted a standard clause aimed at addressing contractual uncertainties that may arise from the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) …
According to the latest Container Volume Observer Report from well-known industry expert John McCown, the ten leading U.S. ports posted a nearly 8% year-over-year decline in June in inbound container …
California’s Port of Oakland, one of the top 10 largest container ports in the United States, is the newest Ambassador of the Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program (BWBS). …
London – In 2021, the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) was the first and remains the only Indigenous Peoples Organization to gain provisional consultative status at the International Maritime Organization (IMO). …
President Trump’s proposed US tariffs are likely to result in increased costs, supply chain disruptions, changes in freight demand and customer loss for some Canadian transportation companies, according to an …
First Phosphate Corp. announces that it has finalized an industrial land option agreement with Port of Saguenay. The Agreement marks progress on the memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) signed between the …
The Honourable Darren Fisher, Member of Parliament for Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety, along with senior officials from the Canada Border Services …
Drewry’s World Container Index (WCI) fell 2.6% this week, marking its fifth consecutive weekly decline. This ongoing downturn follows an earlier period of volatility triggered by higher US tariffs announced …
Over 2,280 seafarers have been abandoned aboard 222 vessels so far this year – with $13.1 million in unpaid wages and a 30% year-on-year increase in cases, according to new …
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) today congratulated the Yemeni National Resistance Forces (NRF), led by Gen. Tareq Saleh, for the largest seizure of Iranian advanced conventional weapons in their history. …
Scheduled heavy fees on China-built ships calling at U.S. ports have sparked a significant drop in the market share of Chinese shipyards, reports BIMCO. “In the first half of 2025, …
Seaspan, Algoma Steel and Stigterstall unveil strategic partnership to expand shipbuilding in Canada
North Vancouver, B.C. — Seaspan Vancouver Shipyards has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Stigterstaal Canada and Algoma Steel Inc. to explore a strategic partnership aimed at reestablishing a domestic …
Driven by a 28% spike in grain shipments, total cargo transiting the St. Lawrence Seaway increased by 4.1% during the commercial navigation period to end June, reports the St. Lawrence …
Tokyo-based ITOCHU Corporation has announced that it recently signed a shipbuilding contract for the construction of a 5,000 m3 ammonia bunkering vessel with Sasaki Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and an agreement …
The Center for Biological Diversity, based in Tucson, Arizona, today sharply attacked a bill introduced by the Trump administration that would “decimate marine conservation efforts and put endangered whales at …
Under a major infrastructure investment, the Hamburg Port Authority has announced the Elbe approach to the Waltershofer Hafen is to be enhanced and additional terminal yards will be created. Navigation …
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