by CanadianSailings | Sep 30, 2020 | Education, Environment, Other
HOPA Ports has partnered with Heddle Shipyards and City School by Mohawk College to deliver a brand-new Ship Repair and Fabrication course that is now open for enrollment and will begin online in October. The 9-week, online program will introduce participants to core...
by CanadianSailings | Sep 30, 2020 | Bruce Striegler, Business and Economy, Environment, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics
By R. Bruce Striegler In a burst of action, hydrogen is making a bid as a clean power source to respond to the world’s energy and climate challenges, as well as the economic wreckage of the Covid-19 pandemic. As countries invest into economic recovery, governments...
by CanadianSailings | Sep 29, 2020 | Business and Economy, Corporate events & profiles, Environment, Other, Ports and Terminals
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has a number of leading environmental programs and initiatives in place, including those that encourage and incentivize vessel and terminal operators, as well as other port users, to reduce air and noise emissions and to conserve...
by CanadianSailings | Mar 29, 2020 | Bruce Striegler, Environment, Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other
By R. Bruce Striegler Around the world, owners of fleets of container ships, tankers, dry bulk carriers and ferries have been coping with the uncertainties surrounding the introduction of the International Maritime Organization’s new low-sulphur fuel regulations (IMO...
by CanadianSailings | Mar 29, 2020 | Bruce Striegler, Environment, Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other
By R. Bruce Striegler It’s been more than a decade in the making, but the new rule mandated by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), lowering sulphur emissions from fuels used by the international shipping industry, went into effect on January 1, 2020. The...
by CanadianSailings | Mar 29, 2020 | Business and Economy, Environment, Other
Launched in 2008 in the Netherlands, the Lean & Green program has a simple yet ambitious objective: to reduce CO2 emissions by a minimum of 20 per cent in a maximum of five years. To achieve this, a simple methodology has been developed. After carrying out an...
