by CanadianSailings | Nov 18, 2019 | Environment, Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
The Bay of Sept-Îles has received an overall good rating in the final report of a major environmental study. But lead researchers in the four-year, three-phase study say more investigation and monitoring is required to ensure the bay’s water, sediments and ecosystem...
by CanadianSailings | Nov 18, 2019 | Environment, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
In May the Port of Sept-Iles, the Institut Nordique de Recherche en Environnement et en Santé au Travail (INREST) and the City of Sept-Îles, in partnership with the pan-Canadian project CHONe II, played host to the first International Congress on Industrial Port...
by CanadianSailings | Oct 22, 2019 | Business and Economy, Environment, Other
In its International Energy Outlook 2019 (IEO2019), the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that world energy consumption will grow by nearly 50 per cent between 2018 and 2050. EIA projects most of this growth will come from regions where the...
by CanadianSailings | Oct 22, 2019 | Business and Economy, Environment, Government and Regulation, Other, Theo van de Kletersteeg
Theo van de Kletersteeg During her impassioned speech at the United Nations on September 23, Greta Thunberg made it very clear who she thinks is responsible for the world’s climate change woes: the world’s political “leaders” who, for the past thirty years, have known...
by CanadianSailings | Sep 30, 2019 | Corporate events & profiles, Environment, Other
Termont Montreal has announced that, following a 2018 pilot project that demonstrated the effectiveness of the technology, it will be transforming its entire fleet of 57 terminal tractors into hybrid vehicles with Effenco’s revolutionary Active Stop-StartTM technology...
by CanadianSailings | Sep 30, 2019 | Environment, Ports and Terminals
To realize its bold and aspirational vision of becoming “the world’s most sustainable port,” the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority supports a collaborative approach with the marine industry. Industry plays a key role in advancing leading initiatives that incentivize...
