by CanadianSailings | Mar 29, 2020 | Bruce Striegler, Environment, Featured, 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, Other Stories
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 | Corporate events & profiles, Education, Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other, Top Stories
Thanks to a donation from Canada Steamship Lines, students in Georgian’s marine programs, cadets and working mariners will have access to a new state-of-the art simulator and upgraded on-site systems at the Owen Sound Campus. Canada Steamship Lines contributed...
by CanadianSailings | Feb 26, 2020 | Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals, Tom Peters
By Tom Peters A major modernization project at Port Saint John continues to move forward on schedule, says Jim Quinn, President and CEO, Saint John Port Authority (SJPA). Port Saint John, along with the federal and provincial governments, entered into an agreement in...
by CanadianSailings | Feb 26, 2020 | Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals
M/V Whistler was the first vessel to call the port of Trois-Rivières in 2020, docking on January 5 at 8 p.m. after a 19-day crossing of the Atlantic. With its 20 crew members from mainly the Philippines, but also from Montenegro, Croatia, Greece and Ukraine, the...
by CanadianSailings | Feb 26, 2020 | Business and Economy, Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals, Supply Chain and Logistics
By: Wendy Zatylny As a trading nation, Canada has much to offer the world, and our seventeen Canada Port Authorities (CPAs) are a key part of this. We are already highly-competitive and efficient players in a very dynamic global trading system. But this system is...
