by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
Federal Kushiro was the first vessel to dock at the port of Trois-Rivières in 2021. The vessel, with its crew of 23 crew Indian nationals, left Alcoa’s calcined petroleum coke plant located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on December 19, 2020. Its cargo was destined for...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Environment, Ocean, Other
Ballard Power Systems announced that it has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Global Energy Ventures (GEV), an Australian provider of integrated compressed shipping solutions for the transportation of energy to regional markets, for the development...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Environment, Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other
Waterfront Shipping Company Ltd. (WFS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Methanex Corporation, has announced the addition of eight new methanol dual-fuel vessels to its fleet. These vessels are part of the company’s fleet renewal program which continuously replaces older...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Brian Dunn, Featured, Ocean, Other, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
By Brian Dunn It’s a long way from Vancouver to Isle-aux-Coudres, QC and back again if you follow the origins and growth of Groupe Océan, one of the largest integrated marine service companies in Canada which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022. Originally called...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Featured, Keith Norbury, Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
By Keith Norbury The new grain terminal at the Port of Oshawa is good news for farmers in the nearby Durham Region, a major agricultural area of Ontario. Zac Cohoon, who operates the 1,200-acre Twin Erin Farms Inc. near Port Perry and Lac Scugog, said in an interview...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Ocean, Other, Other Stories, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
K+S Windsor Salt Ltd. (Windsor Salt) and Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) have announced a partnership to build a new state-of-the-art self-unloading ship with a deadweight of 26,000 metric tons for use in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Great Lakes region. Windsor Salt and...