Tag: Canada

United States, Canada and Finland signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop world-class Arctic and polar icebreakers.

On 8 November, the Government of Canada announced funding of up to $30 million for three green shipping corridor projects based in Quebec.

According to reports, the Montreal Longshoremen's Union rejected a final offer made for a new labour contract.

Key ports on Canada’s West Coast were shut down by a labor strike on 4 November, 2024, as The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Ship & Dock Foreman Local 514 began striking.

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority announced the expansion of a centralized scheduling system for marine traffic.

According to Bloomberg, a tanker of Canadian crude oil was shipped from Vancouver to Alaska for the first time in at least a decade.

The US Coast Guard rescued five people from the 130-foot commercial tug Luther after it lost steering off the coast of La Push, Washington, on the afternoon of 18 October.

INTERTANKO sought clarification from Transport Canada on further requirements for ballast water discharge, specifically in West Coast ports, according to NorthStandard P&I Club. 

A fire broke out in a container holding 15,000 kilograms of lithium batteries at the Port of Montreal on the evening of September 23.

Ocean Group has announced the adoption of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) for all its port towing operations in British Columbia.