Tag: Canada

Transport Canada awarded the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) for the development of an assessment tool to examine clean technologies that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the release of other pollutants from marine vessels. 

Transport Canada announced that any certificate of competency, certificate of proficiency, examiner certificate or training certificate expiring between October 2019 and March 2021, is granted an extension until 31 March 2021.

Under its Oceans Protection Plan, the Canadian government announced investment in the Canadian Coast Guard for the acquisition of environmental response equipment to ensure it can handle environmental spills quickly and effectively. 

Amid COVID-19 outbreak, Chamber of Shipping in Canada issued a circular informing shipowers and operators about the pre-arrival reporting at BC ports.

Maersk and the Canadian Pacific Railway Limited joined forces to build and operate a world-class transload and distribution facility in Vancouver to expand CP’s and Maersk Canada’s supply chain options for customers.

The 366-metres-long 'CMA CGM Brazil' called at the Port of Halifax in the morning of 10 September, becoming the largest container ship ever to call at a Canadian port. 

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority announced that from January 1 to June 30, 2020, overall cargo through the port decreased by 1.1% from 72.4 to 71.7 million metric tonnes (MMT) over the same time last year.

The Royal Canadian Navy inroduced its new initiative, supporting diversity of genders, by adopting gender-neutral ranks.

In its latest investigation report, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) determined the causes that led to the January 2018 engine room fire on board the container vessel MOL Prestige in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia (BC).

TSB Canada released its investigation report into the bottom contact of bulk carrier Kaministiqua with the bulk carrier Algoma Discovery, in Kahnawake, Quebec, in November 2019. The brief report highlighted issues associated with poor communication between the two Masters while manoeuvring in a narrow channel.