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CSA concerned that one Canadian ice-breaker is not enough

With the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway facing the thickest and broadest ice cover in years, The Canadian Shipowners Association (CSA) is extremely concerned that Canada’s ice breakers will not be able to create and maintain the routes needed to move key cargo to Canadian and American industries. The Canadian Coast Guard is doing its best to work with limited resources, but this situation is rippling into Canada’s transportation and economic system. Despite Canadian government efforts to encourage the movement of grain, it will remain stored in ports such as Thunder Bay until ice breakers can assist in opening the port and supporting ship movements. In addition, the St. Lawrence Seaway has decided to delay its planned March 28 opening because the Canadian Coast Guard cannot provide sufficient ice breakers to support the navigation of ships between Montréal and Lake Superior, jeopardizing already low stocks of commodities including iron ore. The Canadian Coast Guard’s fleet of ice breaking ships is aging and too few in numbers to support the economic and environmental benefits of short-sea-shipping in Canada. The Canadian Shipowners Association calls on the Canadian Coast Guard to immediately fulfill its support to maritime commerce and asks the Government ...

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Canada to start surveillance and monitoring of ship pollution

Tranpost Canada issued a press release to announce that new funding by the Government aims to increase the number of flights to monitor and detect pollution from ships in Canada's waters. The Government of Canada is now approximately doubling funding for the program, to $47.6M over the next five years. This funding allows for significantly more flight hours to detect pollution. The National Aerial Surveillance Program (NASP) is one of the main pillars of the Government of Canada's Pollution Prevention Program and is the government's primary tool for detecting ship-source pollution Three aircraft strategically placed across the country are staffed with highly trained professionals from both Transport Canada and Environment Canada. These aircraft monitor shipping activities while acting as a deterrent to potential polluters. The team uses sophisticated state-of-the-art remote sensing equipment to observe, analyze, record and report marine pollution and other sea-based activities. The sensors on the aircraft were specifically designed to detect oil and have proven to be very effective as spills as small as a litre of oil can be found on the ocean surface. In the Arctic, enforcement occurs through aerial surveillance, reports from government ships, and reporting through the long-range identification and tracking system, which ...

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