Industry news

Construction of a new state-of-the-art tugboat

02 May 2012

Ocean Industries Inc. announces the construction of a new25 meter tug at its facilities located at Isle-aux-Coudres. 

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Transport Canada and Green Marine sign memorandum of cooperation to strengthen martine environmental performance

30 April 2012

Transport Canada an Green Marine have have signed a memorandum of cooperation to enhance environmental protection and performance in the marine shipping sector. The agreement was announced...

Sleeping giant awakened in Sept Îles

27 April 2012

Dramatic increase in domestic and foreign investment in iron-ore projects fuelling port's renaissance...

The Commissioner of Official Languages is concerned about the closure of the rescue center

23 April 2012

 

The Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada, Graham Fraser, is concerned about the impact of closing the center to coordinate search and rescue operations of the Coast...

The port of montreal has a new website

03 April 2012

The Port of Montreal announce the launch of its new website. More user friendly, the site offers several new features, including a new...

Port gets $15.6M boost from Ottawa

16 March 2012

Ottawa is investing $15.6 million to expand the Port of Montreal's container handling capacity, Transport Minister Denis Lebel said Thursday.

The work is set to be completed by...

Fednav invests $400 million in the renewal of its fleet

14 March 2012

Fednav Limited, the largest international maritime bulk carrier in Canada, today marked the first visit of its latest addition to its fleet to...

New York State calls for uniform national ballast water standard

24 February 2012

 A spat over New York State’s stringent national ballast water standard for the Great Lakes region has ended in a compromise. The New York State Department of Environmental...

Canadian shipbuilder Algoma to reduce toxic emisions from ships

31 January 2012

Algoma Central Corp., the largest Canadian shipowner and operator of Greal Lakes vessels, plans to install feshwater exhaust gas scrubbers on six new ships. They will remove an estimated 97 per...

High-water mark for seaway operation

18 January 2012

Despite up-and-down economic indicators worldwide last year, the St. Lawrence Seaway's 53rd season turned in an honourable performance, including a 2.5-per-cent hike to 37.5 million tonnes...