Canada
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Regulatory
Hibernia pleads guilty to 2019 oil spill charge
Hibernia Management and Development Company (HMDC) has pled guilty to a charge stemming from a 2019 oil spill from the…
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Ports and Logistics
Agreement ends ‘tough old fight’ on Canada’s west coast
The simmering pay dispute between dockworkers in British Columbia and employers has reached another tentative negotiated agreement late on Sunday. …
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Ports and Logistics
Port of Argentia expansion gets $38m in government funding
The Canadian authorities will be investing up to $38m to improve cargo movement at the Port of Argentia. The project…
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Ports and Logistics
Canada dockworkers call off strike
Canadian west coast dockworkers have revoked a strike notice issued for Saturday following a crisis meeting by the country’s Prime…
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Renewables
SBM Offshore targets floating wind in Nova Scotia
Dutch-based SBM Offshore and Ireland’s renewable project developer DP Energy have set up a joint venture to pursue floating offshore…
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Ports and Logistics
Canada port strike resumes
The strike along Canada’s west coast is back on after a dockworker union yesterday rejected a four-year wage deal agreed…
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Americas
Canada port strike ends
Quay cranes whirred back into action at ports across British Columbia late yesterday afternoon as a tentative deal between unions…
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Ports and Logistics
Ottawa moves to resolve port strike
Canada’s labour minister Seamus O’Regan yesterday gave a federal mediator 24 hours to send him recommended terms to end the…
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Containers
Boxships back up on day 10 of Canada’s port strikes
On day 10 of the strikes at ports across the Canadian west coast there are now clear signs of boxship…
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Ports and Logistics
Pressure grows on Ottawa to act on day six of the Canada port strikes
Day six of the west coast Canadian port strikes and the pressure is growing on the federal government to intervene…
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Ports and Logistics
No sign of a truce on the Canadian west coast
Day five of the port strikes across the Canadian west coast and the calls for the federal government to intervene…
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Ports and Logistics
No contract progress as Canada port strike enters fourth day
There is still minimal congestion to report at the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert where unionised dockworkers are preparing…
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Ports and Logistics
Little sign of congestion on day three of Canada’s port strikes
On day three of the strike at Canada’s west coast ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert there is little sign…
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Ports and Logistics
Canadian port strike set for July 1
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada has earmarked July 1, Canada Day, for a 72-hour strike at the ports…
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Tankers
Altera Shuttle Tankers fixes suezmax to Petrobras for five years
Altera Shuttle Tankers has sealed a deal with Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras for the charter of its 2013-built suezmax…
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Operations
Great Lakes can support shortsea shipping between US and Canada
A new study has shown the advantages of shortsea shipping services between southern Ontario and the US Great Lakes region.…
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Tankers
Algoma signs for methanol-ready product tankers in South Korea
Canada’s Algoma Central Corporation has commissioned Hyundai Mipo Shipyard in South Korea to build two 37,000 dwt ice-class product tankers…
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Finance and Insurance
Agribusiness giants to merge in $18bn deal
US agribusiness Bunge has agreed to merge with Glencore-backed Viterra in an $8.2bn stock and cash transaction.
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Offshore
Valeura and Petrofac agree five-year FPSO extension in Thailand
Canada-based Valeura Energy has extended a charter contract for the floating production storage and offloading vessel operating in the Jasmine…
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Ports and Logistics
Canadian port to become green hydrogen hub
Canadian renewable energy company World Energy GH2 is pressing ahead with plans to produce and ship green hydrogen and green…
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