Tag: Canada

On 17 June, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand announced a major expansion of sanctions against Russia, targeting "shadow fleet" vessels. 

The Canadian Marine Careers Foundation (CMCF) has released the Canadian Seafarers Pathway Study, highlighting a critical shortage of labour and skills in the country's marine transportation sector.

The Port of Amsterdam and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance a transatlantic green hydrogen corridor, connecting Eastern Canada’s production potential with Europe’s growing demand for clean energy.

Efforts continue off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador following the grounding of the MSC Baltic III near Wild Cove, with authorities providing their fifteenth update on the incident. 

OAST and University of Victoria have established the BC Marine Energy and Decarbonization Hub, a new provincial centre aimed at advancing clean energy solutions for British Columbia’s coastal communities. 

Several tar balls have been found and collected near the site where the containership MSC Baltic III ran aground back in February.

Seaspan has completed Canada’s first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering for a containership in the Port of Vancouver on 9 March.

Seaspan has been awarded the construction contract to build one of the Canadian Coast Guard’s (CCG) new heavy polar icebreakers.

In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week” from BIMCO, Chief Shipping Analyst, Niels Rasmussen, looks at Canada’s crude tanker exports which are up 59% year-to-date and which have just been targeted with a 10% tariff by the US together with other oil imports from Canada.

A cargo ship that ran aground off the coast of Newfoundland on February 15, 2025, has been prompting an ongoing Canadian Coast Guard response to assess environmental risks and salvage the vessel.