
Dubai-based port operator DP World and Canada’s Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) have announced updates to several critical infrastructure projects that will make Canada’s west coast more resilient to future supply chain challenges.

Canadian fuel cell supplier Ballard Power Systems has delivered two, 200 kilowatt (kW) fuell cell modules to Norwegian ferry operator Norled.

M/V Nukumi, a new purpose-designed self-unloading ship owned by Canadian shipping company Canada Steamship Lines (CSL), departed on its maiden voyage on 31 January.

Vancouver-based resource exploration company AmmPower wants to develop a green hydrogen/ammonia production facility for shipping fuel and energy transfer at the Port of South Louisiana.

Wood has secured nearly $3 million in funding for an oil and gas robotics project, which is expected to create new job opportunities.

Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries has revealed the name of its sixth Island-class ferry — Island Gwawis.

Following a 20-week retrofit, Marilyn Bell I ferry is now the first electric ferry service in Canada to be powered by a zero-emission, lithium-ion power and propulsion system containing no diesel components.

Anglo-Australian mining corporation Rio Tinto and Shell-Led LNG Canada have opened a newly extended wharf that will increase the capacity of Rio Tinto’s port facilities in Kitimat.

CSL Group, a Canada-based owner and operator of self-unloading ships, has acquired a strategic minority stake in compatriot engineering firm EMS-Tech.

The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has raised concerns about the planned acquisition of Ports America by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), which has previously been a minority investor in the company.

North America’s port operator QSL has become the very first Canadian maritime company to adhere to the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative.

Canadian coffee roaster Café William has taken advantage of its partner Sailcargo’s presence at COP26 to announce its investment in the first zero-emission sailing cargo ship to transport its coffee beans from South America to its roasting plant in Sherbrooke, Quebec.

German dry bulk owner and operator Oldendorff Carriers and Canadian mining company Teck Resources Limited have signed an agreement to employ energy-efficient bulk carriers for shipments of Teck steelmaking coal from the Port of Vancouver to international destinations.

ZIM Kingston, a Malta-flagged Panamax containership, lost about 40 containers overboard during heavy weather off the Strait of Juan de Fuca on 22 October.