The Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM), located in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, today launched a marketing campaign to promote the strategic advantages of developing a container shipping port terminal in Sydney harbor. The announcement comes after CBRM recently agreed to purchase approximately 500 acres of greenfield waterfront land for the purpose of building a
Read moreBad maps are being blamed after Canadian naval reservists participating in the U.S.-led war on drugs last year caused a diplomatic flap by firing their weapons and intercepting fishing vessels in Jamaican waters — without the permission of Jamaica’s maritime authorities. The embarrassing accident that has never before been publicly reported, broke international maritime
Read moreThe Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is launching an investigation into the crash of a Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) helicopter that has killed three people. The CCG helicopter, operated by Transport Canada, departed from the CCG vessel Amundsen [pictured above] and crashed in the M’Clure Strait, off the coast of Banks Island, Northwest Territories
Read moreJakarta. The government has yet to find solutions to problems holding up the long-delayed Cilamaya Seaport project in West Java, since its announcement two years ago. Under the its original plan, the port was set to be operational by 2017. The Cilamaya port is expected to ease congestion at the country’s main Tanjung Priok port
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