National Aerial Surveillance Program
The National Aerial Surveillance Program is an integral element of Canada’s ocean management. Canada takes a risk-based approach to ship-source pollution response and seeks to [...]
The National Aerial Surveillance Program is an integral element of Canada’s ocean management. Canada takes a risk-based approach to ship-source pollution response and seeks to [...]
The Arctic Ocean Basin continues to see sea-ice diminish and thin on an ever increasing basis, outstripping the scientific predictive models. This trend has significant [...]
To move forward in a changing world, Canada needs clear thinking around important maritime governance issues that have an environmental risk component. We should not [...]
Are current Search and Rescue in the Arctic capabilities adequate? Canada has both marine and aviation search and rescue (SAR) requirements and obligations that have [...]
The coming into force of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) in August 2013 might serve to generate such a discussion amongst BC Shipping New readers and those [...]
On the important topic of West Coast container port competitiveness, this paper by Phil Davies analyzes the market performance of two West Coast port complexes – Vancouver [...]
Marine salvage on the Pacific Coast is an important component of having a strong and resilient marine response capability. Recent projects involving the export of [...]
The 5th bi-annual Maritime Security Challenges 2012 conference was held in Victoria, British Columbia from October 1-3. Over the last ten years, this conference has [...]
Canada’s National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy can serve as a catalyst for Canada’s development of a robust Arctic shipping capability. Working together as a nation, with [...]
Marine search and rescue in the Canadian Arctic is important. K. Joseph Spears and Michael K.P. Dorey in this October 15, 2012 article in Canadian Sailings argue that there [...]
The illegal transport of migrants by ship is seen as a security threat by the Canadian government. The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration [...]
The October 2002 report, Lifting the Moratorium: The costs and benefits of offshore oil drilling in British Columbia considers the potential for offshore energy development in BC. [...]
The Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development considered Canada’s marine pollution response regime in the fall of 2010. The chapter on “Oil Spills from Ships,” [...]
K. Joseph Spears in this article for the Canadian Sailings Arctic Shipping Special Feature explores the development of Arctic shipping and the Polar Code. It is an important shipping [...]
An evaluation of the factors determining container port competitiveness of the North American West Coast through the port’s market shares can be challenging. Lack of [...]
On the west coast of Canada, environmental concerns have prompted recent legislative attempts to ban or limit oil tanker in Canadian waters. The rising tide [...]
This article compares the United Kingdom oil pollution response regime to Canada’s. The United Kingdom’s regime places particular emphasis on command and control and casualty intervention. The [...]
Shipping crude oil on the Canadian West Coast required balanced and sustainable oil tanker traffic policies. Such policies are critically important for Alberta’s oil sands [...]
America and the Law of the Sea Treaty both stand to benefit from U.S. ratification. Canada needs to support the United States in ratifying the [...]
The subject of large container ships is discussed in this September 5, 2012 Canadian Sailings article. The article Big, young ships flex container muscles suggests that mammoth container ships [...]
Conventional wisdom on Pacific Coast container port competitiveness suggests that the routing of container traffic routing via West Coast ports is highly sensitive to transportation [...]
Canada’s ability to respond to a marine mass rescue operation from the mariner’s perspective is important. It has been said that mass rescue operational planning [...]
As readers of BC Shipping News were enjoying the Canada Day long-weekend, trade officials from nine countries were meeting in San Diego for the 13th Trans Pacific Partnership [...]
Arctic shipping and the Mary River project may soon become an important component of Canada’s marine foreign trade and economic prosperity. This Canadian Naval Review article examines [...]
The prospects for increased Canadian Asia Pacific energy trade are on the horizon. Canada is both a maritime state and an energy trade dependent state [...]
The Alaska and British Columbia cruise sector continues to evolve. Key factors to watch are the strength of the United States economy and whether the [...]
The pipeline and maritime transport of energy products was the subject of a recent CTRF panel discussion. The 2012 Canadian Transportation Research Form June 5th opening plenary [...]
West Coast search and rescue (SAR) was the subject of this BC Shipping News article. Author K. Joesph Spears states that search and rescue on Canada’s [...]
The prospects of shipping oil off the Pacific Coast has generated significant public interest in Canada. It is fair to say that the regulation of [...]
The debate on West Coast oil tankers is intense. On Canada’s Pacific Coast, there is a gathering storm over the potential risks arising from the [...]