Canada: Marine/ Shipping

Technology is transforming the transportation industry, creating both opportunities and risks for businesses navigating digital supply chains, AI integration, and cybersecurity threats. As regulatory frameworks struggle to keep pace with emerging technologies like autonomous vehicles and IoT sensors, transportation companies must strategically balance innovation with comprehensive risk management across contracts, data privacy, and operational security.

The International Maritime Organization has adopted a groundbreaking regulatory framework for autonomous shipping that will reshape maritime operations. This analysis examines the four-tiered MASS Code system, from automated decision-support to fully autonomous vessels, and explores how Canada's existing oversight policies may inform future adoption. Critical questions remain about liability allocation, insurance coverage, and the applicability of traditional maritime law when human decision-makers are remo

For the first time since the transcontinental railway, Canada is planning a sweeping expansion of northern infrastructure that could reshape trade, energy and defence. The emerging logistics corridor through the Northwest Passage is at the heart of this shift, bringing big opportunities, and some serious legal and policy questions, for businesses operating in or through the Arctic.

The United States Supreme Court does not usually rule on transportation cases. A case currently being "briefed" (that is, legal arguments are being filed) is now before the United States Supreme...

BLG's Shipping Group recently hosted its 37th Annual Maritime Law Seminar in Montréal, bringing together leading maritime law practitioners, industry representatives...

Le 28 avril 2025, le président Donald J. Trump a publié le décret 14286 intitulé « Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road for America's Truck Drivers » (le « décret »).

Over the last five years, there has been a rising concern by consumers about the cost of goods and services linked to the transportation industry.

The port strike in Canada, particularly affecting British Columbia's ports, has escalated with a lockout announced by the BC Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) starting at 4:30 p.m. PT...

In the recent decision of SOS Marine Inc. v. M/V Gentle Seas (Ship), 2024 FC 1042, the Federal Court of Canada considered whether information disclosed in arbitration...