Press Releases

NEAS Safe Summer Sealift 2024 Open for Business
Iqaluit, NU; Kuujjuaq, Montreal, QC, June 11, 2024

Transport Nanuk inc. and NEAS Group inc. Appoint Daniel Dagenais as President and Chief Executive Officer
Iqaluit, NU, Montreal and Kuujjuaq, QC, September 11, 2023

NEAS Safe Summer Sealift 2023: Essential Marine Resupply Underway for Eastern and Western Arctic
Montreal, QC, May 29, 2023

NEAS delivers housing: Reserve NEAS Summer Sealift Now!
Nunavut News, April 17, 2023

NEAS Sealift Success for America’s Business and Defense
By Suzanne Paquin, President and CEO, The NEAS Group to the CanArctic Business Mission to Washington, D.C., Nov 17, 2022

NEAS 2022 Summer Sealift Season Underway
Montreal, QC, June 14, 2022

Reserve NEAS summer sealift now
Nunavut News, March 7, 2022

NEAS summer sealift works for Nunavut community infrastructure
Nunavut News, November 15, 2021

NEAS Capacity and Supply Chain Value for U.S. Businesses,
by Suzanne Paquin, President and CEO, The NEAS Group, to the U.S. Commercial Services CanArctic Procurement Outlook, Mining and Energy Opportunities in Nunavut and Quebec’s North, Sept 15, 2021.

NEAS 2021 Summer Sealift Season Underway
Montreal, QC, May 25, 2021

The NEAS Group opens new NEAS Cargo Service Center and NEAS Marine Terminal at the Port of Bécancour in Southern Quebec
Montreal, QC, January 18, 2021

Life on the (Floe) Edge
June 2020 – Above & Beyond Magazine

The NEAS Group joins the Green Marine environmental certification program
June 15, 2020

Keeping You Safe 2020: NEAS Sets Sail with the Opening of the Annual Summer Sealift and Community Resupply for Valued Customers Across Canada’s Eastern and Western ArcticIqaluit, NU, / Kuujjuaq, QC, June 1, 2020

Suzanne Paquin, NEAS President and CEO,  “Northern Transportation: Effective Solutions,” Northern Lights Conference,
Ottawa, February 6, 2020

MISSION POSSIBLE: HOW NEAS DELIVERS THE GOODS IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC
Mining North of 60, 2020

A Legacy of Excellent Service Passed Down Through Generations
October 24, 2019

For 2019 Arctic sealift season, NEAS announces two new Inuit-owned Canadian-flag vessels; issues annual sealift safety reminder; posts Iqaluit beach office hours; and promotes community recycling program & beach clean-up
May 30, 2019

NEAS awarded new exclusive carrier contracts for Nunavut
April 25, 2019

The Port of Churchill Provides Update on Propane Resupply to Community
July 6, 2018

NEAS Group Releases New Online Tools to Improve Arctic Sealift Experience for Customers
May 23, 2018

Sealift season brings Nunavut residents long awaited supplies
August 24, 2017 – APTN National News

New NEAS vessel delivers for arctic communities
August 2, 2017

Ship with NEAS, the best sealift choice in the Kivalliq and across Nunavut
July 04, 2016

NEAS 2016 Artic sealift season set to begin
July 04, 2016

Arctic Visions: Suzanne Paquin sees the shipping needs of the North through clear eyes
September 18, 2015

NEAS Appoints sales & customer service rep for Kivalliq region
August 20, 2015 – Iqaluit, Kuujjuaq

Achievable marine infrastructure and other opportunities in Nunavut (Presentation)
April 16, 2015 Iqaluit

Building on success, NEAS readies for 2015 arctic sealift season
February 6, 2015 – Iqaluit

Kitikmeot Mayor’s Conference
October 7, 2014 – Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
English | Inuktitut

A new NEAS vessel, more NEAS Inuit training and employment
July 17, 2014 – Iqaluit

With new vessel, NEAS gears up for busiest year yet
July 11, 2014 – Nunatsiaq news

Calls grow louder for deep-sea port in Iqaluit as it becomes Arctic boom town
July 14, 2014 – CTV News

Arctic Marine Resupply: Solutions (Presentation)
January 30, 2014 – Ottawa

NEWS: Around the Arctic
January 30, 2014 – Nunatsiaq news

Watch the “AVATAQ” on MIGHTY SHIPS online at Discovery Channel.
January 22, 2014

Countdown to the “AVATAQ” on MIGHTY SHIPS
November 7, 2013

NEAS: The little marine transport company conquering the Arctic
October 14, 2013 – Canadian sailings magazine article

WISTA International Conference
October 4, 2013

Article published in Canadian Sailings magazine
August 5, 2013

New NEAS vessel MV Mitiq enhances arctic sealift for Nunavik and Nunavut
July 19, 2013

NEAS improves cargo pick up for customers in Iqaluit
July 3, 2013

NEAS “Name the Ship” Winner Announced
April 19, 2013

Name the NEAS Ship Contest!
February 15, 2013

Marine Infrastructure / Deep Sea Port Iqaluit Trade Show
September 27, 2012

One week on the MV Avataq by Miroslav Chum (Makivik Magazine)
Spring 2012

Reserve your space now with NEAS and enjoy the 2012 sealift
April 27, 2012

Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping: The Right Choice for Nunavut for All the Right Reasons
March 1, 2012

Le Plan Nord, une manne pour les ports (French article)
February 2, 2012 – Les affaires

Service fee to be scrapped
January 30, 2012 – Northern News Services

DFO to kill marine fee for Arctic-bound sealift
January 16, 2012 – Nunatsiaq news

Arctic Series: Business Goes North
November 25, 2011 – Claire Tremblay Ottawa Life Magazine

Arctic Shipping group NEAS announces corporate changes
November 4, 2011

The Port of Valleyfield will benefit the Northern Plan (French article)
10 October, 2011

Avataq in Toronto Star
6 September, 2011

Arctic has great riches, but greater challenges
Reuters August 2011

Congratulates the Government of Quebec on Plan Nord
August 29, 2011

Click and Win with NEAS
June 16, 2011

Forsaking the land for the open sea – for a while, anyway
December 4, 2010

2010 sealift season banner year
November 24th 2010

NEAS 2010 Freight Rates
March 26 2010, 2010 – Freight Rates release

Infrastructure Opportunities and Challenges before the Arctic Sealift
January 2010 – PowerPoint presentation delivered by Suzanne Paquin to the Northern Lights Conference 2010

Northern News Services Online
December 21, 2009 – The 2009 sealift was a year of firsts for Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping (NEAS)

2009 Season
December 2009 – Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping reports on successful 2009 arctic sealift season.

MV Avataq
October 19, 2009 – Completes deliveries and says “Thank you.”

Factors and Challenges
September 2009 – In Canada’s Arctic Supply Chains.

Historic commercial navigation of Northwest passage
August 29, 2009 – Northwest Passage navigation marks milestone achievement for Inuit enterprise and service improvements and savings for arctic sealift users

Supplying the North by Sea
July 30, 2009 – Gabriel Zarate from Northern News Services.

Kivalliq announcement
April 2009 – NEAS hires new Kivalliq representative.

NEAS Navigates Northwest Passage
April 2009 – Nunavut’s Kitikmeot region can now benefit from NEAS services.

Thru-Rate service from Winnipeg to Kivalliq
April 2009 – Thru-Rate service from Winnipeg to Kivalliq region of Nunavut via Valleyfield.

MV Qamutik
May 2008 – New Inuit owned Canadian vessel delivers hope for Arctic.

NEAS Presentation
May 6, 2008 – Discussion on the existing and emerging challenges to providing shipping services in the North, with a focus on sustainable shipping, the evolving institutional and commercial milieu, and considering the physical and seasonal realities of shipping in northern waters.

NEAS Presentation
March 2008 – Corporate presentation shows to the Kivalliq Chamber of Commerce.

Kivalliq
March 2008 – New sealift services for Kivalliq communities from Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping.

MV Avataq
May 2007 – NEAS partners invest in a new ship.

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