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Friday, January 16, 2015
Canada Selects Irving Shipbuilding to Build Arctic Patrol Ships for $1.9 Billion
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Canada Selects Irving Shipbuilding to Build Arctic Patrol Ships for $1.9 Billion

The Canadian government has picked Irving Shipbuilding Inc, a Nova Scotia-based private company, to build Arctic patrol ships for C$2.3 billion ($1.9 billion),

January 16, 2015
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Cargo operations at Port Metro Vancouver. Photo courtesy Port Metro Vancouver
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Canadian Ports Offer Little Relief from U.S. West Coast Gridlock

The gridlock at U.S. West Coast ports is unlikely to be alleviated by routing cargoes through Canada, whose Pacific ports face their own

December 16, 2014
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Friday, December 12, 2014
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Party’s Over: Canadian Navy Bans Drinking at Sea

The Royal Canadian Navy on Friday imposed an almost total ban on sailors drinking at sea, after a warship had to be recalled from an international exercise

December 12, 2014
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Friday, December 5, 2014
Canada-U.S. LNG Cost Rivalry Draws Focus
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Canada-U.S. LNG Cost Rivalry Draws Focus

Petroliam Nasional Bhd.’s deferred decision on a C$36 billion ($32 billion) liquefied natural gas project in British Columbia is bringing to the fore

December 5, 2014
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Canada’s Seaspan Turns to Turkish Shipyard for LNG-Fueled Ferries
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Canada’s Seaspan Turns to Turkish Shipyard for LNG-Fueled Ferries

Seaspan Ferries Corporation, a unit of Vancouver-based Seaspan Marine Corporation, says it has awarded a contract to Sedef Shipyard of Istanbul, Turkey for the

November 19, 2014
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Monday, November 17, 2014
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Statoil Runs into UNCLOS Liability as Canada Extends Seabed Territories

Norway's Statoil risks millions of dollars in extra costs in Canada - a test case that could spell problems for other oil firms too as coastal states extend

November 17, 2014
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Thursday, October 30, 2014
Suncor to Regularly Consider Shipping Western Canada Crude Overseas
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Suncor to Regularly Consider Shipping Western Canada Crude Overseas

Suncor Energy Inc will look regularly at the economics of shipping Western Canadian crude from the country's East Coast to markets overseas, Chief Executive

October 30, 2014
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Canada’s Arctic Fleet Expansion Needs More Funds, Watchdog Says
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Canada’s Arctic Fleet Expansion Needs More Funds, Watchdog Says

Canada will fail to deliver a proposed fleet of six to eight Arctic patrol ships unless it spends significantly more than the C$2.8 billion ($2.51 billion)

October 28, 2014
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Friday, October 24, 2014
Barge Adrift In Beaufort Sea Off Alaska’s North Slope
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Barge Adrift In Beaufort Sea Off Alaska’s North Slope

U.S. and Canadian authorities are trying to figure out what to do about barge that broke free and is adrift in the remote waters of the Beaufort Sea off

October 24, 2014
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Canadian LNG Projects See British Columbia Tax Bills Slashed By Half
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Canadian LNG Projects See British Columbia Tax Bills Slashed By Half

Royal Dutch Shell Plc is among liquefied natural gas developers applauding British Columbia’s plan to halve a proposed tax on multibillion-dollar projects

October 22, 2014
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Saturday, October 18, 2014
Update: Tow Line Secured to Adrift Cargo Ship Off British Columbia
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Update: Tow Line Secured to Adrift Cargo Ship Off British Columbia

Update: Late on Friday night the Canadian Coast Guard patrol vessel Gordon Reid secured a tow line to the adrift Russian cargo ship, MV Simushir, west of

October 18, 2014
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Friday, October 17, 2014
Video: Arctic Escort Aboard Canadian Icebreaker Pierre Radison
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Video: Arctic Escort Aboard Canadian Icebreaker Pierre Radison

Video from onboard Canadian Coast Guard's medium icebreaker, CCGS Pierre Radison, as she escorts the expedition-style cruise ship, National Geographic

October 17, 2014
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Canada Lacks ‘Long-Term Vision’ to Ensure Safety of Arctic Shipping
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Canada Lacks ‘Long-Term Vision’ to Ensure Safety of Arctic Shipping

Canada will have trouble ensuring marine safety in the Arctic as climate change melts the sea ice and shipping increases, Parliament's environmental watchdog

October 7, 2014
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Monday, October 6, 2014
Petronas Says Canada Pacific NorthWest LNG Project Risks 15-Year Delay
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Petronas Says Canada Pacific NorthWest LNG Project Risks 15-Year Delay

By Christopher Donville and Rebecca Penty Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) — Petroliam Nasional Bhd., Malaysia’s state-owned energy company, said it may delay

October 6, 2014
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Friday, October 3, 2014
Drone Films Killer Whale Pod
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Drone Films Killer Whale Pod

For the first time ever, scientists have used an unmanned aerial vehicle to monitor killer whales in the wild. For the groundbreaking new study, researchers

October 3, 2014
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
Canada Identifies Found Franklin Expedition Ship
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Canada Identifies Found Franklin Expedition Ship

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced that the Franklin Expedition ship discovered by Canada in early September has been identified as the HMS

October 2, 2014
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Suncor to Ship First Ever Western Canadian Crude to Europe
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Suncor to Ship First Ever Western Canadian Crude to Europe

Canada's largest oil and gas producer, Suncor Energy Inc, is shipping its first ever tanker of Western Canadian heavy crude from Canada's East Coast to Europe,

September 23, 2014
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Canada Ports Win as Container Ships Divert on Labor Concern
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Canada Ports Win as Container Ships Divert on Labor Concern

Traffic at Canada's Port of Prince Rupert soared 49 percent in July from a year earlier as container ships try to avoid delays from a possible strike by U.S.

August 27, 2014
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
Port of Vancouver Coal Terminal Project Gains Approval
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Port of Vancouver Coal Terminal Project Gains Approval

Port Metro Vancouver, Canada's largest port, said on Thursday it has approved a new facility to transfer coal from trains onto barges at Fraser Surrey Docks, a

August 21, 2014
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014
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Secunda Orders New Support Vessel After Winning Long Term Charter Offshore Canada

In support of operations at the Hibernia and Hebron fields offshore eastern Canada, Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd (HMDC) and ExxonMobil

May 6, 2014
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