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Monday, July 20, 2015
WATCH: Launch of First LNG-Powered Ferry Built in North America
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WATCH: Launch of First LNG-Powered Ferry Built in North America

  Last week we heard about the commissioning of the first LNG-powered ferry in North America, the F.-A.-Gauthier. Today we have time-lapse video of the

July 20, 2015
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015
North America’s First LNG-Powered Ferry Enters Service
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North America’s First LNG-Powered Ferry Enters Service

  The first ferry in North America to run on liquified natural gas has officially been commissioned in Quebec, Canada. The ferry F.-A.-Gauthier, is owned

July 15, 2015
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Thursday, June 25, 2015
Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyard Cuts Steel on Canada’s First NSPS Vessel – Sir John Franklin
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Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyard Cuts Steel on Canada’s First NSPS Vessel – Sir John Franklin

  Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards (VSY) jas cut steel on the first National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS) ship, the Canadian Coast Guard’s

June 25, 2015
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Canada’s TSB Sends Team to Investigate St. Lawrence River Tug Sinkings
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Canada’s TSB Sends Team to Investigate St. Lawrence River Tug Sinkings

  The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has sent a team of investigators to probe Monday’s sinking of two tugboats on the Saint Lawrence

June 24, 2015
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Monday, June 22, 2015
Petronas’ $29 Billion Canadian LNG Export Project Hits New Snag with Aboriginal Group
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Petronas’ $29 Billion Canadian LNG Export Project Hits New Snag with Aboriginal Group

By Rebecca Penty and Allison McNeely (Bloomberg) — Petroliam Nasional Bhd.’s C$36 billion ($29.4 billion) Canadian natural gas export project was

June 22, 2015
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Sunday, June 14, 2015
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Petronas Pushes Forward with $29 Billion Canada LNG Project

A Petroliam Nasional Bhd.-led group of companies elected to proceed with a C$36 billion ($29 billion) natural gas shipping project on Canada’s Pacific Coast

June 14, 2015
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Friday, May 1, 2015
Canada Scales Back Important Navy Shipbuilding Strategy
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Canada Scales Back Important Navy Shipbuilding Strategy

Canadian officials said on Friday a C$26.2 billion ($21.5 billion) program to build 15 naval ships could end up below target and over budget, the latest

May 1, 2015
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Monday, April 27, 2015
Canadian Government Selling Stake in 50 Port Facilities
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Canadian Government Selling Stake in 50 Port Facilities

The Canadian government has announced the sale or divesture of 50 Transport Canada-owned port facilities to interested parties under a new government program.

April 27, 2015
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Friday, April 17, 2015
Large Dock Fire Hits Squamish Terminals, British Columbia
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Large Dock Fire Hits Squamish Terminals, British Columbia

A large dock fire in Squamish, British Columbia on Thursday caused thick black smoke to blanket the town and forced authorities to issue a Shelter-In-Place

April 17, 2015
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Thursday, April 2, 2015
TransCanada Scraps Quebec Oil Export Terminal Over Whale Danger
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TransCanada Scraps Quebec Oil Export Terminal Over Whale Danger

TransCanada is scrapping plans for a Quebec oil-export terminal, a move that is a victory for environmentalists and which delays the company's Energy East

April 2, 2015
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DP World to Acquire Prince Rupert’s Fairview Container Terminal
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DP World to Acquire Prince Rupert’s Fairview Container Terminal

UAE-based DP World, one of the world’s biggest port operators, says it has reached a deal to acquire Maher Terminal’s Fairview Container Terminal in

April 2, 2015
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Canada’s Prince Rupert Port to Boost Container Handling Capacity
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Canada’s Prince Rupert Port to Boost Container Handling Capacity

Maher Terminals Holding Corp said on Tuesday it would boost container-handling capacity by more than half at the Port of Prince Rupert under an expansion of

March 10, 2015
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Thursday, March 5, 2015
Operations Resume at Port Metro Vancouver After Chemical Fire
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Operations Resume at Port Metro Vancouver After Chemical Fire

Port Metro Vancouver was mostly re-opened Thursday after a chemical fire broke out in a container Wednesday afternoon at a terminal at the port's south

March 5, 2015
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Four-Alarm Chemical Fire Shuts Port Metro Vancouver – Update
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Four-Alarm Chemical Fire Shuts Port Metro Vancouver – Update

Update: The fire was brought under control as of 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, Port Metro Vancouver said in a update. The update said that smoke continued to diminish

March 4, 2015
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Monday, March 2, 2015
Canada Delays Opening of Crucial Arctic Naval Port Until 2018
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Canada Delays Opening of Crucial Arctic Naval Port Until 2018

Canada's military has again delayed the opening of a major new Arctic port, a sign the government is struggling to assert sovereignty over a remote

March 2, 2015
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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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