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Wednesday, March 26, 2014
News

Deal Reached To End Month-Long Strike At Canada’s Largest Port

By Julie Gordon VANCOUVER, March 26 (Reuters) – Negotiators on Wednesday reached a deal to end the month-long container truck strike that has crippled

March 26, 2014
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014
News

Neste Oil and Concordia Sell Panamaxes to New Canadian Shipping Firm

Scandinavian tanker owners, Concordia Maritime and Neste Oil have reached an agreement to sell a pair of  jointly-owned, 2007-built Ice Class 1A panamax

March 19, 2014
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Monday, March 17, 2014
Grounding Incidents

Shifting Winds Free MV John 1 from Newfoundland Shoal

Shifting winds allowed the MV John 1 bulk carrier to free itself from a shoal just off the southern coast of Newfoundland after the ship ran aground Saturday

March 17, 2014
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Saturday, March 15, 2014
Interesting

23 Airlifted From Grounded Bulk Carrier Off Newfoundland – PHOTOS

All 23 crewmembers have been airlifted to safety from a 180-meter bulk carrier after the ship ran aground Saturday afternoon just off the southern coast of

March 15, 2014
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Friday, March 14, 2014
News

Radiation Scare at Port of Halifax

An emergency HAZMAT team was called to the Ceres shipping terminal at the port of Halifax Thursday night after reports of a possible radiation

March 14, 2014
Total Views: 31

Friday, February 28, 2014
Incidents

Canadian Warship Suffers Main Engine Room Fire Off Hawaii

20 crew members have sustained injuries on board the Canadian warship HMCS Protecteur after a fire broke out at 10:20PM last night while returning home to

February 28, 2014
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Friday, February 21, 2014
Evergreen

Ice Canoe Racing…Only in Canada

Hundreds of years ago when the trading of dead animal furs was kind of a big deal in the area surrounding the St. Lawrence Seaway, the second oldest Canadian

February 21, 2014
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013
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Transiting the Welland Canal on the CSL Whitefish Bay

CBC’s Rick Mercer transits the Welland Canal on board the CSL bulk carrier Whitefish Bay. The Welland Canal is a key point in the St. Lawrence Seaway as

December 17, 2013
Total Views: 151

Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Canada’s BC Ferries Shortlists Five Shipyards to Build LNG-Powered Ferries
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Canada’s BC Ferries Shortlists Five Shipyards to Build LNG-Powered Ferries

Canada's BC Ferries is moving forward with plans to build three car and passenger ferries to run on LNG fuel as the company looks to decrease fuel costs and

December 10, 2013
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Monday, December 9, 2013
Canada to Lay Claim to Resource Rich North Pole
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Canada to Lay Claim to Resource Rich North Pole

Canada intends to lay claim to the North Pole as part of a bid to assert control over a large part of the resource-rich Arctic, Foreign Minister John Baird

December 9, 2013
Total Views: 47

Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Canada Panel Urges Better Response Plan for Oil Spills
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Canada Panel Urges Better Response Plan for Oil Spills

Canada must be better prepared to respond to major oil spills if more crude starts to flow in pipelines to the country's Pacific Coast, a government panel said

December 4, 2013
Total Views: 16

Monday, December 2, 2013
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News

Regulating LNG | Q&A with Transport Canada

Transport Canada is the federal body responsible for transportation safety and regulation.  Their Marine departments have been working to support the industry

December 2, 2013
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Canadian Police Charge Man with Attempting to Leak Classified Shipbuilding Data to China
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Canadian Police Charge Man with Attempting to Leak Classified Shipbuilding Data to China

Canadian police have arrested a man and charged him with trying to leak classified information related to the country’s national shipbuilding strategy

December 2, 2013
Total Views: 35

Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Canadian Icebreakers Are Key to Increased Shipping in the Arctic
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Canadian Icebreakers Are Key to Increased Shipping in the Arctic

Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — When the Danish-owned Nordic Orion became the first bulk carrier to transit the Northwest Passage, it relied on an escort for part

October 30, 2013
Total Views: 68

Friday, June 7, 2013
Have You Seen This Ship? Russian Ghost Ship Has Vanished
Incidents

Have You Seen This Ship? Russian Ghost Ship Has Vanished

(Note: Click HERE to visit our forum for the full discussion of this article) UPDATE Jan. 24, 2013: Cannibal Rat-Infested Ghost Ship Story Hijacks the Internet

June 7, 2013
Total Views: 412

Friday, May 31, 2013
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Oceanex Connaigra
News

FSG Launches Innovative Ice-Classed ConRo Ferry, the Oceanex Connaigra

8 months after the first plate of steel was cut, Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) shipyard has launched the 210 meter-long ConRo ferry Oceanex

May 31, 2013
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
WATCH: Fishing Trawler Rams Docked Canadian Warship
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WATCH: Fishing Trawler Rams Docked Canadian Warship

How does this even

April 24, 2013
Total Views: 131

Friday, April 19, 2013
Canada’s Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Seen Helping Tanker Market
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Canada’s Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Seen Helping Tanker Market

A pipeline proposed for Canada’s west coast would boost demand for tankers carrying oil exports to the U.S. and Asia, according to E.A. Gibson

April 19, 2013
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
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News

Canada Likely to Beat U.S. in the LNG Export Race

(Bloomberg) — Canada is pulling ahead of the U.S. in the contest to be the first exporter of liquefied natural gas from the North American shale bonanza

April 2, 2013
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Monday, March 18, 2013
Canada Moves to Improve Oil Tanker Safety

Canada Moves to Improve Oil Tanker Safety

CALGARY, Alberta, March 18 (Reuters) – Canada’s government will examine strengthening oil tanker safety, including introducing new laws and

March 18, 2013
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