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Friday, November 13, 2015
News

Canada Prime Minister Moves to Deliver on Northern B.C. Oil Tanker Ban Promise

VANCOUVER, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has instructed Transport Minister Marc Garneau, in a letter released on Friday, to

November 13, 2015
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Thursday, November 5, 2015
News

TransCanada Scraps Plan for Quebec Crude Export Terminal

By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta, Nov 5 (Reuters) – TransCanada Corp said on Thursday it has scrapped plans to build a port in Quebec and will have only

November 5, 2015
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015
News

Leviathan II Sinking: Passengers Were Crowded On One Side of Top Deck When Wave Hit, TSB Says

Passenger crowding and a broadside wave may have capsized a whale watching off Tofino, British Columbia on Sunday leading to the death of six people, the

October 28, 2015
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Sunday, October 25, 2015
News

Five Dead, One Missing After Tour Vessel Capsizes Off British Columbia

  Update: The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) says it will be deploying a team of investigators to Tofino, British Columbia to investigate the

October 25, 2015
Total Views: 111

Wednesday, September 2, 2015
News

Irving Shipbuilding Cuts First Steel on Canada’s Arctic Patrol Ships

  Irving Shipbuilding has cut steel on the first of Canada’s Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships at the company’s Halifax Shipyard in Nova Scotia.

September 2, 2015
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Thursday, July 30, 2015
News

Canadian Goverment Invests in Safety of Arctic Shipping

  The Government of Canada announced Thursday that it is investing $22.7 million over the next five years to help improve the safety of marine

July 30, 2015
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Monday, July 20, 2015
News

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
Total Views: 113

Wednesday, July 15, 2015
News

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
Total Views: 90

Thursday, June 25, 2015
Defense

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
Total Views: 280

Wednesday, June 24, 2015
News

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
Total Views: 45

Monday, June 22, 2015
Shipping News

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
Total Views: 43

Sunday, June 14, 2015
News

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
News

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
News

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
News

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
Total Views: 54

Thursday, April 2, 2015
Shipping News

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
Total Views: 36

News

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
Ports

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
News

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
News

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
Total Views: 128