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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Canada’s Fednav Orders New Icebreaker
Shipbuilding

Canada’s Fednav Orders New Icebreaker

Fednav, the world’s largest operator of ice-classed vessels and Canada’s leading deep-sea bulk transporter, announced Tuesday that it has placed an

October 30, 2012
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Friday, October 19, 2012
Big Day for Canadian Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding

Big Day for Canadian Shipbuilding

Seaspan Marine today broke ground on a $200 million re-development and facilities upgrade at its Vancouver Shipyard facility that will help the yard fulfill a

October 19, 2012
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Monday, August 27, 2012
Canadian Miner Seeking Partner in Ultra-Deepwater Copper and Gold Mining Project
Offshore

Canadian Miner Seeking Partner in Ultra-Deepwater Copper and Gold Mining Project

(Bloomberg) — Nautilus Minerals Inc., seeking to be the first large-scale miner of copper and gold from the ocean floor, is in talks with potential

August 27, 2012
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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Montreal express hapag lloyd containership canada
News

Hapag-Lloyd Celebrates 120 Years of Liner Service to Canada

In 1892, the first steamer “Cremon” set sail for Montreal flying the Hapag flag.  Today, Hapag-Lloyd is the largest container carrier in Canada,

July 29, 2012
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Nova Scotia Offshore Blocks Drawing “Considerable Interest”
Offshore

Nova Scotia Offshore Blocks Drawing “Considerable Interest”

OTTAWA–Nova Scotia is drawing “considerable interest” for 11 offshore energy exploration parcels that are up for bidding, after Royal Dutch

June 25, 2012
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Monday, June 4, 2012
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Uncategorized

Canadian Coast Guard To Modernize Marine Communications and Traffic Services

The Canadian Coast Guard has announced a plan to modernizing twelve Marine Communications and Traffic Centres across the country with state-of-the-art

June 4, 2012
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Seaspan Marine Calls on STX Know-How to Help with NSPS Facility Upgrades
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Seaspan Marine Calls on STX Know-How to Help with NSPS Facility Upgrades

Canada’s Seaspan Marine Corporation says it has entered into a technology support agreement with STX Offshore and Shipbuilding that will help its

April 16, 2012
Total Views: 39

Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Vancouver Shipyards Awarded $5.2B Worth of Additional NSPS Vessels
Engineering News

Vancouver Shipyards Awarded $5.2B Worth of Additional NSPS Vessels

North Vancouver-based Seaspan Shipyards says the Canadian Coast Guard has decided to spend an additional $5.2 billion on the construction of even more ships

April 4, 2012
Total Views: 41

Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Ocean Ranger Disaster: 30 Year Anniversary
Blog

Ocean Ranger Disaster: 30 Year Anniversary

30 years ago today the Ocean Ranger, a semisubmersible drilling rig, sank during a vicious winter storm while drilling an exploration well off the coast of

February 15, 2012
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Canada Lays Out Plans to Help Maximize Historic Shipbuilding Investment
Engineering News

Canada Lays Out Plans to Help Maximize Historic Shipbuilding Investment

In a continued effort to bolster economic growth and create jobs, the Canadian Government has announced a plan aimed to help maximze the benefit of countries

February 14, 2012
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Friday, February 3, 2012
CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent
Defense

STX Wins Design Contract for Canadian Coast Guard’s Flagship Polar Icebreaker

STX Canada Marine announced that they have been awarded a contract to design the future flagship polar icebreaker of the Canadian Coast Guard. The $9.5 million

February 3, 2012
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Monday, January 30, 2012
Canada’s Algoma Central Corp. to ‘Scrub’ Out SOx Emissions with Help from Wärtsilä
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Canada’s Algoma Central Corp. to ‘Scrub’ Out SOx Emissions with Help from Wärtsilä

Algoma Central Corp., the largest Canadian shipowner and operator of Canadian-flagged Great Lakes vessels, has announced plans to install fresh water exhaust

January 30, 2012
Total Views: 59

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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Defense

US and Canada Conduct Joint Effort Collecting 5,600 Miles of Arctic Bathymetric and Seismic Data

By Brian Van Pay and Barbara Moore, US Department of State In the enduring spirit of friendship and cooperation, the United States and Canada conducted their

January 24, 2012
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Friday, January 20, 2012
offshore drilling eastern canada nova scotia
News

Shell Wins $970M Offshore Nova Scotia Ultra-Deepwater Exploration Bid, Largest Ever for Eastern Canada

Royal Dutch Shell has won a $970 million bid (NS 11-1) for exploration rights offshore Nova Scota, says the Canada – Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum

January 20, 2012
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Press Releases

Canada Releases Rules For Offshore Arctic Oil, Gas Drilling

The National Energy Board (NEB or the Board) released filing requirements today for future applications to drill in the Canadian Arctic Offshore. The Filing

December 15, 2011
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Canada Awards Hefty Shipbuilding Contracts: And The Winners Are…
Engineering News

Canada Awards Hefty Shipbuilding Contracts: And The Winners Are…

OTTAWA (Dow Jones)–The Canadian government Wednesday awarded C$33 billion (US$32.3 billion) of shipbuilding contracts, the largest in the country’s

October 19, 2011
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Monday, October 17, 2011
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Navy

A Canadian Shipbuilding Revolution: $35 Billion Announcement Pending

Contracts will soon be awarded to Canadian shipyards for an aggressive $35-billion shipbuilding project, the largest military procurement in modern Canadian

October 17, 2011
Total Views: 34

Sunday, August 21, 2011
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News

Canada Escalates its Arctic Activities… and we’re not talking hockey you hoser.

OTTAWA (Dow Jones)–Prime Minister Stephen Harper flies this week to Canada’s High Arctic, where troops are conducting the country’s largest

August 21, 2011
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Navy

Canada’s “Navy”

Canada’s senate passed a motion today that brings it one step closer to changing the name of it’s “navy” from Maritime Command to Royal

December 15, 2010
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Friday, December 10, 2010
Blog

Maritime Command, Royal Canadian Navy, or Canadian Navy?

According to the Toronto Sun, a junior naval officer in Canada’s “Maritime Command” is in a bit of trouble after he was caught emailing his

December 10, 2010
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