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Vessels transiting off Vancouver told to slow down to protect endangered whale species
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has launched a pilot project in the Haro Strait to get ships to slow down…
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Americas
CSL takes second handy of the year
Canadian outfit CSL Group has pounced on the Japanese controlled handysize bulker , paying Yahata Trader $8.5m for the seven-year-old…
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Americas
Statoil and Husky come up dry off Newfoundland
Norway’s Statoil and its partner Canada’s Husky Energy have come up empty in a two-well drilling campaign offshore Newfoundland, according…
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Americas
Port of Vancouver calls for vessel slowdown to help study of endangered killer whales
The Port of Vancouver in British Columbia, in what is believed to be a world first, is asking vessels to…
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Americas
Seaspan extends contract discussions with Gerry Wang
Seaspan Corporation has announced that it is continuing discussions about the contract of the company’s chief executive officer and co-founder…
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Americas
NovaAlgoma secures long-term charter deal with Lafarge Canada
NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers has announced that subsidiary NACC Shipping Canada has been awarded a long-term time charter agreement by Lafarge…
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Europe
Wood Group picked for Husky Energy White Rose contract
Wood Group has secured a multi-million dollar contract from Husky Energy to complete detailed engineering for the topsides of White…
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Maritime CEO
Genoil: 2020 fuel decisions
Genoil, a Canada-based clean technology company, is seeing opportunities from the impending ship emission regulations in 2020 for its innovative…
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Europe
Siem Offshore secures AHTS contract from ExxonMobil
Norway’s Siem Offshore has announced that subsidiary Secunda Canada has been awarded a 2-year firm contract, plus 12 monthly options…
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Americas
Shareholder dismisses Teekay Tankers’ plans to buy out Tanker Investments
Teekay Tankers’ plans to buy out Tanker Investments has drawn criticism from a key shareholder. Huber Capital Management, a California-based…
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Americas
DOF Subsea wins work in Canada for CSV
DOF Subsea has been award of a 5-month contract in Canada for multipurpose CSV . The contract, with an unnamed…
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Americas
Canadian authorities approve 40-year LNG export licence for Woodfibre facility in BC
Canada has approved a 40-year licence for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in British Columbia. The plant at…
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Americas
Teekay Tankers adds 18 vessels with Tanker Investments acquisition
Teekay Tankers has moved to bolster its fleet with the acquisition of Oslo-listed Tanker Investments (TIL) in a share-for-share merger.…
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Tech
Global real-time maritime tracking service launched
Satellite AIS data services provider exactEarth has launched exactView RT powered by Harris, which it claims is the world’s first…
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Americas
Husky Energy going ahead with West White Rose offshore Newfoundland
Canadian oil and gas company Husky Energy on Monday announced it had approved proceeding with its West White Rose Project…
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Americas
TSB investigating seafarer death on Norden bulker at Port of Trois-Rivières
Canada’s Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has deployed a team of investigators to the Port of Trois-Rivières after a…
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Americas
BC’s Chamber of Shipping slams planned ban on oil tankers
The Chamber of Shipping of British Columbia said it is against the Canadian federal government’s planned ban on oil tankers…
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Americas
Canada to ban oil tankers from northern BC ports
Canada’s federal government is introducing a bill that will make law what has been an informal partial ban on crude…
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Americas
Vopak and AltaGas to develop propane export terminal in British Columbia
Netherlands-based Royal Vopak and Canadian natural gas distribution firm AltaGas are teaming up in a joint venture to develop the…
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Americas
Algoma sells property assets to fund fleet renewal
Canadian owner Algoma Central Corporation has announced the sale of properties collectively known as Corporate Park, which includes three office…
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