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Vancouver Island to get offshore FLNG facility
Waters off British Columbia’s Vancouver Island are going to have a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility after a deal…
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Europe
Teekay Offshore Partners plans sale of elderly shuttle tanker
Teekay Offshore Partners is planning the sale of its oldest shuttle tanker, which has been laid up in Malaysia since…
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Americas
Great Lakes tanker plan scrapped
Long held plans to ship oil around the Great Lakes have been shelved to the glee and relief of many…
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Americas
Report into English Bay spill faults shipowner for delayed response
The report, released on Friday, into April’s oil spill in Vancouver’s English Bay found that the initial failure of the…
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Americas
Canada to invest $22.7m in Arctic shipping safety
Canadian authorities on Friday committed $22.7 million to improving the safety of shipping in the Arctic. Various branches of the…
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Americas
Port Metro Vancouver to extend emissions-reducing “shore power” at its container terminals
Vancouver: Port Metro Vancouver is making a green-friendly, energy saving move by agreeing to expand the use of “shore power”…
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Americas
Canada must speed up approval of west coast LNG terminals, warns industry body
Vancouver: Canada needs to speed up the approval process for LNG terminals if it is to remain competitive in the field,…
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Americas
Husky Energy starts oil production at South White Rose project offshore Newfoundland
San Francisco: Canadian firm Husky Energy has started oil production from the South White Rose project in the Jeanne d’Arc…
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Asia
Another Seaspan boxship delivered to begin timecharter to Yang Ming
Athens: Seaspan has received its fourth 14,000-teu container ship to be delivered this year, which will commence a ten-year fixed-rate timecharter to…
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Americas
Weather delays divers reaching capsized tugboat
Montreal: Divers will probably wait until Friday for safety reasons before approaching one of two tugboats that capsized on the…
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Americas
Canada’s TSB to probe double tugboat sinking on St. Lawrence River
Montreal: Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) confirmed on Tuesday that it is looking into the circumstances surrounding a double tugboat…
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Americas
Canfornav bulker aground in St. Lawrence Seaway
Montreal: Drybulk vessel MV Tundra (30,892dwt, built 2009) owned by Canfornav, part of the Canadian Forest Navigation Group, has run…
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Americas
IEA puts dampener on Canada’s LNG prospects
Vancouver: The prospects for Canada’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry may be less bright than previously thought, according to the…
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Americas
Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal terminal almost certain to go ahead
Vancouver: Canadian authorities have approved a pipeline that will link some of the country’s natural gas fields to an export…
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Americas
Report concludes inexperience, panic and delays led to grounding off Canada
Montreal: A series of missteps, some key delays, a dash of panic and big slice of inexperience were the recipe…
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Americas
Hinkley appointed chairman of Teekay LNG
Vancouver: Teekay LNG has appointed Jane Hinkley to the position of chairman of the board, succeeding C. Sean Day. Hinkley…
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Americas
Teekay Offshore to spend $365m on three shuttle tankers
Oslo: Teekay Offshore Partners has entered into new long-term contracts with a consortium of energy companies to provide shuttle tanker services for…
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Americas
Canadian oil production firm HMDC charged over 2013 platform leak
San Francisco: An independent offshore regulator has brought charges against Canadian oil production firm Hibernia Management and Development Company (HMDC)…
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Americas
Oil leak off Nova Scotia during wreck removal
San Francisco: An operation to remove a bulk cargo vessel from a wreck site in Nova Scotia turned problematic when…
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Americas
BC and Petronas-led group take a step towards possible $36bn LNG project
Vancouver: British Columbia reached a preliminary deal on Wednesday which could pave the way for a $36 billion project to…
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