Canada
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Offshore
Environmental groups challenge Canadian government’s approval of Bay du Nord project
Environmental groups are challenging Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change’s decision to approve Equinor’s Bay du Nord, a controversial…
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Renewables
Sustainable Marine delivers first floating tidal power to Nova Scotia grid
Sustainable Marine has successfully harnessed the enormous tidal currents in Canada’s Bay of Fundy to deliver the first floating in-stream…
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Offshore
PGS links up with TGS for another Canada survey
Offshore survey players PGS and TGS have secured prefunding for the South Bank phase II multi-client project offshore Canada, building…
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Renewables
Canada and Nova Scotia to expand mandate of offshore petroleum board to support renewables transition
The governments of Canada and Nova Scotia have agreed to change the name and mandate of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore…
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Offshore
Canada approves controversial Bay du Nord offshore oil and gas project
Canada’s Minister of the Environment Steven Guilbeault has approved Equinor’s Bay du Nord oil project offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, despite significant…
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Offshore
Newfoundland revises mandate of offshore oil regulator to develop renewable energy resources
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, along with the Government of Canada, announced this week that they will change the…
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Offshore
Hibernia halts crane operations twice in a week after near-miss incidents
Hibernia Management and Development Company (HMDC) reported to the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) that, on March 20,…
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Dry Cargo
Ship as art: Canadian bulker gets new look
As canvasses go, a ship’s accommodation block is bigger than most. Yesterday, Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) marked the official opening…
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Ports and Logistics
Canadian Pacific Railway work stoppage ends with agreement to enter into binding arbitration
Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) – Train and Engine Negotiating Committee have agreed to enter…
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Ports and Logistics
Canadian Pacific Railway work stoppage begins
While Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference disagree on which side initiated the work stoppage at the…
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Ports and Logistics
Canadian Pacific lock out threat poses another supply chain concern
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has issued a 72-hour notice to the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC)-Train & Engine of its…
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Dry Cargo
NovaAlgoma adds five ships to fleet
Canada’s Algoma Central Corporation and Swiss-based Nova Marine have bolstered their short sea shipping joint venture, NovaAlgoma, by acquiring three…
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Operations
Sinokor bulker towed to safety ahead of storm after losing power off Newfoundland
On March 11, the Sinokor-owned capesize bulk carrier lost power off the coast of Newfoundland, on Canada’s Atlantic coast. The…
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Containers
MSC container ship adrift off Canada’s east coast being towed to Nova Scotia
The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) posted Wednesday evening on Facebook that it was “monitoring the cargo ship MSC Kim, adrift…
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Offshore
Government of Canada delays decision on Bay du Nord oil project off Newfoundland
A federal decision on the fate of the Bay du Nord oil and gas project off the coast of Newfoundland…
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Ports and Logistics
Port of Halifax adding container facility to reduce inspection turn-around times
The Government of Canada plans to contribute $7m from the National Trade Corridors Fund to build a new container examination…
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Ports and Logistics
Port of Vancouver opens temporary 40-acre container storage facility
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority announced last week that a temporary storage site for empty shipping containers has been set…
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Renewables
Canadian developer Waterotor unveils 20 MW ocean energy hybrid
Ottawa-based hydrokinetic energy company Waterotor has unveiled a 20 MW hybrid ocean system that simultaneously generates energy from slow-moving water…
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Bunkering
Seaspan orders LNG bunkering vessels from CIMC Enric
Canada’s Seaspan has ordered two 7,600m3 LNG bunkering vessels, with an option for a third vessel, from Nantong CIMC Sinopacific…
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Ports and Logistics
Vancouver to ban scrubber discharges
The Port of Vancouver will limit the discharge of scrubber wash water from next month. As of March 1, ships…
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