KOTUG Canada, a partnership between KOTUG International and Canada’s Horizon Maritime, has held a keel-laying ceremony for two dual-fuel methanol escort tugs that will service the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP).
The second LNG-powered tugboat, HaiSea Warrior, has been delivered to Canada’s HaiSea Marine, completing “the world’s greenest tugboat fleet”.
Canadian company Seaspan Energy has launched the second of its three 7,600-cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessels, Seaspan Lions.
Blue Orca Marine, a Canadian pioneer in zero-emission sustainable marine solutions, has entered into a strategic partnership with San Francisco-based VALO (also known as Boundary Layer Technologies) to propel hydrofoil innovation.
Canada-based alternative fuel systems supplier Westport Fuel Systems has revealed plans for a proof-of-concept project to test its High Pressure Direct Injection (HPDI) fuel system utilizing methanol for marine applications. For this project, Westport said it has partnered with a leading global supp
The Netherlands-based shipbuilding powerhouse Damen Shipyards Group (Damen) is spearheading a major initiative to construct four new hybrid electric Island Class vessels for BC Ferries in Canada. Damen, the same shipyard that built BC Ferries’ previous six Island Class ferries, is set to construct t
Canadian shipping company Canada Steam Ship Lines (CSL) has entered into a 20-year strategic partnership with Adelaide Brighton Cement Ltd. (Adbri) to build and operate what has been described as the ‘world’s first fully electric battery-capable self-unloading vessel’. The custom-designed ship is in
Canadian shipping company Canada Steam Ship Lines (CSL) has achieved a significant milestone in its Great Lakes biofuel program as it completed a cumulative 75,000 running hours on B100 biofuel over the past four years.
Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar Shipyards has delivered Canada’s first LNG dual-fuelled tugboat Haisea Kermode to HaiSea Marine, a joint venture majority owned by the Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC. Haisea Kermode can run on diesel or LNG, and features a diesel exhaust after-treatment syst
Türkiye’s Sanmar Shipyard has delivered the third battery electric tug for LNG Canada’s export facility in Kitimat to HaiSea Marine, a joint venture majority-owned by the Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC. The tug named HaiSea Brave is joining its sister vessels HaiSea Wamis and HaiSea W
Naval architecture and marine engineering company Glosten and technology company Siemens Energy have selected clean energy solutions provider Ballard Power Systems and engineering company Chart Industries as primary equipment vendors for their design of what is slated to be the first hydrogen-hybrid
The first electric tugs in SAAM Towage’s fleet, built by the Turkish shipyard Sanmar, passed the final sea acceptance trials and bollard pull tests in Istanbul’s Tuzla Bay, Chile-based tug provider said. At full capacity, the new ElectRA 2300SX units, designed by Canada-based Robert Allan Ltd., are
The fully electric harbor tugboat, the HaiSea Wamis, has accomplished its inaugural task, completing its first-ever oil tanker escort using all electric power, and heralding a new era of eco-friendly ship escorts. The HaiSea Wamis, a pioneering vessel in HaiSea Marine’s fleet, played a pivotal role
The second emissions-free battery electric tug built to serve at LNG Canada’s new export facility in Kitimat has officially arrived in North Vancouver. The HaiSea Wee’git tugboat was built by Sanmar Shipyards in Türkiye and delivered to Canada’s HaiSea Marine, a joint venture majority-owned by the H
