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
Canada’s Cellula Robotics has commenced sea trials of its extra-large unmanned underwater vehicle (XLUUV), featuring hydrogen fuel cell technology. The initial sea trials of the Solus-XR XLUUV are designed to evaluate surface performance and autonomy, said to offer a valuable opportunity to assess t
Canadian Cellula Robotics and UK-based HonuWorx are collaborating to carry out a series of technology demonstrations that will use an extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle (XLUUV). The demonstrations will see Cellula’s Solus-XR extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle (XLUUV) used in showcasing Hon
The Port of Québec has entered into a partnership with 2 Degrés, a business incubator specializing in clean technologies. This two-year partnership fits within the Port of Québec’s Vision 2035, unveiled earlier this year, as the port sets sights on innovative solutions in several sectors, including
Canadian naval architectural company Robert Allan and Turkish shipbuilder and tugboat operator Med Marine have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to design electric and hybrid tugs.
Fugro has opened a new remote operations center (ROC) in St. John’s, Canada, which will be used for controlling offshore survey operations. According to Fugro, the St. John’s ROC will serve offshore energy and other marine-based clients whose work in Canada often involves harsh operating conditions
Together with its partner, an independent company for development, simulation, and testing, AVL, Norway’s cleantech company TECO 2030 has completed production of the world’s first fuel cell stack developed and purposely designed for heavy-duty and marine applications. “It’s amazing to be able to phy
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is testing various low-and zero-emission fuels and technologies at the Port of Vancouver, as part of its efforts to phase out all port-related emissions by 2050. Through the Low-Emission Technology Initiative, being implemented by the port authority and the Provin
The Belledune Port Authority (BPA) in Canada has teamed up with Cross River Infrastructure Partners, a U.S.-based project development company focusing on climate-positive technologies, to pursue the use of advanced small modular reactor (aSMR) technology. The development proposes to use aSMR from AR
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is allocating around $3 million for a project to develop an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) based subsea inspection solution for offshore wind farms. With a total project value of nearly $6.7 million, the Autonomous Remote Offshore Wind Inspection, Navigation and Deployment
M/V Nukumi, a new purpose-designed self-unloading ship owned by Canadian shipping company Canada Steamship Lines (CSL), departed on its maiden voyage on 31 January.
Canadian coffee roaster Café William has taken advantage of its partner Sailcargo’s presence at COP26 to announce its investment in the first zero-emission sailing cargo ship to transport its coffee beans from South America to its roasting plant in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
22 Governments and the European Commission, collaborating through Mission Innovation, have announced four missions to catalyse investment and action to make the clean energy technologies that will decarbonise the most challenging sectors.
The Government of British Columbia, the Government of Canada and oil and gas major Shell have established the British Columbia Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) to accelerate the commercialization and scale-up of clean energy technologies.
