Pressing on with fleet renewal and the New Major Vessels (NMVs) project, Canada’s ferry operator BC Ferries has contracted China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards (CMI Weihai) to build four new ships with diesel-battery hybrid propulsion systems.
The Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in South Korea has hosted a topside steel cutting ceremony for a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) vessel that will form part of an LNG project being developed near Kitimat in British Columbia, Canada.
