November 28, 2014 After a long journey from Singapore and and undergoing sea trials and crew training all fall, the Burrard Otter II is ready to set out on the open seas on Monday, December 1 for its maiden voyage! Want to be one of the first customers ...
Hellenic Shipping News - November 28, 2014 FortisBC announced that it will provide $5 million in incentive funding toward two new vessels for Seaspan Ferries that will be able to run on liquefied natural gas (LNG). The incentives were made possible fol ...
CBC - November 27, 2014 Newfoundland and Labrador taxpayers will be on the hook for more than $25 million in additional payments over and above the announced $100-million cost of two new ferries to service the Bell Island and FogoIsland/Change Islands ...
CTV Atlantic - November 27, 2014 A new ferry is due to arrive in the Maritimes in a matter of days, but some worry about the chosen ship’s ability to handle the all-important commercial traffic between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The new ferry – a $ ...
Times Colonist - November 25, 2014 VICTORIA - BC Ferries plans to convert its two largest vessels to liquefied natural gas in an effort to save fuel costs after sinking $126 million into marine diesel fuel last year. The company announced Tuesday that ...
Ship & Bunker - November 25, 2014 The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee's (MSC94) decision to set in place new rules on the location of fuel tanks on liquefied natural gas-powered ships will "safeguard further deve ...
Digby Courier - November 24, 2014 Saint John and then Digby will be the first ports of call for the new ferry expected to start operating on the Bay of Fundy run sometime in 2015. Transport Canada spokesman Ben Stanford confirmed by email today that th ...
Digby Courier - November 22, 2014 The Canadian government has bought the ferry to replace the Princess of Acadia on the Digby – Saint John run. It left Greece in mid-November, passed through the Straits of Gibraltar on Nov. 21 and as of 1:30 p.m. on No ...
Ship & Bunker - November 21, 2014 Canada's Seaspan Ferries Corporation (SFC) on Wednesday announced it has ordered two liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered new-build ferries from Turkish yard Sedef Shipyard of Istanbul. SFC said construction of the ...