Construction is nearly completed on a new patrol vessel for the Guyana Defence Force’s maritime arm while work continues on a future US Navy submarine and the lead ship ..
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Emergency Service Vessel News Roundup | January 25 – A response airboat for Russia, Indonesia’s newest hospital ship and more
Recent deliveries include an Indonesian Navy hospital ship, two rescue boats for the Canadian Coast Guard, and response boats for the Russian government and a sheriff’s ..
Port of Halifax enjoyed banner year in 2022
The Port of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada, is touting a new record of “crossing the 600,000 [twenty-foot equivalent units] annual throughput threshold for the first time.”
Halifax, along with the Port of Saint John in New Brunswick, is jockeying with other eastern coastal ports along North America to process more volumes. Halifax has access to eastern Canada and the U.S. Midwest through Canadian railway CN (NYSE: CNI), including the cities of Montreal, Toronto and Chicago.
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COLUMN | Floating LNG projects in Israel, Malaysia and Congo get green light; Shell faces more Prelude woes; Australia seeks tighter offshore regulation to protect rock art and “sea country”; Canada’s First Nations take LNG equity [Offshore Accounts]
Last week, we looked at Europe’s rush to build floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) to import liquified natural gas (LNG) into Europe (here). Of course, Eu ..
Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | January 11 – Turkish helicopter carrier, Canadian Coast Guard patrol ships and more
Construction is nearly completed on two new amphibious ships for the Turkish and Thai navies and Taiwan’s first locally built submarine is scheduled for initial tests b ..
Canadian government allots funding for Nova Scotia lobster industry improvements
The government of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia (NS) have confirmed total funding of more than CA$7 million (US$5.18 million) for 120 Atlantic Fisheries Fund (AF ..
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Fiona Slams Into Nova Scotia With Fierce Wind, Flooding Rain
By Brian K. Sullivan Sep 24, 2022 (Bloomberg) —Fiona, the most powerful storm of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, roared ashore in eastern Nova Scotia early Saturday as one of the…
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Nova Scotia lobster fishery to receive CA$400,000 in government funding
The Canadian federal government and the government of Nova Scotia will make a total contribution of over CA$400,000 (US$303,370) to help the Maritime Fishermen’s Union ..
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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | September 8 – India’s newest aircraft carrier, an attack submarine for the UK, and Canadian, French, and Philippine patrol vessels
India commissions its first locally-built aircraft carrier as Britain welcomes its newest submarine into service. Deliveries include two patrol vessels for the Philippine ..
Nova Scotia’s newest cable ferry to honour former Mi’kmaw Nation chief
A new cable ferry that crosses Little Narrows between Inverness County and Victoria County in Nova Scotia, Canada, will be named Grand Chief Ben Sylliboy to honour a lead ..
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