by CanadianSailings | Jul 11, 2017 | Business and Economy, Other, Shipbuilding and Repair
Following an extensive, multi-phased international tender process, Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries has awarded Damen Shipyards Group a contract to construct two 81-metre ferries. The vessels are part of BC Ferries’ ongoing fleet renewal programme. BC Ferries...
by CanadianSailings | Jul 11, 2017 | Environment, Other, Ports and Terminals
Following five extensive weeks of repair and installation activities, Seaspan’s Vancouver Drydock (VDC) announced on-schedule completion of its refit activities on Louis Dreyfus’ Ile de Batz Special Purpose/Cable Layer vessel. Arriving on April 21 and departing VDC on...
by CanadianSailings | Jul 11, 2017 | Other
Port of Johnstown officials reported a roaring start to the season as it opened its doors on June 4 to more than 1,000 members of the public as well as politicians and business leaders for its 1st annual Port Day. “The port is charging ahead with further...
by CanadianSailings | Jul 11, 2017 | Other
At the Annual General Meeting of Trois-Rivières Port Authority, its President and CEO, Gaetan Boivin, provided an assessment of the Port’s On Course for 2020 plan, and announced that the plan, launched in 2008, will be completed by the end of 2017, three years ahead...
by CanadianSailings | Jul 11, 2017 | Other
On Thursday, June 15 M/V Vega Rose completed the loading of 48,069 metric tonnes of corn from G3’s Trois-Rivières port terminal. The previous record in Trois-Rivières was set by M/V St-Matthew in 2004, loading 41,747 metric tonnes. The new record is due in part to the...
