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26 November 2018

BC Shipping News - December 2018 / January 2019 Highlights

Log in now to read the December 2018/January 2019 issue of BC Shipping News. Industry Insight: A fresh perspective...Bart Reynolds, President, Seaspan Marine...Reynolds has been applying lessons learned from diverse sectors in the marine transportation industry around the world, most notable, the oil and gas sector. B.C. Tug Industry: Steady as she goes...Common challenges of finding skilled crew and a continual focus on fleet maintenance...

26 November 2018

Shipyard resurgence: Insights from Victoria Shipyards

A very significant milestone was reached in the Canadian shipbuilding industry earlier this year when the first foreign warship since the Second World War arrived in Canada to undergo modernization. The New Zealand Secretary of Defence Helene Quilter and Commanding Officer Commander (Navy) Steve Lenik, Royal New Zealand Navy, transferred Her Majesty’s New Zealand Ship (HMNZS) TE KAHA into the care of Lockheed Martin) and Seaspan Victoria...

16 November 2018

NSS continues to revitalize B.C.’s shipbuilding industry

With the first Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel moving towards a Q2 2019 delivery date, and the second and third making their way through Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards as well as the start of construction on the first Joint Support Ship, the National Shipbuilding Strategy is well underway. Indeed, the NSS program that has induced a full shipyard modernization project at Seaspan’s expense, extensive recruitment of trades and office staff to a...

26 October 2018

Blockchain and the maritime industry

The 21st century has seen some innovative and amazingly productive technology being introduced and successfully applied to the marine industry, increasing efficiency, safety and improving customer service in ways never seen before. Companies must sit up and pay attention more so today than ever or risk losing their competitive edge on their competitors. Advances in technology such as electronic charts/satellite navigation and A.I.S. (Automated...

26 October 2018

Q&A: Canada’s multi-purpose vessel market

Given the current climate of trade tarriffs, BC Shipping News turned to AAL’s Commercial Manager for Canada, Marc Schutzbier, to get an understanding of the impact on the multi-purpose vessel market specifically related to Canada’s West Coast. As readers will quickly realize, Schutzbier’s knowledge and expertise on the market provides for a very informative interview. Photo above: The AAL Singapore docked at Ogden Point to deliver...

25 October 2018

Changing the face of shipping?

By Michele Acciaro, Trevor Heaver and Jane Lister Under mounting industry, government and public pressures, in April, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) reached a landmark decision to commit to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 by at least 50 per cent of 2008 emission levels. The decision is the result of the work of the IMO Maritime Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) and comes following over a decade of...

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