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The RF Stella named first vessel of the year for 2023 at the Port of Trois-Rivières

  Photo (from left to right): Caroline St-Pierre, artist, Captain Emin Koparan, Véronique Néron, Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Trois-Rivières Port Authority,  Gaétan Boivin, President and CEO of the Trois-Rivières Port Authority Trois-Rivières – The RF Stella is the first vessel to call the Port of Trois- Rivières in 2023. It docked at the

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The MSC Donata wins the Gold-Headed Cane at the Port of Montreal

    From left to right: Jean-François Belzile (MPA), Julien Dubreuil (Termont), Daniel Dagenais (MPA), Stéphane Morency (MSC), Captain Singh Ranjit Kumar, Martin Imbleau (MPA) and Badr Laklae, (MSC).   Montreal — On January 1, 2023, at 0:05 a.m., the MSC Donata was the first ocean-going vessel of the year 2023 to cross the Port of Montreal’s downstream

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Canada extends continental shelf claim, increasing overlaps with Russia in Arctic

  A map from Canada’s 2019 UNCLOS submission showing the Lomonosov and Alpha Ridges. Canada, Russia and Denmark all claim the feature as an extension of their respective continental shelves. Source: Government of Canada The addition is to Canada’s 2019 partial submission that claimed approximately 1.2 million square kilometres of the Arctic Ocean seabed and

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World’s tallest jack-up installation vessel departs Chinese shipyard

  Just twenty days after launching Les Alizés, Belgian Jan De Nul Group launched Voltaire, a Next-Gen Offshore Jack-Up Installation Vessel for offshore renewables and decommissioning, at the COSCO Shipping Shipyard in Nantong, China. This vessel will be the second and largest jack-up vessel in Jan De Nul’s fleet, and able to support the renewable

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Iberdrola moving forward with Large E-Methanol Plant in Tasmania

  Iberdrola Australia and hydrogen developer ABEL Energy have announced they will build a green hydrogen and green methanol production plant at Bell Bay in northern Tasmania (Australia). The project, called Bell Bay Powerfuels, is backed by the Australian government and will involve an investment of €1.1 billion.  Bell Bay Powerfuels will produce 200,000 tonnes

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LR award Type Approval to Datum for its SHaPoLi EEXI solution

  Lloyd’s Register has awarded marine engineering company Datum Electronics Type Approval for its EEXI SHaPoLi (Shaft Power Limitation) solution, a novel technology designed to help ship owners comply with IMO regulations to reduce the carbon intensity of all ships by 40% by 2030. The certification directly supports these marine decarbonization initiatives, as outlined in

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First German LNG terminal commissioned in Wilhelmshaven in record time

  Wilhelmshaven – The first German floating terminal for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) has officially been commissioned for service in Wilhelmshaven on December 17. Even before Christmas, LNG will be re-gasified and conveyed via the newly created Wilhelmshavener Anbindungsleitung (Wilhelmshaven Connector Pipeline/WAL) into the German long-distance gas grid. This was made possible by the

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Windcat Offshore and Damen Shipyards develop Hydrogen-Powered CSOVs

  Windcat has commissioned Damen Shipyards to build a series of hydrogen-powered Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) to be built at one of Damen’s yards in Vietnam. The “Elevation Series” CSOVs have been designed by Damen Shipyards in cooperation with Windcat and CMB.TECH. The result is a revolutionary new design with increased capabilities and flexibility

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