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Canadian Coast Guard welcomes 51 new graduates into its fleet

Sydney, Nova Scotia – During its first in-person graduation ceremony since 2019, on July fourth, the Canadian Coast Guard College bid fair winds and following seas to 51 graduates from its Officer Training Program. These new officers have completed the 45-month program, which is delivered in both official languages and offers a choice between Navigation

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MARAD designates four new Marine Highway Projects

  Washington– The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced the immediate designation of four new Marine Highway Projects as part of the America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP). Projects in North Carolina, Alaska, and Puerto Rico will receive these designations. They can now apply for record levels of funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

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Mixed cargo results for Thunder Bay in early season

The Port of Thunder Bay today reported mixed results through the first two months of the shipping season.  While grain shipments are well below average, there has been a substantial increase in potash volumes.  Inbound shipments of general cargo at Keefer Terminal are also strong. Total traffic amounted to 1.5 million metric tons versus the

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Wärtsilä opens world-leading Sustainable Technology Hub to accelerate marine and energy decarbonisation

Wärtsilä Corporation has opened its new technology centre, the Sustainable Technology Hub, in Vaasa, Finland. The new centre will contribute to efforts to advance the global decarbonisation of marine and energy by fostering innovation, collaboration, and the development of green technologies using sustainable fuels and digital technologies. The inauguration event was held today and attended by

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Trans-ocean autonomous vessel voyage completed successfully

Avikus, a subsidiary of HD Hyundai (formerly Hyundai Heavy Industries), reports that it has successfully carried out the autonomous navigation of a 180,000m2 ultra-large LNG carrier on a trans-ocean voyage from the Gulf of Mexico in the US to South Korea. The vessel Prism Courage, operated by fellow Korean company SK Shipping, was equipped with

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ZeroNorth secures over $50 million in Series B investment

Technology company ZeroNorth has today announced it has raised over $50 million in investment during its recently concluded Series B investment round. The investment from PSG Equity (“PSG”), a leading growth equity firm partnering with software and technology-enabled services companies to help accelerate their growth, joins further capital injections from ZeroNorth’s existing investors A.P. Moller

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DNV awards Norwegian technology provider HAV Group ASA preliminary approval for its hydrogen-based energy system 

The system uses liquefied hydrogen storage and fuel cells and was created as part of the FreeCO2ast project, which is currently developing a high-capacity hydrogen energy system that can be retrofitted onboard two coastal cruise vessels owned by the Norwegian operator Havila Kystruten. The preliminary approval through DNV means that HAV Group ASA can confidently

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