P&O Pioneer

P&O Pioneer, the world’s largest double ended hybrid ferry

Delivered to P&O Ferries earlier this year, the Fusion Class passenger/vehicle ferry P&O Pioneer is being promoted by her owners as the first double ended ferry to operate across the English Channel and the world’s largest double ended hybrid ferry. Such claims generate interest here in British Columbia given that BC Ferries operates several double ended ferries on it’s services between Vancouver, Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast.

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Carriage by sea of Electric Vehicles

Carriage by sea of electric vehicles

15 Aug 2023 News

The recent operation in the North Sea to salvage the car carrier Freemantle Highway has further underlined the potential hazards involved in shipment of electric cars. The vessel’s charterer, Japan’s K Line has confirmed that of the 3,738 new and second-hand vehicles onboard, there were 498 new electric cars.

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M.V. Habshan

M.V. Habshan, LNG powered VLCC

Last month, Adnoc Logistics and Services, a division of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, took delivery of a Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) powered very large crude carrier (VLCC) from South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean (previously Daewoo Shipbuilding & Engineering). She is the second in a series of four dual-fuel VLCC’s for delivery this year, the first in series M.V. Hafeet having been delivered in June.

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Vehicle manufactures seek green supply chains.

14 Jul 2023 News

As a Volvo owner and enthusiast of many years, I noted the recent headline “Volvo shifts to renewable fuels for ocean freight”. The article went on to explain that every year tens of thousands of containers of production material destined for Volvo factories are carried across the world’s oceans on container ships. In the future, most of these voyages are to be executed using renewable fuel instead of traditional fossil fuel. In so doing the company aims to achieve an immediate reduction in fossil fuel CO2 emissions from ocean freight of 55,000 tons over a year and spark increased demand for carbon-efficient ocean transportation. 

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Laura Maersk: First Green Methanol-Fueled Container Feeder Vessel

With ambitious net zero targets in mind, the world’s merchant fleet is not hanging around waiting for the International Maritime Organization. In particular, the major container carriers are moving swiftly although with differing philosophies. In the case of Maersk Line, the focus is on building a fleet based on carbon neutral methanol as the primary source of fuel, thereby bypassing the use of LNG as a transitional step.

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Crew welfare in drydock and during extended maintenance periods

15 Jun 2023 News

The Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington rejoined the U.S. Navy last month following an extended six-year overhaul. Her 6 year extended absence from active service, 2 years longer than scheduled, was itself controversial. However, the death of 9 crew members during that time, several on account of suicides including 3 in a tragic single week, prompted calls for a significant improvement in onboard conditions during maintenance periods.

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HaiSea Wamis – The world’s first fully electric harbour tugboat

In May 2021, HaiSea Marine announced the commissioning of an innovative and industry leading new battery powered and low emissions tugboat build program. The company, a joint venture majority owned by the Haisla First Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC, is contracted with LNG Canada (partnered by Shell, PETRONAS, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corporation and Korea Gas Corporation) to build and operate both escort and harbour tugs for vessels calling at a major new LNG export facility under construction in Kitimat, Northern British Columbia.

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How to secure the Canadian Arctic?

15 May 2023 News

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the security of the Canadian Arctic has come sharply into focus. Neither Canada or the United States has the maritime assets to mount any sort of resistance to Russian encroachment on the Canadian North and is unlikely to have the means any time soon.

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Inter Atlantic – multipurpose fish carrier

Norwegian fish carrier specialist Intership recently took delivery of the new build well-boat Inter Atlantic with a sister ship to follow. Well-boat, a term believed to originate from the 17th century, is a fishing vessel with a well or tank for the storage and transport of live fish. They are considered to be critical to salmon’s quality and fish-welfare.

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The Advent of Containerization

15 Apr 2023 News

Casual students and observers of the marine industry, and even many of the younger generation within the industry, could be forgiven for assuming that containerization has always been with us. However, that is not the case.

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