Industry News

As Canada focuses on diversifying its trade partners, momentum is building to increase energy exports by ship and to fast-track major infrastructure approvals. The impact of these proposals on the number of international vessels calling at Canada’s Pacific ports would be a rise of as much as 6...

The Canadian Marine Careers Foundation (CMCF) was established to adress workforce development challenges in Canada marine sector, including both shipboard and shore-side personnel. The goal of the CMCF is to develop dynamic and innnovative solution to help build a diverse inclusive and future-ready ...

In a time of renewed great power competition and geopolitical instability, agile defence procurement matters more than ever for our peace and security. Canada and its allies need to adapt. View Online ...

The Navy has well-documented issues with building warships. Less discussed, but equally important, are issues with repairing the ships it already has, which jeopardizes its ability to meet its own goal of sustaining a across all platforms. As the Navy focuses on preparing for a great power conflict ...

A Norwegian man managed to sleep through an enormous container ship running aground on his front lawn. Johan Helberg, who lives in Byneset, on the Trondheim Fjord, was woken by his neighbor on Thursday morning asking if he had noticed a boat outside, TV2 Norway reported. When he looked out...

Earlier this week, the team at Seaspan’s Vancouver Drydock (Seaspan) celebrated the grand opening of its new 21,000 square foot Operations Centre – a state-of-the-art, two-storey facility that will support the increased capability at Vancouver Drydock to support the marine industry on th...

Ship Safety Bulletins are issued by Transport Canada's Marine Safety Directorate and are aimed at owners, authorized representatives and operators of commercial vessels, including other interested marine industry stakeholders. The bulletins are a source of accurate and up-to-date ship safety inform...

Call for tenders for a strategic study on the workforce (In French only) « À la suite des récents investissements massifs dans la construction navale au Québec, les comités sectoriels de main-d’œuvre (CSMO) de la fabrication métallique indust...

The BBC HOUSTON has successfully completed her first passages through the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System into Lake Erie and back, marking the premiere for this vessel class which is dubbed “LakerMax”. After having arrived at Montreal in late April, a routine inspection had been c...

Aker Arctic, world’s leading company specialized in the design of icebreakers and ice-going vessels, is meeting the growing demand for icebreakers by acquiring Bluetech, its Finnish long-time ship design partner. Both companies will continue to operate under their own brands. Under the agreeme...

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority announced it will issue a request for qualifications in July 2025 for a construction partner to deliver the landmass and wharf component of the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project—a significant step towards delivering the project. The new marine container termin...

ATMIS Protective Equipment Inc. (ATMIS), an Indigenous advanced manufacturer of custom machined metal parts, fabrications, and automated production systems, and Hike Metal Products Led. (Hike Metal), a leading Canadian ship builder, are joining forces. The two companies have signed an agreement t...

This Regulatory News provides an update on recent amendments adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) regarding fire-extinguishing media restrictions on board ships. Effective January 1, 2026, the use or storage of fire-extinguishing media containing PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonic ac...

The first-ever cruise ship has filled up with liquefied natural gas (LNG) in a ship-to-ship (STS) operation at the Port of Vancouver, representing an important step forward for the Canadian port to reduce emissions. Seaspan Energy, part of the Canadian Seaspan Group, provided LNG bunkering services ...

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed plans to accelerate the procurement process for new surface fleet assets for both the Royal Navy and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, as confirmed in a recent parliamentary response. Maria Eagle, Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence, stated: “The M...