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CANADIAN SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIR - THE HEAVY WORK BEGINS
2012-05-15
By PETER CAIRNS
Large military capital programs are under the gun at the moment. The headliner is the F-35 Fighter Aircraft, followed closely by the Close Combat Vehicle for the...
Making way through Arctic ice - Canada’s potential as an Arctic shipbuilder
2012-05-15
By K. JOSEPH SPEARS
As an Arctic nation, Canada should be poised to seize the commercial opportunities presented by a rapidly changing Arctic. The melting and thinning...
Seaspan gears up for NSPS construction
2012-05-15
BY R. Bruce Striegler
On October 19, 2011, the federal government announced the results of its National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS) with shipbuilding awards to two...
Historic Irving Shipbuilding readies yards for NSPS
2012-05-15
BY R. Bruce Striegler
At six months into a 30-year process, the Irving Shipbuilding team is excited by the opportunities ahead as the company starts to build the Royal Canadian...
Vancouver summit to link NSPS stakeholders with Western businesses
2012-05-15
By Mark Cardwell
Lynne Yelich says she considers this month’s shipbuilders’ summit in Vancouver to be more than a key event for the future of shipbuilding on Canada’s West...
BMT Fleet Technology awarded JSS design project contract
2012-05-15
BMT Fleet Technology Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, recently announced that it had been awarded a 12-month, $9.8 million design project to further develop the Contract Design as one...
Conference at Queen’s University
2012-05-15
By Theo van de Kletersteeg
On February 27, 2012, a one-day conference was held by Queen’s University School of Policy Studies in Kingston, Ontario, to discuss how the recent...
Port of Thunder Bay reports strong April
2012-05-15
Port of Thunder Bay's 2012 shipping season is off to a strong start. Cargo shipments for the month of April were up 34 per cent over last year, due mostly to higher grain volumes. Grain...
Ports encouraged to apply for funding for shore power
2012-05-15
The Government of Canada is inviting applications for funding under the $27.2-million Shore Power Technology for Ports Program. The Shore Power Technology for Ports Program will provide...
Algoma Central Corporation reports first-quarter results
2012-05-15
Algoma Central Corporation reported a net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2012 of $31,140,000 compared to a net loss of $17,103,000 for the same period in 2011. The loss per...
Ocean Industries to build new tugboat
2012-05-15
Ocean Industries Inc. announced the immediate start of construction of a new 25-metre tug at its facilities located at Isle-aux-Coudres, Quebec. This new construction, valued at...
Canada meets with Chinese representative at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit
2012-05-15
Canada’s Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Denis Lebel, met with Feng Zhenglin, China’s Vice-Minister of Transport, at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 summit....
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