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Canada begins work on heavy polar icebreaker to protect its high-Arctic sovereignty
On Apr 03, 2025, Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) cut steel on the Canadian Coast Guard’s (CCG) new heavy polar icebreaker, signifying the start of construction on one of the most advanced conventional polar icebreakers ever to be built. This marks …
Apr 9, 2025 / Vessels
Government of Canada awards contract to Chantier Davie Canada Inc. for construction of new polar icebreaker
The National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) is a long-term commitment to renew the vessel fleets of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), create a sustainable shipbuilding sector, and generate economic benefits for Canadians. …
Mar 10, 2025 / Vessels
Polaris Autoliners Launches Weekly RoRo Service to Norway
Polaris Autoliners has introduced a new weekly Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) service connecting North Europe to Norway, with direct port calls at Oslo and Drammen. This new route highlights Polaris Autoliners' commitment to delivering efficient and …
Feb 6, 2025 / Curious
Transport Overseas Group Expands Cooperation With Polaris Autoliners
The Transport Overseas Group (TO Group) and Polaris Autoliners are intensifying their collaboration. With effect from 1 January 2025, TO Group, an independent shipbroker and liner agent focusing on roll-on/roll-off, breakbulk and project logistics …
Jan 30, 2025 / Curious
Avance Gas Holding Ltd: Successfully completed the eighth VLGC delivery to BW LPG
Avance Gas Holding Ltd. (Avance Gas) (OSE: AGAS) refers to the announcement on August 15, 2024, regarding the sale of its VLGC fleet to BW LPG Ltd (BW LPG) for $1,050 million. Today Avance Gas announces the eighth VLGC delivery, the 2022-built …
Dec 10, 2024 / Vessels
Guangzhou Shipyard International delivers first of four ro-pax ferries to MSC
The first vessel of four ro-pax ferries ordered by MSC Mediterranean Shipping Group from Guangzhou Shipyard International has been delivered and officially named GNV Polaris, according to the company's release. GNV, the passenger business unit of …
Oct 29, 2024 / Vessels
Seaspan Shipyards Unveils Digital Model of Canada’s Heavy Polar Icebreaker
Today at CANSEC, Canada’s leading defence & security tradeshow, Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards presented its progress towards completing the functional design on the first heavy Polar Icebreaker in Canada in over 60 years. Functional Design of the …
May 30, 2024 / Vessels
Fuel efficiency of Wärtsilä 31 engine a key consideration for newbuild Canadian Polar Icebreaker
Technology group Wärtsilä will supply the engines for a new Canadian Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker. The ship is being designed and built at Seaspan Vancouver Shipyards and will be the flagship of the Canadian Coast Guard’s icebreaking fleet. Because …
Apr 30, 2024 / Curious
Seaway7 awarded contract offshore Poland
Subsea7 today announced the award to Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, of a sizeable¹ contract by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted for the transport and installation of the substations for the Baltica 2 wind farm, offshore Poland. …
Mar 29, 2024 / Curious
Avance Gas agrees one-year Time Charter for Avance Polaris
Avance Gas Holding Ltd (Avance Gas) (OSE: AGAS) on Wednesday announced that it has agreed a new one-year variable Time Charter for the dual fuel VLGC Avance Polaris (built 2022) with an energy major. Avance Polaris has been on a two-year …
Feb 29, 2024 / Vessels