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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
Seaside LNG Takes Delivery of New Barge Clean Everglades
Executives from Seaside LNG, Polaris New Energy and their guests gathered at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding today to christen the recently constructed LNG bunker barge Clean Everglades. Seaside LNG has the largest fleet of Jones Act-compliant LNG …
Oct 26, 2023 / Vessels
Aker Arctic Provides Icee Expertise For Canadian Polar Icebreaker
The Canadian Polar Icebreaker project, originally initiated in 2012, resumed two years ago. Aker Arctic has continued to provide its expertise in Arctic ship design to ensure the vessel meets the latest technical developments in icebreaking. The …
Sep 27, 2023 / Curious
ABB to supply ice-classed Azipod® propulsion for new polar research vessel
ABB has won an order to deliver compact Azipod® DI propulsion system to the new polar research icebreaker of Chinese Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering The efficiency and flexibility of Azipod® propulsion are fully compatible with the …
Aug 30, 2023 / Curious
Wärtsilä propulsion solutions selected for Brazilian Navy’s Polar Vessel
Technology group Wärtsilä will supply the main power generation and power conversion system for a new 103.16m Antarctic Support Vessel being built for the Brazilian Navy. The order has been placed by Brazil’s Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz shipyard and …
Aug 25, 2023 / Curious
Bollinger Shipyards Cuts Steel On Prototype Module Of First US-Built Heavy Icebreaker In 50 Years
Bollinger Shipyards LLC (Bollinger) has begun cutting steel at Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, MS on the first of eight prototype modules that will become the foundation of the first U.S. Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (PSC), …
Aug 11, 2023 / Curious
Knud E. Hansen and Barrier Marine Services To Provide Turnkey HVAC System On Canada’s Multi-Purpose Vessels
Following the successful bid to design the heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system for Canada’s Polar Icebreaker, KNUD E. HANSEN has partnered with Barrier Marine Services Ltd. again to design the HVAC system for the Canadian Coast …
Jun 26, 2023 / Curious