ALUMINUM BOATBUILDERS I Design & Construction for the West Coast; WATERFRONT Steveston, North Arm, New Westminster, Shelter Island and South Arm of the Fraser River, Part 2; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Ready for Takeoff: Richmond’s new jet fuel terminal and tank farm prepares for operation; Voices in the Industry: New Nuclear could be a game-changing economic disruptor for the shipping industry.

WATERFRONT Comox & Campbell River Part 1; Legal Net - Federal Court has jurisdiction even where Provincial laws might be applied; Voices in the Industry - New vessel type could be needed to carry electric vehicles; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS - Environmental Impact Assessment reviews, A never-ending story; The Great White Fleet - 2024’s cruise season gets underway; A summer on the Sudbury II.

WATERFRONT Vancouver Harbour and False Creek; Onboard: HAISEA WEE’GIT; PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY Marine Waste Heat Recovery; MARINE INSURANCE, SURVEYING & SALVAGE The Eastland Disaster; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Westridge Marine Terminal: Rebuilt and ready for service

Keeping Fleets in Action: BC In-House Maintenance Facilities; WATERFRONT South-Central Vancouver Island
Nanaimo, Chemainus, Ladysmith and Port Alberni; Legal Net Navigating Change Updates on the Proposed Land Act Amendments; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Lithium-Ion Battery Risks: A growing concern for ferries, car carriers, and mariners everywhere; High Speed Internet at Sea


NEW VESSELS & REFITS ANNUAL A review of 2023’s new vessels, significant refits and vessels under construction at year’s end for BC’s marine industry; Schooner CALANUS An historic Arctic research vessel; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Construction begins at Woodfibre LNG; Kite Fishing; 2023 Lieutenant Governor’s Maritime Achievement Awards.

2024 WESTERN SHIPYARD DIRECTORY; Stepping Towards Sustainability - Green Marine Affiliated Shipyards WATERFRONT: Kitimat, Kemano, and Prince Rupert; Business Net: Statutory Liability up 50 percent for Vessel Owners and Operators under 300 GT; Legal Net: Far-Reaching Provincial Environmental Law on Contaminated Sites in British Columbia; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS: Expansion at Port of Prince Rupert

WATERFRONT
Northern Vancouver Island Pt 2
Port Alice, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Sointula
and Port Harvey
Ice-bound on the Chukchi Sea
A 1960s Arctic Adventure on board the CSS Richardson
Shackleton’s Endurance
A search through the records of disasters at sea
WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS
Sulphur: A important Canadian export


ALUMINUM BOATBUILDERS II Design & Construction for the West Coast
WATERFRONT Northern Vancouver Island Pt 1 Kelsey Bay, Port Hardy & Port McNeill
VOICES IN THE INDUSTRY Beyond Li-ion Batteries New technologies promise increased energy densities
and reduced risk
WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Container lines: Living in interesting times; A Record Year for the Northwest Passage
OUR COASTAL HISTORY
Three Thousand Ships He’s Docked George Doidge, Dockmaster at Wallace Shipyard/Burrard Drydock


2023 MARINE PROFESSIONALS DIRECTORY
WATERFRONT
Steveston, New Westminster and the Fraser River
AFETY MANAGEMENT & TRAINING
New Hands on Deck: Enhanced Basic Training for the West Coast
WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS
Chamber of Shipping of BC, 100 Years Strong
Legal Net: Transport Canada’s latest efforts to protect Southern Resident Killer Whales


WATERFRONT Southern Vancouver Island Victoria, Sidney and North Saanich; Working in Wood - In the Wood Boat Shops; Varnish “Good Enough”; St Roch’s Last Port of Call; Ship Recycling and the Need for Legislative Change; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Fuelling the Future

2023 WESTERN WORKBOAT DIRECTORY; BC Coast Pilots – 50 Years of Service; Historical Shipwrecks Hold Modern-day Risks; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS: The 2023 Arctic shipping season.

EDUCATION PLANNER Marine Courses and programs from BC Providers; Point Hope Maritime - 
A Proud Shipyard History; WATERFRONT Campbell River, Menzies Bay and Comox, Part 2; Responsive by Design - the WCMRC Fleet; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Coastal Towing in BC
Managing safety in a unique and varied industry.


LAUNCHES & REFITS Former L. A. Pilot Boat Upgraded for Service on the West Coast; Proof of Concept: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vessels in Our Region; WATERFRONT Campbell River, Menzies Bay and Comox, Part 1; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Seaspan Ferries Corporation – the other ferry service

MARINE INSURANCE, SURVEY & SALVAGE Seaworthiness and Due Diligence in Contracts for the Carriage of Goods by Sea; The Land Owner Transparency Act. WATERFRONT Port of Vancouver and False Creek; PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY Thrusters: An Overview of Choices and Applications; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS North by Northwest, Alaska’s cruise ports are expanding.

SPRING HAUL OUT Focus on Shipyard Upgrades; WATERFRONT South-Central Vancouver Island:
Ladysmith, Chemainus, Nanaimo and Port Alberni; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Shared Success: Working in partnership gives the ports of Seattle and Tacoma a competitive edge.


NEW VESSELS & REFITS ANNUAL A review of 2022’s new vessels, significant refits
and vessels under construction; The Scuttlebutt on Halibut BY JUNE CAMERON, AS TOLD BY ROD GRIFFIN; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Southern Gulf Island Anchorages: Vital, misunderstood, and under attack.


2023 WESTERN SHIPYARD DIRECTORY; WATERFRONT Prince Rupert and Bella Coola; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS - Shipping Trends: Dry Bulk Leads the Way, Growth continues at the Port of Prince Rupert;  Bill Billeter, Sailor and Fisherman, His 1914 voyage to the Bristol Bay fishing grounds on the fully rigged wooden sailing vessel W.B. Flint



WATERFRONT Northern Vancouver Island, Part 2: Port McNeill, Sointula, Port Hardy and more; LEGAL NET Allocation of Risk in Tug and Tow – contractual insurance and indemnity clauses; Our Coastal Heritage: Critical Steps Taken in Saving MASTER; A SWIFT model’s voyage to Nova Scotia; 
WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS HaiSea and Saam go Electric; BUSINESS NET Crunch time: The labour and skills crisis in Canada’s marine sector


ALUMINUM BOAT BUILDERS II Design & Construction for the West Coast; WATERFRONT Northern Vancouver Island, Part 1: Kelsey Bay, Port Hardy & Coal Harbour; Second Chance
Salvaged rope recycled and repurposed;  The Case for an Historic Vessel Registry for British Columbia
Nominee #5: COLUMBIA III; BC Model Tugs; Western Ports & Terminals: A return to normal
As stability returns to container traffic, changes will follow; A busy year in the Northwest Passage


ALUMINUM BOAT BUILDERS I, Design & Construction for the West Coast; WATERFRONT
Steveston and the Fraser River, Part 2; FV Kaare, A fine 1950s combination seiner/halibut boat; 46 WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Cruise Ships and Shipyards


MARINE PROFESSIONALS DIRECTORY
Marine Safety as Risk Management
WATERFRONT Steveston and the Fraser River, Part 1
WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS The Tilbury Main Jetty environmental review:
Seven years of bureaucratic fiddling


WATERFRONT Waterfront Southern Vancouver Island: Victoria, Sidney and North Saanich; Working in Wood: In the Wooden Boatshops; Restoring the KLONDIKE, Preserving marine heritage with Parks Canada; MINSTREL BOY Mid-life refit and conversion on one of the last Frank Fredette fishing schooners; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Canpotex: 50 years of quiet success.

2022 WESTERN WORKBOAT DIRECTORY; TRIDENT SHIELD Robust ASD tug from ABD Boats; Davidson Boats: Beyond Survival; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Fraser Crossings - BC forges ahead building the Pattullo Bridge replacement, and reveals plans for a new Highway 99 tunnel; The Case for an Historic Vessel Registry, Nominee #4: The Big Wooden Seiners



EDUCATION PLANNER Marine Courses and Programs from BC Providers; BOAT DESIGN
Robert Allan RApport ASD tug, A proven design in service around the world, now with Tier 4 upgrades; WATERFRONT Comox, Campbell River and Menzies Bay, Part 2; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Navigating the Shoals, stranded containers, grounded tugs, and supply chain problems test marine carriers.


PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY The Cates Factor: Regional Innovation in Ship Berthing Tugs; WATERFRONT Comox, Campbell River and Menzies Bay, Part 1; The Case for an Historic Vessel Registry for British Columbia, Nominee #3, Motor Yacht MEANDER; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Cruise Ships

MARINE INSURANCE, SURVEYING & SALVAGE Vessel Insurance - It’s all about Risk Sharing, Drain, then Cut or Crush: Ship Deconstruction and Recycling as a Service; WATERFRONT Port of Vancouver, Burrard Inlet and False Creek; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Vancouver Fraser Port Authority: More than meets the eye; Making Die-cast Model Tugs.

Launch of the Ocean Greg; WATERFRONT South-Central Vancouver Island Nanaimo, Chemainus, Ladysmith and Port Alberni; WATERFRONT Powell Lake WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Container-shipping Déjà vu

NEW VESSELS & REFITS ANNUAL A review of 2021’s new vessels, significant refits and vessels under construction; Onboard SEASPAN HARRIER; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Storm and Aftermath, Transportation logistics in a turbulent climate; Safety Net Cold Water Immersion The Four Stages that can lead to Drowning – Myths about Hypothermia; Legal Net Federal Policy and the West Coast in 2022.

2022 WESTERN SHIPYARD DIRECTORY; WATERFRONT Prince Rupert and Port Edward; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Port of Prince Rupert: Northern BC’s economic engine; TALES FROM THE COAST Follow Your Dream, A fisherman’s story



WATERFRONT Northern Vancouver Island, Part 2: Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Sointula & Kelsey Bay
LEGAL NET Navigating Defect Claims in Vessel Newbuilds
VOICES IN THE INDUSTRY The Association of British Columbia Marine Industries
WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Energy for the Future, Upcoming alternatives for low-emissions shipping
GOLDEN RAY A Unique Salvage Operation



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