2021 WESTERN SHIPYARD DIRECTORY; Plastics on our Shores, Marine Debris Removal Initiative; Sointula Boat Yards, A look back at Malcolm Island’s boat yards and builders; Origin of the Gillnet Drum; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS, Recycling Pulp Mills.

ELECTRONICS Onboard Systems & Technology DIY VHF; RV Tiriarnaq finds new life at 46; WATERFRONT Northern Vancouver Island – Part 2: Port Hardy, Coal Harbour & Kelsey Bay; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Stuck in Limbo: Delayed port projects highlight Canada’s
dysfunctional environmental review system.


ALUMINUM BOAT BUILDERS II Design & Construction for the West Coast; WATERFRONT Northern Vancouver Island – Part 1: Sointula, Port McNeill, Port Hardy; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Arctic Update: New barges for MTS cap a busy season
in Canada’s North, Northwest Passage: A Record Year


ALUMINUM BOAT BUILDERS I, Design & Construction for the West Coast; WATERFRONT Steveston, Fraser River, North Arm and New Westminster, Part 2; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS,
The Disappearance of Lumber Ships


MARINE PROFESSIONALS DIRECTORY – 2020; MARINE SAFETY, TRAINING & EDUCATION
BC Marine Education Roundup; SALTS 2020 Sailing Programs Cancelled, Work continues on new schooner Leonora; WATERFRONT Steveston, Fraser River, North Arm & New Westminster, Part 1;
WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS G3 Terminal Vancouver: Open for Business, BC’s newest grain elevator commences commercial operation.


WATERFRONT Southern Vancouver Island: Sidney, Victoria and Brentwood Bay; WORKING IN WOOD - Inside the wooden boat shops; Mug Ups and Memories - The CP Coasters Club; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS: Robert Allan Ltd. Naval Architecture and Engineering firm
celebrates 90 years.


2020 WESTERN WORKBOAT DIRECTORY; BOAT DESIGN Noise Reduction: Ashore and On Board; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS The Port of Stewart; Fraser River Salmon Big Bar Slide progress; COASTAL MEMORIES Beaver Cannery, Rivers Inlet

EDUCATION PLANNER Marine Courses and Programs from BC Providers. RONJA ISLANDER: New live-fish well-boat on charter. Composite Commercial Vessels: Fibreglass construction in the past, present and future. WATERFRONT Campbell River, Pt 2. WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS: Global Container Terminals a homegrown success story turns 50. Contractual obligations: Legal enforcement during the COVID-19 lockdown.

MAINTENANCE, NEW LAUNCH/REFIT Back from the Bottom, Refitting the Hodder Breeze. Big Bar Slide Update, Significant progress clearing barriers to Fraser River salmon. WATERFRONT Comox, Campbell River and the Sunshine Coast. A Free Fall experience, Launching aboard a modern containership lifeboat. WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Tilbury Pacific LNG Jetty:
BC’s First LNG Export Facility.


PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY: Clean and efficient power, Getting the most out of your propulsion system. MARINE INSURANCE, SURVEYING & SALVAGE: Residents Remove Derelicts
from Pender Harbour. WATERFRONT: Port of Vancouver, Burrard Inlet and False Creek.
WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS: Coal exports: 50 years of big business.


SPRING HAUL-OUT: Future Fleet Maintenance, Advanced technologies drive shipyard innovation; Out of Water Surveys, Document your vessel’s Condition and Value for Insurance and Financing. WATERFRONT: South-Central Vancouver Island, French Creek, Nanaimo, Chemainus, Ladysmith,
Port Alberni, Ucluelet & Tofino. WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS: New Ferries and Semi-Submersibles Big deliveries draw plenty of attention


NEW VESSELS & REFITS ANNUAL Review of 2019’s new vessels, significant refits and vessels under construction; NIGHT WORK Photographs by Reave Dennison; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS The New Westminster Rail Bridge: It’s a single-track bottleneck, but at 116 years old
it’s still going strong; Operation Brix: A Pacific Rescue, 1950.


2020 WESTERN SHIPYARD DIRECTORY; “A Fearful Steamboat Disaster” The collision of the steamers Enterprise and R.P. Rithet; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS: The Year Ahead, Dry Bulk Commodities Conference provides insight into 2020 shipping trends; Books for Mariners

ELECTRONICS Onboard Systems & Technology, Marine Gateways; WATERFRONT Northern Vancouver Island Part 2, Port Hardy, Coal Harbour, Port Harvey & Port McNeill; Haida Boats
Native Knowledge and Native Wood; Nootka Lightstation, CCG upgrades the San Rafael Island facility; Books for Mariners; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Changing bunker fuel markets, Today, January and beyond.


ALUMINUM BOATBUILDERS II Design & Construction for the West Coast; The DAN MCGREW: portable Pusher Tug can be disassembled for travel overland; WATERFRONT Northern Vancouver Island: Port Hardy, Port McNeil, Sointula, Kelsey Bay – Part 1; Menzies Marine Grand Opening; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Drydocking cruise ships

ALUMINUM BOATBUILDERS I, Design & Construction for the West Coast; WATERFRONT
Steveston, New Westminster and the Fraser River, Part 2; Voyage on the Mackenzie River; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Corvus Energy: Converting shipping to electricity.

DIRECTORY OF MARINE PROFESSIONALS. MARINE EDUCATION & SAFETY: Life Jacket regulations and the Marine Industry, New Marine Service Industry Bursary, Bursaries and Awards go to
Marine Engineering Cadets; BCIT Marine Graduates. WATERFRONT: Steveston, New Westminster and
the Fraser River, Part 1. ISLAND REGENT: Second Robert Allan-designed ATB pusher tug goes into service for ITB. First Hybrid Cruise Ship Launched.  WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS: Tugs of Opportunity, New report highlights gaps in our coastal safety net. Summer of ’69 Revisited.


WATERFRONT: Southern Vancouver Island, Victoria, Sidney and Sooke. WORKING IN WOOD In the Boatshops. Wood wrapped in Steel, A Mullins Sea Eagle runabout takes on a new life as Sea Angel. Captain John Voss and the TILIKUM, The trailblazing voyage of BC’s most famous yacht. WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS: Arctic Shipping Challenges.

2019 WESTERN WORKBOAT DIRECTORY. BOAT DESIGN: Advances in Vessel Design & Materials - MOWI well-boat Aqua Tromoy - Canadian Hybrid Trawler. WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS: The summer of ’69. History Lost: A final chapter for the tug J.S. POLHEMUS.
Books for Mariners: Into the Raging Sea; Field Guides from Alaska Sea Grant


EDUCATION PLANNER Marine Courses and Programs Available from BC Providers; Launch of the Salish Sea Eclipse, Aluminum Catamaran Whale Watching vessel for Prince of Whales; STAND BY Newsletter of the Vancouver Island Branch of the Canadian Institute of Marine Engineering; BOAT DESIGN Advances in Vessel Design & Materials - Ultra-low wake fast ferries for Puget Sound; WATERFRONT Campbell River and Comox, Part 2; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Overhauling the Pilotage Act.

WATERFRONT Campbell River and Comox Part 1. NEW LAUNCH - REFIT Aurora: A second high-speed catamaran for West Coast Launch. The Long Haul: Spring Fever No. 1. VANCOUVER JOURNAL
Newsletter of the Vancouver Branch of the Canadian Institute of Marine Engineering. International Submarine Engineering - 45 years of home-grown Canadian undersea innovation. WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS: Delta terminal blues. High and dry – Legalization of cannabis in Canada and the impact on shipping.


PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY Propeller design and innovation; A New International Standard for Bollard Pull Testing Procedures. DB GENERAL A heavy-lift giant. WATERFRONT: Vancouver
Burrard Inlet & False Creek. WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS: Recruiting and training on the waterfront. MARINE INSURANCE, SURVEYING & SALVAGE: Selling your catch Boat to Table? Make sure you have Commercial General Liability.

SPRING HAUL-OUT Internal Maintenance: Bilge and Tank Coatings. WATERFRONT: Mid-Island
Port Alberni, Nanaimo, Chemainus and Ladysmith. Trend D Transporter: An Oxe-powered workhorse
Trend Diesel’s new support vessel showcases the company’s recently-added line of diesel outboards
The Case for an Historic Vessel Registry for British Columbia. Proposal for a Canadian Maritime Museum. WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS Fraser Surrey Docks: From containers,
to cargo, to agri-products. Safety Net: Sinking and Loss of Life - Fishing vessel Western Commander


NEW VESSELS & REFITS ANNUAL - Review of 2018’s new vessels, significant refits and vessels under construction; FROM THE DESIGN TABLE - Canadian Navy Harbour Tugs; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS - Bridge or Tunnel? At the Fraser River’s westernmost crossing, it’s four lanes forever as endless studies continue; BUSINESS NET - Hull & Machinery Insurance, Common policy Requirements and Exclusions; LEGAL NET - BC expands spill-reporting obligations to areas of federal jurisdiction.

2019 WESTERN SHIPYARD DIRECTORY; BC Ferry Spirit Of British Columbia - A voyage to Poland and return; BUSINESS NET - Vetting Charter Vessels; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS - Columbia Containers rebuilds; Three Canadian Princes - Flagships of a short-lived west coast ferry/cruise line

MARINE ELECTRONICS - Onboard Systems & Technology; WATERFRONT Northern Vancouver Island Part 2 - Port Hardy, Coal Harbour, Port McNeill and Telegraph Cove; The Victoria Machinery Depot; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS - Expansion at Neptune Terminals; BUSINESS NET
Hull & Machinery Insurance – Part 1; The disappearance of the ex-Seiner RCAF M.427 B.C. STAR


Aluminum Boatbuilders II, Design & Construction for the West Coast; GEEMIA JOYE, ABD Boats launches a second Live Fish Carrier for James Walkus Fishing Ltd.; WATERFRONT Northern Vancouver Island Part 1, Sointula, Port McNeill, Port Hardy and Kelsey Bay; Work Boats on Parade at RiverFest 2018; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS, The Northwest Passage: A difficult year; A week of SAR in the Arctic summer

Aluminum Boatbuilders I, Design & Construction for the West Coast; Ocean Defiant, A New McIlwain tug from Sylte Shipyard; WATERFRONT Fraser River Pt 2, Steveston, North Arm, New Westminster
and the South Arm; Bud Jones – BC’s Longest Serving Coast Pilot, Ever!; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS, South of the Border; A Maritime Escapade, The Great English Bay Round-up; BUSINESS NET, Protection & Indemnity, Why do marinas want vessel liability insurance?


MARINE PROFESSIONALS DIRECTORY; MARINE EDUCATION & SAFETY BC Marine Scholarships; To the Rescue! The Crash Boats of the Royal Canadian Air Force Marine Squadron;
WATERFRONT Fraser River, New Westminster and the South Arm, North Arm, and Steveston; Underwater Noise from Ships; Big Delivery: Westshore’s final Stacker-Reclaimer; UVic students top contenders at International Submarine Race.

WATERFRONT - Victoria, Brentwood Bay, Sidney, North Saanich; WORKING IN WOOD - In the Wood Boat Shops; SS Master and Merrie Ellen - Preservation versus transformation define these
two Moscrop-built classics; SAFETY NET - Transportation Safety Board Report on the capsize
and loss of life on the FV Miss Cory; Dealing with Derelicts - Government and industry are pitching in to dispose of wrecked and abandoned vessels; WESTERN PORTS & TERMINALS - BCIT’s School of Transportation Serving the marine industry with focused, job-ready training.


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