Tag: Canadian Coast guard

The International Group of P&I Clubs and the Canadian Coast Guard announced that they signed MoU regarding maritime casualties and incidents.

The Canadian Coast Guard has called off the search for a crew member who is believed to have fallen overboard from one of its icebreaker vessels off the northeast coast of Newfoundland.

Local emergency responders in Iqaluit, Nunavut, are diligently monitoring and coordinating their response to a recent incident involving shipping containers that fell off a barge on October 27th. 

As part of its fleet renewal plan, the Canadian Coast Guard is acquiring a new Near-Shore Fishery Research Vessel (NSFRV). It will be the Canadian Coast Guard’s first-ever hybrid-electric vessel, designed to reduce carbon emissions and fossil fuel consumption.

Yesterday, Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, announced a major investment to fund the completion of the renewal of the Canadian Coast Guard’s small vessels fleet.

Following the recent fire incident onboard Zim Kingston containership, Canadian Coast Guard informed that firefighting tugboats continue to operate to prevent renewed flareups.

As the Great Lake temperatures are falling as winter approaches and significant ice formation is expected, the Lake Carriers’ Association warns that the U.S. economy is facing potential job losses and serious financial implications, as the binational icebreaking assets continue to age and remain frozen in time.

According to the Canadian Coast Guard, a BBC cargo ship lightly ran aground in Bay Bulls, Newfoundland, Canada on Sunday, June 30. The vessel was rapidly refloated by the Canadian Coast Guard and a commercial tug.

Seaspan Shipyards delivered the first Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel (OFSV), the CCGS Sir John Franklin, to the Canadian Coast Guard. According to the shipyard, 'The CCGS Sir John Franklin is the first large vessel to be built and delivered to the Government of Canada under the National Shipbuilding Strategy.'

The Canadian tug Lois M arrived at the disabled chemical/oil products tanker Jana Desgagnes (IMO 9046564) off Cape Ray during the afternoon of March 24th. The tanker was disabled as it got stuck in heavy ice in the Cabot Strait.