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- High-Speed Catamaran Ferry Planned Between Vancouver And Victoria Maritime Reporter, May 1991 #69
A target startup date of June 1 has been announced along with plans for a high-speed passenger catamaran service between Vancouver and British Columbia's capital, Victoria, on Vancouver Island.
Vancouver Island Ferry Corporation (VIFC), a newly formed company, says it hopes to attract 10 percent of the 5.8 million passengers who use government-owned B.C. Ferry Corporation services between Vancouver and Victoria.
Four round-trips daily at twice the speed of B.C. Ferries would be offered by the proposed service.
Bob Ward, spokesman for VIFC, said he believed the time was right for a 300-capacity passenger-only ferry, and that VIFC was negotiating in Norway to buy two used catamarans which have been little used.
The startup cost was $10.4 million, he said, and the company was backed by private individuals in the Victoria area and Eastern Canadian shipping companies.
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- Inside the World's Top Ferry Lines Maritime Reporter, Feb 2019 #26
Dover - Calais cross channel run. Photo: DFDSIn North America, BC Ferries, with routes serving the Canadian coast from Victoria (at the bottom of Vancouver Island, across from Washington State) up as far as north as Prince Rupert, is converting two of its largest vessels to LNG. Its Spirit of British Columbia
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- North American Ferries: Faster, Greener & Safer Marine News, Jan 2017 #34
ordered three gas powered newbuilds. In the conversion project, two of its 2,100 passenger/ 410 car vessels – Spirit of British Columbia and Spirit of Vancouver Island – will each see the installation of four Wärtsilä 34DF engines, in sequence, starting in late 2017. The list of upgrade items in the C$140 million
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- VPSI Completes Crankshaft Contract Maritime Reporter, Mar 1989 #43
failure while transiting the Pacific Ocean en route to the Pacific Coast of North America at the end of last May. She was towed to Victoria on Vancouver Island. VPSI was awarded the contract valued at C$1.55 million. The new half crankshaft was manufactured by IHI in Japan and delivered to VPSI's
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- Vancouver Shipyards Delivers Log Barge To Seaspan Int'l Maritime Reporter, Dec 1980 #6
Ltd., and other companies. The new barge will operate between logging camps on the northern British Columbia Coast and the west coast of Vancouver Island to Booming Grounds in southern British Columbia
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- Dalhousie University: Quiet Oceans Speak Volumes During Lockdown Marine Technology, May 2020 #48
reductions in low-frequency sounds near major shipping routes between Canada and the U.S. Between January and April of this year, a hydrophone west of Vancouver Island recorded a 16% (1.5 decibels) decrease in noise power compared to the same time last year. And, in the usually busy Strait of Georgia, Barclay
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- Great Ships of 2018: Halunder Jet Maritime Reporter, Dec 2018 #38
in the fall of 2017. It was hauled to the west coast of America, where, as CLIPPER V, it will carry traffic between Seattle in the USA and Victoria on Vancouver Island (Canada).Halunder means Heligoland and is the dialect of the North Frisian language spoken on the German island of Heligoland in the North Sea
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- Canada’s Ferry Industry Sets Course for Success Marine News, Jan 2015 #22
, access to some airports (Toronto and Prince Rupert), and crossing of various waterways. Whether you are traveling across the Georgia Strait to Vancouver Island, voyaging across the Bay of Fundy from Digby to Saint John or commuting to work from Lévis to Québec City, Canadian ferry operators are responsible
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- Vancouver Shipyards Launches Log Barge On A Film Of Water Maritime Reporter, Sep 15, 1981 #41
of 12,700 tons. The barge is intended to serve major forest companies around the Queen Charlotte Islands, off the west coast of Canada, and Vancouver Island. As with the ferry and other vessels similarly launched, the barge was moved from its building berth across to the launch sleds for side launching
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- Biofouling Foiled: UV Light Harnessed for Biofouling Control Marine Technology, Sep 2014 #58
was proven at the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney, BC, and Ocean Network Canada’s (ONC) observatory at Folger Pinnacle off the west coast of Vancouver Island, an early prototype was developed. After local testing, this prototype was deployed at the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory near Honolulu,
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- Vancouver Shipyards Moves 457-Foot Ferry To Launching Position On Film Of Water Maritime Reporter, Apr 1976 #23
trailers or 145 automobiles. Soon to be commissioned by the provincial government, the ferry will go into service between Vancouver and Vancouver Island. The Aero-Caster® System is the exclusive development of Aero-Go, Inc., 5800 Corson Avenue South, Seattle, Wash. 98108, with international
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- Spotlight on North American Ferries Marine News, Aug 2014 #40
on the southern BC route from Tsawwassen to the Southern Gulf Islands. Another will retire the 49-year-old Queen of Burnaby, which sails between mid-Vancouver Island town of Comox and Powell River on the mainland. The third vessel will fill in on the Southern Gulf Islands route, plus provide spot relief around
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 26FEATURE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION & SENSORS Kevin Mackay, TESMaP voyage leader and Center head of the South and West Paci? c Regional Centre of Seabed 2030. Kevin in the seismic lab at Greta Point looking at the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano 3D map completed with data from the TESMaP voyage
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 22FEATURE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION & SENSORS Aerial view of HT-HH volcano, showing new multibeam depth data overlaid on islands satellite image. © SEA-KIT, NIWA-Nippon Foundation TESMaP 22 March/April 2024 MTR #3 (18-33).indd 22 4/4/2024 9:08:10 AM
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 41Vessels Gripper ing European CTV operator Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) and U.S.-based investment ? rm OIC. The vessel, based on N-O-S’ 30-meter G-class design, fea- tures Volvo Penta’s IPS propulsion system and is said to be “hybrid-ready”, meaning it was built with space reserved for all the
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 40Vessels General Arnold Chasse, La. The 32-inch CSD will immediately begin work on Phase Four of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project. The project will bene? cially reuse 100% of the dredged material removed from the channel deepening and widening. The General Arnold is the newest,
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 31McAllister Towing Grace McAllister, one of three sisters from Washburn & Doughty. ered WINDEA Courageous, the ? rst of three CTVs for an earlier contract with Windea CTV LLC. Other shipyards known to be build- ing CTVs at the moment include Blount Boats and Sensesco Marine, both in Rhode Island
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 30Feature Shipbuilding Crowley Crowley’s electric tug eWolf, built by Master Boat Builders. Administration (MARAD) put a cost of $97 million on the ulatory ? lings, the vessel “is expected to be delivered and vessel. The same yard has also been contracted to build an operational in 2025.” Filings with
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 27Feature Shipbuilding Loumania Stewart / U.S. Coast Guard focus), which require very different business systems to be in place. “We’ve been able to do both,” he said, noting that having systems in place for government jobs makes East- ern Shipbuilding “move-in ready for the Navy and other DOD agencies
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 24Feature Navigation cables, 9 miles of cables connecting substations and up to blurred, undependable information for vessel crews. two export transmission cables with “associated secondary In the fairways Notice, the USCG references the NAS cable protection” (text is from the permit) within a 42-mile-
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 40Vessels HOS Warhorse & HOS Wild Horse shipyard construction contracts were wrongfully termi- nated. Gulf Island and Hornbeck settled in October 2023, clearing way for the builds to be completed by another yard. Eastern secured the contract to complete the builds from Zurich American Insurance Company
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 23Passenger Vessel Safety occur on a sightseeing vessel or an Ohio River dinner cruise? This contrast between speci? c – sometimes very speci? c – and general comes to mind when considering the numerous safety advisories pertaining to recent amphibious DUKW boat tragedies or the 2019 Conception dive boat
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 8By the Numbers © Dragon Claws / Adobe Stock Rebuilding the Foundations of US Offshore Wind By Philip Lewis, Director of Research, Intelatus Global Partners As we enter a New Year, the memories of the shocks to with a potential of 3.3-6.3 GW in Delaware and Chesa- the foundations to the U.S. offshore wind
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 59All images courtesy Oceanology International participants and to deliver another packed three days of exhi- Oi24 Events and Features bition and conference activity, features, workshops and one- Oceanology International is able to capitalize on the advan- to-one meetings.” tages of ExCeL’s expansive 18
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 37an online dashboard will convey ? ndings and share stories. GETTING UNDERWAY Sailing to remote parts of the ocean between June and Oc- “A modern-day warrior is not about war. It’s about the per- tober, Ocean Warrior intends to cover 10,000 nautical miles son—honesty, integrity, empathy, intelligence
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January 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 41In the Shipyard Latest Deliveries, Contracts and Designs Van Oord Upgrades Heavy-lift Gulf Craft, Incat Crowther an Oord’s heavy-lift installation vessel Team on Virgin Island Ferry VSvanen will receive a major upgrade: the gan- try crane will be extended by 25m, making the vessel ready to handle the
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December 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 482801 Aero Park Drive Traverse REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES City, Michigan 49686-9171 , tel:(231) 946-3980, Britmar Marine LTD, 102 2433 Dollarton Hwy N. Vancouver Harvest Technology Group, 7 Turner Avenue V7H OA1 BC Canada, North Vancouver , Canada [email protected] contact: Viola Sherman Technology
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December 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 36G REAT of HIPS S 2023 Eastern Shipbuilding OPC: A “G -C ”AME HANGER he much-needed replacement for the Coast The OPC is based on the Vard Marine Inc., VARD 7 110 Guard’s long-serving medium endurance cut- Offshore Patrol Vessel design. Vard has been working with ters (WMECs) took a giant step closer
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December 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 33Image courtesy GLDD DGE ALVESTON SLAND G I Senior Director Sales - Global Marine and Stationary, Wabtec, off we are. Minimizing weight is an important consideration for makes the system smaller and simpler for the customer the that type of vessel and it links right into the reduced weight of the cost
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December 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 32G REAT of HIPS S 2023 GLDD H DOPPER REDG NE OF THE BEST FEATURES OF THE ALVESTON IS HER RELATIVE SHALLOW DRAFT FOR HER CAPACITY O THAT ALLOWS HER TO GET CLOSER TO THE BEACH TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND TO USE LESS ENERGY TO GET THE WORK DONE HE S GOT THE LATEST SUITE OF DREDGE CONTROLS IN AUTOMATION AND
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December 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 2NO.12 / VOL. 85 / DECEMBER 2023 18 Photo on the Cover: Royal Caribbean Group | Photo this page: FMD 18 Robots in the Engineroom Departments Fairbanks Morse Defense is developing robotics in-house to address the US 4 Authors & Contributors Navy’s need for future autonomous vessels. 6 Editorial By Greg
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November 2023 - Marine News page: 49R.B. WEEKS Eastern Shipbuilding Group Florida shipbuilder Eastern Ship- rier islands and nourishing beaches an electrical power, propulsion, and building Group (ESG) this Spring de- lost to erosion, aiding the U.S. Army dredge machinery package by Royal livered R.B. Weeks, a 8,550 cubic yard Corps of
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November 2023 - Marine News page: 48Feature Great Vessels of 2023 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation GALVESTON ISLAND Delivered this year amid an ongoing dredge building ed by a USCG requirement for crawl spaces around the boom in the United States, Galveston Island is the ? rst tanks in the event of a leak, Webb noted. “[Urea tanks
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November 2023 - Marine News page: 27a trio of Tier 4 tugs, which will be serv- U.S. maritime sector, discussing its efforts, has said that: ing the West Coast. The boats use a design from Vancouver, “Testing out alternative fuels, ? nding operational ef? cien- B.C.’s Robert Allan Ltd., and were built at Diversi? ed Ma- cies, and investing
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November 2023 - Marine News page: 10By the Numbers Jones Act Dredging Commercial Fleet Orderbook Over Past Five Years CompanyDredge NameDredge TypeCapacityShipyardStatus Manson ConstructionFrederick PaupHopper15,000 cyKeppel AmFELS (TX)Expected delivery Q4 2023 Cashman DredgingMighty QuinHopper (T&B)4,000 cyFeeny’s Shipyard (NY)In service
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November 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 762801 Aero Park Drive Traverse REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES City, Michigan 49686-9171 , tel:(231) 946-3980, Britmar Marine LTD, 102 2433 Dollarton Hwy N. Vancouver Harvest Technology Group, 7 Turner Avenue V7H OA1 BC Canada, North Vancouver , Canada [email protected] contact: Viola Sherman Technology