B.C. Tugboat News
2025 Robert Allan Memorial Scholarship Awards
The Trustees of the Robert Allan Memorial Scholarship Trust and Robert Allan Ltd. are very pleased to announce the award of five scholarships for the 2025/2026 academic year. Awards have been made to the following outstanding students, chosen from a highly competitive...
Battery Electric Tug for Tianjin Port
Robert Allan Ltd. has been awarded a contract to design an AmpRA 3600 tug for Tianjin Port in Northern China. The AmpRA 3600 series tug will be constructed at Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard (Group) Co. Ltd. This builds on a successful conventional propulsion design for...
HaiSea Marine tugboats escort Canada’s first global LNG export
HaiSea Marine tugboats were at the ready to escort the GasLog Glasgow tanker as it set out from LNG Canada in Kitimat, B.C. carrying the first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be exported from Canada. The LNG shipment represents a pivotal moment for the...
The New Age of Small Electric Commercial Vessels
In British Columbia’s coastal waters, a quiet revolution is underway. The once-familiar rumble of diesel engines on workboats and pilot vessels is giving way to the soft whirl of electric motors. A new age of small electric commercial vessels is dawning, led by...
Ocean Group Brings All-Canadian Expertise to British Columbia’s Harbours
The Canadian maritime landscape is changing, and Ocean Group is more than ever a key player in this transformation. With a consolidated presence in British Columbia, we are committed to providing the port community with reliable, efficient and environmentally...
At Point Hope Maritime, Tugs R Us
Despite the current global economic uncertainty, the maritime economy on Canada’s West Coast is growing, companies are expanding and along with them the workhorses of the sector are having to do the same. The fleet of tugboats that work off the B.C. coast, critical in...
2025 Robert Allan Memorial Scholarship Awards
The Trustees of the Robert Allan Memorial Scholarship Trust and Robert Allan Ltd. are very pleased to announce the award of five scholarships for the 2025/2026 academic year. Awards have been made to the following outstanding students, chosen from a highly competitive...
Battery Electric Tug for Tianjin Port
Robert Allan Ltd. has been awarded a contract to design an AmpRA 3600 tug for Tianjin Port in Northern China. The AmpRA 3600 series tug will be constructed at Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard (Group) Co. Ltd. This builds on a successful conventional propulsion design for...
HaiSea Marine tugboats escort Canada’s first global LNG export
HaiSea Marine tugboats were at the ready to escort the GasLog Glasgow tanker as it set out from LNG Canada in Kitimat, B.C. carrying the first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be exported from Canada. The LNG shipment represents a pivotal moment for the...
The New Age of Small Electric Commercial Vessels
In British Columbia’s coastal waters, a quiet revolution is underway. The once-familiar rumble of diesel engines on workboats and pilot vessels is giving way to the soft whirl of electric motors. A new age of small electric commercial vessels is dawning, led by...
Ocean Group Brings All-Canadian Expertise to British Columbia’s Harbours
The Canadian maritime landscape is changing, and Ocean Group is more than ever a key player in this transformation. With a consolidated presence in British Columbia, we are committed to providing the port community with reliable, efficient and environmentally...
At Point Hope Maritime, Tugs R Us
Despite the current global economic uncertainty, the maritime economy on Canada’s West Coast is growing, companies are expanding and along with them the workhorses of the sector are having to do the same. The fleet of tugboats that work off the B.C. coast, critical in...





