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UZMAR Delivers 2025’s First Cutting-Edge RAstar 3200W Tug, ‘TIGER,’ to OCEAN S.R.L.
UZMAR Shipyard proudly announces the successful delivery of NB-166 ‘TIGER,’ a state-of-the-art RAstar 3200W Class 80 TBP Escort Tug, designed by Robert Allan Ltd. to meet the specific operational demands of OCEAN S.R.L. Renowned for its exceptional maneuverability and...
Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society to be Inducted into the FRDC Fraser River Hall of Fame
Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society to be Inducted into the FRDC Fraser River Hall of Fame “A significant Fraser River organization will be honoured on June 11th, 2025” New Westminster, BC – The Fraser River Discovery Centre Society (FRDCS) will induct the...
Multi-role utility Vessel ‘Tor Boreas’ – Press Release
Macduff Ship Design and Tor Group are pleased to announce the completion of the multi-role utility vessel MV ‘Tor Boreas’. The cutting edge vessel has successfully completed all trials and has departed the companies facilities in Tuzla Turkey and is currently in...
Seaspan to Build Made-In-Canada Heavy Polar Icebreaker
Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) has been awarded the construction contract to build one of the Canadian Coast Guard’s (CCG) new heavy polar icebreakers. The polar icebreaker will be built entirely in Canada at Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards, located in North Vancouver,...
MV ‘Fruitful Harvest’ and ‘Fruitful Bough’
Macduff Ship Design are delighted to announce the delivery of two sister vessels, ‘Fruitful Harvest’ and ‘Fruitful Bough’ to their owners Blueshell Mussels of Shetland. The two new 20m Mussel Harvest Vessels are now starting operations at the numerous mussel farm...
Vancouver welcomes new line handlers to SAAM Towage fleet
The new line handlers joining SAAM Towage Canada’s fleet were unloaded from the MV Jumbo at the Port of Vancouver on January 6th after completing their journey from Hong Kong. “These multipurpose vessels play a key role in berthing and unberthing vessels by...
