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The federal government is investing more than $11 million in ten businesses and organizations across Northern B.C. to support jobs, productivity, trade diversification and supply-chain resilience amid ongoing global trade disruptions. Through PacifiCan, funding includes $450,000 for Prince George-based Open Waters Solar to expand and automate manufacturing, and $672,134 for Indigenous-led Portland Canal Terminals to...Read More

The B.C. Marine Terminal Operators Association (BCMTOA) has appointed Alicia Peters as its new President, succeeding Stephanie Jones. Peters brings more than 15 years of experience in government relations, strategic operations and regulated sectors, including previous work with Canada’s Minister of International Trade and senior regulatory and policy roles in B.C.’s financial sector. She will...Read More

Western Potash has entered court-supervised insolvency proceedings after defaulting on more than US$108 million owed to senior lender Appian Capital Advisory, putting its Milestone potash project near Regina up for sale. Despite more than US$240 million invested, the project, designed to produce 146,000 tonnes of potash annually over an estimated 40-year mine life, has never...Read More

Seaspan Marine has agreed to sell its petroleum products barging business to Enercor Energy, an affiliate of Evernorth Marine Group, as it focuses more closely on its core towing, marine transportation and ship-assist operations. The transaction includes existing customer contracts and five vessels, four oil barges and the Seaspan Raider tugboat, and is expected to...Read More

Construction has begun on the first phase of B.C. Hydro’s North Coast Transmission Line expansion, a major infrastructure project that will more than double electricity transmission capacity between Prince George, Terrace and northwest B.C. The additional power is intended to support major industrial developments, including LNG export facilities and mining projects identified as being in...Read More

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has introduced the American Mariner Tax Fairness Act, which would extend the federal foreign earned income exclusion to qualifying U.S. merchant mariners working aboard U.S.-flag vessels in international trade. Mariners spending at least 90 days during 12 months aboard eligible vessels could exclude income earned during qualifying periods at...Read More

Maersk has selected British wind-propulsion specialist Anemoi Marine Technologies to install a Rotor Sail on an 8,700 TEU Maersk Lima-class containership, marking the first application of Anemoi’s technology on a container vessel. The 35-metre-high, five-metre-diameter fixed Rotor Sail will use wind-generated aerodynamic lift to provide additional propulsion, potentially reducing fuel consumption and emissions. Installation is...Read More

Trans Mountain has filed an application with the Canada Energy Regulator for a $4-billion optimization project that would add 210,000 barrels per day of capacity to its Edmonton-to-Burnaby pipeline system, potentially bringing the additional capacity online by the end of 2028. The proposal includes new pumping stations and about 30 kilometres of pipeline within the...Read More

The Port of Churchill is handling its first grain export since 2020, with approximately 30,000 tonnes of Saskatchewan durum wheat supplied by AGT Foods being shipped to customers in Europe. The shipment marks a significant milestone in efforts to revitalize the Indigenous- and community-owned port and Hudson Bay Railway as an alternative Canadian trade corridor...Read More