Posted: Thursday, May 6, 2021 17:22
The federal government is moving ahead with building two heavy icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard operations in the High Arctic, federal officials announced Thursday.
The 150-metre-long vessels will be able to operate in heavy ice conditions for up to nine months at a time as well carrying out important science research in the High Arctic.
Having two heavy icebreakers in its fleet will allow the Canadian Coast Guard to maintain a year-around presence in the Arctic, said Coast Guard Commissioner Mario Pelletier.
Canada’s Coast Guard fields the world’s second largest icebreaking fleet with 18 icebreakers of varying sizes and capability. Russia is the leading icebreaking power with 40 operational vessels, including 27 ocean-going icebreakers and plans to build 11 new ships.
Top dogs of South Korean shipbuilding industry eye carbon neutrality by 2050 April 9, 2021, by Jasmina Ovcina
The top six South Korean shipbuilding majors have set sights on achieving carbon neutrality in the sector by 2050, thus joining the global decarbonization push.
Namely, representatives of Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, Hyundai Mipo Heavy Industries as well as STX Offshore & Shipbuilding released yesterday a joint declaration, vowing to make their businesses carbon neutral.
Illustration; Image by Offshore Energy
The carbon neutrality committee is supported by industry stakeholders including Byeong-Cheol Lee, Executive Vice Chairman Korea Offshore & Shipbuilding Association (KOSHIPA).