The Haisla Nation on Canada’s west coast has reason to celebrate.
The community’s $3 billion proposed Cedar LNG project now has provincial and federal environmental approval to proceed.
Meanwhile, the Nation is taking delivery of a fleet of environmentally friendly tugboats to support the LNG Canada project.
Days before Cedar LNG’s approval, HaiSea Marine, majority owned by the Haisla Nation in partnership with shipbuilder Seaspan ULC, celebrated the naming and blessing of its new tugboat fleet, which is under construction in Istanbul, Turkiye.
The fleet – with arrival dates in 2023 – includes three fully electric harbour tugs and two LNG-powered escort tugs that will guide LNG carriers through the Douglas Channel to open water – 36 hours round trip. Continue reading “Haisla Nation taking delivery of new tugboats as B.C. LNG project approved to proceed”