There are some aspirational projects which every would-be great nation, whether global or regional, must have. Space programmes are one. Millions still live on a dollar a day in India, but the country desires to place an Indian national on the moon within twenty years, and is spending billions to achieve it.

US Coast Guard (USCG) and Royal Canadian Navy crews offloaded more than 2,300 kilograms of seized cocaine worth nearly US$70 million wholesale on Friday, December 7, in San Diego.

Public Services and Procurement Canada will acquire eight new 19-metre high-endurance search and rescue (SAR) lifeboats on behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard.

Irving Shipbuilding held a keel-laying ceremony at its Halifax Shipyard for the future HMCS Max Bernays on Wednesday, December 5.

Ocean Choice International, of St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada has ordered a new 74- by 16-metre freezer trawler to be built at Tersan Shipyard in Turkey. For the design work, both hull and equipment, they went to Skipsteknisk. Given the vessel size and freezing capacity, electrical generation is an important consideration in the design.

Alion Science and Technology has filed an appeal with Canada’s Federal Court to overturn the federal government’s decision to award its new frigate design contract to a consortium led by Lockheed Martin Canada.

Canada’s Husky Energy has suspended operations at the SeaRose floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel after an oil release incident.

A Canadian ATB cargo barge carrying steel cables crashed into a dock on the Detroit River on Friday, November 23.