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06 Aug

First HaiSea All-Electric Tug Heads to Kitimat

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The HaiSea Wamis, the first in a series of five fully electric tugboats, has made its way from British Columbia’s North Vancouver to Kitimat, BC, the home of HaiSea Marine’s operations, HaiSea announced July 31. The journey featured eight Haisla First Nation crew members, including three generations of one family. “To bring the HaiSea Wamis up the Douglas Channel and into Kitamaat Village with my family and several other Haisla members was incredibly powerful,” Ed Ross, a deckhand with HaiSea Marine and Haisla Nation member, said. “Up until now, careers with HaiSea felt like a distant opportunity, but now the…

16 Apr

All-Electric HaiSea Marine Tug Receives Underwater Noise Notation

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HaiSea Marine’s first all-electric tugboat has received an Underwater Noise Notation from the American Bureau of Shipping, the North Vancouver, B.C.-based joint venture announced April 4. The HaiSea Wamis last fall conducted sea trials to demonstrate its “ultra-low underwater noise,” according to HaiSea Marine, which is majority owned by the Haisla Nation with partner Seaspan ULC. “When we formed HaiSea, we had a vision and a dream to design and build one of the greenest tugboat fleets in the world that would serve the Douglas Channel,” said Chief Crystal Smith, elected chief councilor of the Haisla Nation. “This notation proves…