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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…