A large handful of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects are stuck in dry dock across Canada.
In the meantime, one seaborne company is moving ahead with LNG on Canada’s West Coast—BC Ferries.
Last week, BC Ferries announced that Salish Raven—its third and final Salish Class vessel, to be fueled by LNG—had left its shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, en route to its future home in British Columbia’s Gulf Islands.
“This is a major milestone in our new-build program as Salish Raven, the final vessel in this series, is now making its way to British Columbia,” Mark Collins, the president and CEO of BC Ferries, said in a statement.
“With these new vessels,” he added, “we continue to move towards standardization of our fleet, which offers interoperability and lower crew training and maintenance costs, and also enhances safety.”
The Salish Class LNG dual fuel ships will carry 145 vehicles and up to 600 passengers and crew.
Salish Orca will be introduced into service later this month, traveling back and forth from Powell River to Comox. Salish Eagle will make its maiden voyage in June on the Tsawwassen-Gulf Islands run, and Salish Raven will get moving in the fall among the Southern Gulf Islands.
Salish Raven’s 10,400-plus-nautical-mile journey from Poland to Canada will include refueling stops in the Canary Islands and the Panama Canal.
In this first chapter of our Blue Flame Bounty series, we look at the upside of natural gas as a fuel for large transportation fleets, and medium- and heavy-duty vehicles
In this third chapter of our series, we look at Renewable Natural Gas (RNG), a small but growing waste-to-energy stream with plenty of practical potential.
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