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Seaspan Energy now has a liquefied natural gas bunkering accreditation that allows it to provide ship-to-ship LNG bunkering for vessels calling at the Port of Vancouver, the British Columbia-based company announced Nov. 18.

Terminal operations executive Craig Olley has been appointed to the newly created role of president of Trigon Pacific Terminals, the Prince Rupert, British Columbia-based terminal operator announced Nov. 27.

Image: ioCurrents. Seattle-based software company ioCurrents has entered into a strategic partnership with Norwegian engine manufacturer Bergen Engines to expand its ioCurrents’ MarineInsight platform, it was announced in November.

The Port of Redwood City has been awarded a $1.5 million grant by the Department of Homeland Security to enhance anti-terrorism security efforts, the Northern California seaport announced Dec. 3.

An aerial view of the Port of Oakland. Photo: Oakland seaport. The U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD) has awarded the Port of Oakland about $50 million toward the port’s multi-year plan to upgrade wharves and terminal infrastructure at Outer Harbor, the Northern California seaport announced Nov. 21.

The Port of Portland and Wilmington, Calif.-based Harbor Industrial Services Corp. have a framework agreement in place that would pave the way for Harbor Industrial to be the long-term operator for Terminal 6, the only global container terminal in Oregon, the port revealed Dec. 6.

Beginning Jan. 1, new leaders are expected to take the helm at Vancouver, B.C.-based ship design, engineering, building and repair company Seaspan.

The Port of Hueneme and the Port of Paita in Peru are now sister ports.

Image: StartBlue Ocean Enterprise Accelerator. The StartBlue Ocean Enterprise Accelerator, a business accelerator at the UC San Diego-Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Rady School of Management, is receiving $13.5 million in federal funding to help grow the Blue Economy, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced Dec. 9.

The Port of Seattle’s website is back in service three months after a ransomware-related cyberattack, the port announced Nov. 22.