The first of three new style electric tugboats, the Haisea Wamis, arrived in Kitimat, BC, on the traditional territory of the Haisla Nation, on the afternoon of July 29, 2024.
HaiSea Marine is a joint venture majority owned by the Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan. HaiSea Marine has a major contract with LNG Canada to build and operate escort and harbour tugs required for the export facility in Kitimat.
The three The ElectRA 2800 harbour tugs are the first-of-class battery electric tugs, designed to perform their regular ship-berthing and unberthing missions using battery electric power. The three tugs, HaiSea Wamis, Wee’git and Brave are 28 metres length, with approximately 70 tonnes bollard pull and approximately 5288 kWh of battery capacity.
Designed by Vancouver BC-based naval architect company, Robert Allan Ltd. (RAL), the tugs were constructed at Sanmar to stringent green marine specifications.
To modify an old saying(or curse) “May you live in interesting light.” Photography is all about light. Woke up just before 5 am this morning, looked out the window and the fog was so thick I could hardly see across the street. Then a few minutes later, the fog lifted. So images of the LNG […]
Kitmat BC’s official motto is “A Marvel of Nature and Industry.” Even so I don’t get much of a chance to take a photograph that illustrates that idea. September 9 did give me an opporunity. A beautiful early fall night. I first stepped out, the rising 31.1% waxing ccrescent moon was over Douglas Channel, along […]
Much of the world’s major media have reported that the beautiful Greek island of Santorini is a prime example of overtourism n 2024. That pronoted me to write a memoir of my visit first in 1976 When Santorini was remote, welcoming, and cheap. For my photography site I have added the photographs from that essay […]