Retired Canadian Coast Guard vessel to become Airbnb restaurant
There’s something new coming to the waterfront in Amherstburg!
Perhaps one of the most anticipated and unique business ventures to materialize in Southwestern Ontario in decades!
The new owners of this vessel are proposing a floating restaurant along with on board accommodations as an Air BnB located on the Amherstburg Channel of the Detroit River.
The M/V Miss MJ (retired Canadian Coast Guard vessel) CCGS Matthew will now be permanently moored at the Amherstburg Yacht Club after being towed to her new home by McKeil Marine’s tug Ecosse.
Kudos to Terry Jones on this remarkable project!
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New Federal Hamilton joins Fednav’s laker fleet
The Federal Hamilton (IMO 9975363), a new Fednav vessel built in 2023 at the Oshima Shipbuilding Yard in Oshima, Japan, has joined the Fednav Ltd. fleet of vessels. Federal Hamilton departed on its maiden voyage from the Oshima Shipyard on August 31 and has since visited several ports in China.
Federal Hamilton is 199.98 meters in length and 23.760 meters in width and Is equipped with four deck cranes for unloading. The ship’s namesake is the city of Hamilton, Ontario, where Fednav Limited vessels frequently call. It is the first time that Fednav has chosen Federal Hamilton for one its vessels.
A second, yet unnamed vessel built at Oshima is expected to be delivered to Fednav sometime in October 2023.
On September 2, 2021, Fednav Limited signed an agreement with Sumisho Marine Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation Group) and Oshima Shipbuilding to build 10 new ocean-going lakers. Federal Hamilton is the first of these.
The new Fednav-Oshima designed represent the most efficient vessels to date for Fednav. Their carbon emissions will be 33% less than the vessels that they will replace, including a nitrogen oxides (NOx) footprint at least 87% smaller. They will be delivered equipped with the latest technology, including Tier III engines and the capability to burn biofuels.
Denny Dushane
What to know about the Port of Green Bay’s $217 million economic impact
GREEN BAY – A strong, regional economy helped fuel a “remarkable” 47% increase in the Port of Green Bay’s economic impact in a five-year span.
Dean Haen, director of the port, said a recent study of the economic impact of shipping in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway region provided the port specific details on the value of commodities coming through Green Bay, wages generated, taxes paid and economic activity that results.
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