April 17, 2025
Every day out on the water, Seaspan’s red & white vessels make sure that goods, materials, and fuel are transported safely and efficiently through the Pacific Northwest. But even though that everyday work was consistent, this was still a quarter filled with many exciting milestones and updates for the Seaspan Marine team.
And, just in case you needed a reminder about what exactly we do at Seaspan Marine, take a quick look at our revamped corporate video to get a quick overview of our capabilities.
Seaspan Marine
Seaspan Marine Transportation began the year by appointing a new President to the organization; Jordan Pechie, a Master Mariner with more than 19 years of experience in the maritime industry, most recently with HaiSea Marine, was appointed to the role on January 1, 2025.
Then, in March, we were pleased to co-host the 2nd Women in Marine event, where we welcomed over 100 guests to Seaspan Marine’s offices to meet our team, gear up in lifejackets to tour Seaspan’s tugboats, and test out our state-of-the art tugboat simulators, before women and allies from across the marine industry came together to speak to the participants at a networking reception. With women only making up 5% of the marine workforce, events like these are essential in fostering a more inclusive and welcoming workplace.
Seaspan Ferries
Seaspan Ferries is the epitome of consistency, and that was no different to begin 2025. Looking ahead to the rest of the year though, Seaspan Ferries will be continuing the process of upgrading all four of its terminals (Delta, Duke Point, Swartz Bay, and Surrey) by upgrading their shore power equipment, which will reduce air emissions, fuel consumption and increasing efficiency for our vessels moving between the Mainland and the Island.
Seaspan Energy
Seaspan Energy also began the year by welcoming a new President, with Harly Penner officially stepping into the role on January 1, 2025. But that was just the beginning of an exciting series of announcements from Seaspan Energy. In February, the Seaspan Lions completed not only the first ever ship-to-ship LNG bunkering in Canada, but also was the first to export LNG from Canada by ship, a historic milestone for the marine industry, for Seaspan, and for the Canadian energy sector. This industry first was quickly followed by two other industry highlights, with Seaspan Energy completing both the first LNG bunkering to a containership in the Port of Vancouver, and the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering to a car carrier in Western North America. Seaspan Energy has now firmly established itself as the pre-eminent LNG bunkering solution on the West Coast of North America.
HaiSea Marine
The HaiSea team — along with the full fleet! — is now operating out of Kitimat and have settled into the Zewen facility nicely. The team is currently getting ready to support first cargo to LNG Canada’s new export facility later this year. In the meantime, HaiSea has been nominated for a ‘Tug Owner of the Year’ award from the International Tug and Salvage (ITS) Awards. This recognition follows two years of ITS Awards for HaiSea with the HaiSea Wamis winning ‘Tug of the Year’ in 2023, followed by the HaiSea Kermode last year. HaiSea operates one of the world’s most environmentally friendly tugboat fleets, including three fully electric harbour tugs and two LNG dual-fuel escort tugs, which will see a reduction of 10,000 tonnes of CO2 per year compared to diesel alternatives. The HaiSea Wamis is also the world’s first tugboat to receive an underwater noise notation from the American Bureau of Shipping — these tugboats were designed thoughtfully with the goal of being the greenest fleet in the world to protect the pristine waters of the Douglas Channel. For these reasons, we hope you are inspired to spare a minute to vote HaiSea as ‘Tug Owner of the Year’ and help the team go for the three-peat! Vote here.