Sarnia (Port)

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Sarnia Harbour set to undergo $2-million dredging project

City officials are gearing up for a $2-million dredging project in an effort to ensure water depths remain adequate for commercial shipping traffic accessing the harbour for berthage, repairs and cargo transfers. Environmental studies have indicated 25,000 cubic feet of silt will need to be dredged, said Peter Hungerford, the city's director of economic development and corporate planning. But relocation plans for the sediment still need to be determined before dredging can began in the harbour this year. The city is also preparing for a $450,000 upgrade to the electrical services located at the west end of Seaway Road.

Shell to supply LNG bunkers in Great Lakes - liquefaction unit planned at Sarnia

Energy giant Shell is to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker in the Great Lakes, and will be the exclusive supplier of shipper Interlake Steamship Company (Interlake), the shipper says. Interlake is converting its ships to run on the fuel, and plans to convert the first vessel by the spring of 2015. The company says it expects its ships to be the first of their kind to operate on the Great Lakes. Shell said it plans to install a small-scale liquefaction unit capable of producing 250,000 tonnes per annum of LNG in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, with Interlake as its first customer.