b"20American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(INVESTMENTScontinued from page 18)M OduleS AndO tHere quipMent FOrlngprOjectSLNGprojectsinCanadaarealsoofferingmajor opportunities for specialized carriers.This has notably been the case in the past few years of the C$40 billion LNG Canada project, located in Kitimat, British Columbia and one of the largest energy investments in Canadian history. LNG Canada and its joint venture par-ticipants (including Shell Canada Energy) recently carried out a 25th ocean export shipment to Asia since the part-ly-completed facility began operations in mid-2025. Phase 1 is designed to produce 6.5 million metric tons per annum.Now the Woodfibre LNG project in Squamish, Brit-ishColumbia-toutedastheworldslowestemission LNG facility - is emerging as Canadas second entry in the global energy market.This past January, the C$5 billion Woodfibre LNG movedanotherstepclosertocompletionwiththe arrivaloftwomassivemodulesaboardaspecialized heavy lift vessel, the Seaway Swan, operated by Nether-lands-based Seaway 7.ThePretreatmentmoduleandtheProcessUtilityGiant monopiles are shipped from Newfoundland's Port of Argentia to US East Coast offshore wind farms.Photo from Port of Argentia.module mark the 13th and 14th modules arriving to the Woodfibre LNG project site, pushing construction prog- project in Nova Scotia is poised to become Canadas firstsome shipping out as well.ress to close to 60 per cent complete. Another five mod- offshorewinddevelopment.Ithasbeenidentifiedby ules are due to arrive over the next few months. Slated tothe federal governments newly-created Major Projectsp rOjectc Arrierp erSpectiveSstart operations in 2027, the project is designed to pro- Office to be assessed for support. Among project carriers serving the Canadian market, duce 2.1 million metric tons annually. Elsewhere in the region, on the southern coast ofMarko Stampehl, Global Head of Marketing & Public ThesemodulesarecriticalbuildingblocksofNewfoundland,thePortofArgentiaiscontinuingtoRelations of BBC Chartering, reports that 2025 repre-Woodfibre LNG; both serving critical functions withinpursue its ambition of a unique marshalling yard and hubsented an upswing of our activities to and from Canada. the operations of our future facility, says Luke Schau- in North America for massive monopiles shipped fromMost prominently, our LakerMax series performed first erte, CEO, Woodfibre LNG, Its tremendously excitingEurope destined for wind farms on the US East Coast. Itpassages through the Great Lakes St Lawrence Seaway to move another step closer to construction completionalso receives numerous turbine blades. System, by that proving in reality that LakerMax is a and bringing more Canadian LNG to global markets. In the past year, extra pressure was put on the portsfitting description.The Pretreatment module removes impurities fromstorage facility due to the Trump Administrations freeze With the inbound trade to Canada being dominated natural gas feedstock, such as any moisture or any traceonfiveUSoffshorewindprojects.Butfederalcourtby equipment, machinery, and renewable energy compo-gases so the gas meets strict specifications for liquefac- judges have over-turned Interior Department orders in thenents, it is bulk such as wheat, corn and soya beans to tion.TheProcessUtilitymodulesuppliesthecriticalpast few weeks, allowing construction to resumeseem- Europe as well as concentrates to the Far East which are common process utilities for the LNG process, includ- ingly good news for the Port of Argentia. driving the outbound trades, said Stampehl. He added ing the tempered cooling water system, hot oil heatingSumming up current developments, port marketingthat BBC Chartering has been seeing a lot more requests system and the thermal oxidizer. manager Ellen Davis, told AJOT: In 2025, we receivedfor quotes to areas not traditionally served from the Great A tlAnticc AnAdAd evelOpMentS 32 monopiles, and 15 were shipped out. To date in 2026,Lakes/St. Lawrence River and recently secured project we have received 14, with none shipping out. For thecargo to West Africa and concentrates to the Black Sea.In Atlantic Canada, the Wind West Atlantic Energyremainder of 2026, we expect to receive 13 more, with(INVESTMENTScontinued on page 32)"