Canadian polar icebreakers: Delayed and over budget

Capt. John

A recent GAO report found that the U.S. Coast Guard’s three-ship Polar Security Cutter program is about $2 billion over its original budget and delayed by about five years. The Canadian Coast Guard might, or might not, take some comfort from that as it digests a just released Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) report that finds that the Canadian polar icebreaker project is also delayed and over budget.

The two-ship Canadian polar icebreaker project was launched by the Government of Canada in...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/canadian-polar-icebreakers-delayed-and-over-budget/

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