Davie awarded first contract for design of Canada’s Program Icebreakers

he Canadian Government has awarded Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (Davie Shipbuilding) a contract for the design of the six-ship fleet of Canada’s future Program Icebreakers. This is the first contract awarded the shipbuilder under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) since it officially became a partner in it back in April last year.

The new Program Icebreakers will replace the CCG’s medium icebreakers that operate in Atlantic Canada and the St. Lawrence waterways during the winter, and in...

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Davie completes purchase of the assets of Helsinki Shipyard

Canada’s Davie Shipbuilding today reported that it has finalized the acquisition of the assets of Finland’s Helsinki Shipyard Oy (HSO). This completes a deal that Davie first revealed was in the works back in March this year when it exercised an exclusive option to purchase the shipyard’s assets. This was followed in April by the signing of a business purchase agreement and, on July 4, Davie secured a new 50-year land lease from the City of Helsinki.

Helsinki Shipyard had previously been owned...

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Davie Shipbuilding partners with Canadian government on newbuilding programmes

Davie Shipbuilding is now an official partner in Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) after an agreement including an initial minimum of US$8.5 billion in shipbuilding programmes.

As part of the NSS, the Canadian shipbuilding company Davie will be called upon to build the largest and most technologically advanced ships ever built in and for Canada.

The initial package of work includes seven icebreakers and two large hybrid-powered ferries.

A report prepared by Deloitte and made public in...

https://container-news.com/davie-shipbuilding-partners-with-canadian-government-on-newbuilding-programmes/

Davie AHTS-to-icebreaker program moves towards completion

Icebreaker in dry dock

The third of three former icebreaking AHTS vessels is a significant step closer to being commissioned as a Canadian Coast Guard medium icebreaker. On March 25, Lévis, Quebec, based Davie Shipbuilding floated the CCGS Vincent Massey out of its Champlain dry dock. Originally delivered in 2000 by Norway’s Havyard Leirvik shipyard as the Tor Viking, the Vincent Massey and is one of three Viking Supply Vessels AHTS ships acquired for conversion in 2018.

Following float out, the CCGS Vincent Massey is...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/davie-ahts-to-icebreaker-program-moves-towards-completion/