polar icebreakers

Canada awards construction contracts for two polar ice icebreakers

Canada’s Ministry of Public Services and Procurement last week awarded the construction contracts for the two polar icebreakers that are being built for the Canadian Coast Guard.

Seaspan Shipyards unveils digital model of Canada’s heavy polar icebreaker

On March 7, came announcement of a CAD $3.15 billion contract to Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards for one of the two icebreakers.

The next day came the official announcement of a CAD $3.25 billion award to Chantier Davie Canada Inc. for the other.

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Canadian polar icebreakers: Delayed and over budget

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/

Davie Shipbuilding on track to build 7 icebreakers

Public Services and Procurement Canada says that the Government of Canada is to begin negotiations with Chantier Davie [Davie Shipbuilding] of Lévis, Quebec, aimed at reaching an umbrella agreement that would see the yard become the third strategic shipbuilding partner under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy.

The agency said that, pending successful negotiations, an agreement is expected to be in place by the end of 2022. This positions Davie to build one of two polar icebreakers plus six...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/davie-shipbuilding-on-track-to-build-7-icebreakers/