Canadian shipbuilding sees productive year
Key Canadian shipyards are staying busy with new orders and repairs, while naval architects help take these projects to the next level. The Royal Canadian Navy is at the center of shipbuilding news in
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Canada plans to buy ferry from Fjord1 as interim Holiday Island replacement
Transport Canada plans to buy a 2007-built Norwegian double-ended car passenger ferry, the Fanafjord, to replace the M/V Holiday Island, one of two vessels used to provide service between Wood Islands, PEI,
Davie Shipbuilding completes STQ ferry repair
Lévis, Quebec, based Davie Shipbuilding Canada Inc. has redelivered the Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ) ferry MV Félix-Antoine-Savard after repairs that required over 30,000 hours of work, and the replacement of
Davie now a partner in Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy
Canada’s largest shipbuilder, Levis, Quebec, based Davie Shipbuilding has at last become an official partner in Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS). Announcing the move yesterday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said that this
Davie Shipbuilding negotiating purchase of Helsinki Shipyard
Canada’s Davie Shipbuilding (Chantier Davie Canada Inc.) is in advanced negotiations to buy Finland’s Helsinki Shipyard. In a press release yesterday, the Lévis, Quebec, headquartered shipbuilder announced it had exercise of its
Davie redelivers RCN frigate following major upgrade
Lévis, Quebec, based Davie Shipbuilding reports that HMCS St. John’s, a City-class frigate, was delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), November 1, after extensive maintenance and modernization work. The frigate sailed
VIDEO: Davie delivers third medium icebreaker to Canadian Coast Guard
Davie Shipbuilding, Lévis, Quebec, reports that the medium icebreaker CCGS Vincent Massey was delivered to the Canadian Coast Guard yesterday. The CCGS Vincent Massey will join its two sister vessels, CCGS Captain
Davie AHTS-to-icebreaker program moves towards completion
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
Canada to convert another offshore vessel to interim icebreaker
The Canadian Coast Guard is set get a fourth interim icebreaker converted from a former icebreaking offshore vessel. Earlier this week it reported that, following a competitive process, it had purchased “a
Canada will build TWO polar icebreakers
The Government of Canada is to move forward with the construction of two Polar icebreakers under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS). One will be built by Seaspan Shipyards in Vancouver, British Columbia.