More sparks fly in Canada shipbuilding controversy

MARCH 18, 2016 — Media coverage of Canada’s National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS) continues to stir controversy as it becomes apparent that Canada’s largest shipyard, Quebec’s Chantier Davie Canada, won’t just quietly

Canada asks Davie to quote for stop-gap fleet oiler retrofit

JUNE 24, 2015 — The Government of Canada is starting preliminary discussions with Quebec shipbuilder Chantier Davie on providing the Royal Canadian Navy with what Defense Minister Jason Kenney yesterday called “an

Cecon ASA to file for bankruptcy

APRIL 24, 2015 — Norwegian construction vessel company Cecon ASA is filing for bankruptcy. The company is probably best known to Marine Log readers for the saga involving the three newbuilds that

Quebec maritime strategy applauded by Davie Shipyard

JUNE 7, 2014—Canadian shipbuilder Chantier Davie Canada Inc. recently commended the  quick launch of  a regional maritime strategy by the newly elected Premier of Quebec and his administration, just a few months

Cecon gets new delivery date from Davie

JULY 10, 2013—Those with a super power memory may recall that it was back on July 30, 2007 that Canada’s then Davie Yards, Inc. started cutting steel for the first of three

New ownership structure for Cecon’s Davie newbuilds

APRIL 8, 2013 — The ownership of the three OCVS vessels on order at Quebec’s Davie shipyard since 2007 has been organized under a newly established Cecon AS subsidiary named Rever Offshore

Cecon gets construction financing for Davie newbuilds

JANUARY 2, 2013 — Cecon ASA has arranged construction financing to complete the three construction vessels it has had on order at Quebec’s Davie shipyard since 2007. Cecon said today that it