Sadly you have to wonder if we'll be reading similar stories about the Halifax's in 15yrs or so.This is what happens when you wait to the last moment to replace your ships
CCGS Hudson - axed
The propulsion motor failure on CCGS Hudson reported here December 17, 2021 has proven fatal to the future of the ship. The Department of...shipfax.blogspot.com
Anyone surprised? Storied Coast Guard ship can’t be fixed, shipyard says, highlighting yet again, Canada’s shipbuilding problem | Globalnews.caThis is what happens when you wait to the last moment to replace your ships
CCGS Hudson - axed
The propulsion motor failure on CCGS Hudson reported here December 17, 2021 has proven fatal to the future of the ship. The Department of...
Honestly I'm less than impressed with their repair work. Some pretty basic things are lacking. Repacking valve stems, limiting the spread of blasting grit etc are all pretty fundamental. I'm not sure they have the horsepower to do that kind of life extension and keep up with the CPF DWP commitments, and one of their buildings burned down recently.
I don't think Heddle would touch it LOL Been there done that.
Also has the Hudson even had much sea time after that disaster?
Right, thanks, forgot about that.
That article is from a few years ago when Davie was doing some maneuvering trying to be the good guy and get more government work although I'm sure they'll try and use this to their advantage and drop some sort of cheap design or conversion to save the day.
I must be misunderstanding your post, the blog I posted was from Jan 19/22?
Sorry referring to the article where Davie wouldn't touch the refit for the Hudson the article you quoted was certainly current.
Ottawa’s talks with Quebec shipyard to build much needed icebreakers shrouded in fog
Questions are swirling over yet another delay in Ottawa’s nearly $100-billion plan to rebuild the fleets of Canada’s navy and coast guard — only this time the delay isn’t due to the stalled construction of a ship.
The federal government announced in December 2019 that Quebec shipyard Chantier Davie was the only company to qualify for a piece of that work, namely the construction of six much-needed icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard.
Yet while that announcement kicked off negotiations toward an agreement Davie and its supporters in Quebec and Ottawa had long demanded, the subsequent discussions remain shrouded in fog more than two years later.
The delay is fuelling fears about the Canadian Coast Guard’s aging fleet, which shrunk by another ship this week with the forced retirement of a 59-year-old science vessel, leaving Canada without a dedicated platform for ocean research.
“You really kind of wonder what’s going on that it’s been this long after having made such a high-profile commitment,” said David Perry, president of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and one of Canada’s top procurement experts.
READ MORE: Cost of used icebreakers Ottawa is purchasing from Quebec shipyard nears $1B mark
“And delivery on all the work that falls under them has got to be significantly impacted by not having come to an agreement.”
Davie was first excluded from the shipbuilding plan following a competition in 2011 that selected Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax to build the navy’s new warships, and Seaspan to build two new naval support ships and the brunt of the coast guard’s new fleet.
The Quebec shipyard was able to pick up some piecemeal work, including the construction of two federal ferries and the provision of several second-hand ships for the navy and coast guard. Those included a supply vessel for the navy and three used icebreakers...
Ottawa’s talks with Quebec shipyard to build much needed icebreakers shrouded in fog - Montreal | Globalnews.ca
The federal government said the Quebec shipyard Chantier Davie was the only company to qualify to construct six much-needed icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard.globalnews.ca
Finnish shipbuilders contract powerful icebreaker for Russian Arctic
It is the most powerful icebreaker ever built in Finland. The vessel that is designed for breaking through the sea-ice of the Yenisey River and Kara Sea will be of big importance for Nornickel’s expanded ore shipments from the Taymyr Peninsula. It is designed by Aker Arctic and built by the Hewww.rcinet.ca
I heard some rumbling from the Kiwi's that they were "unsatisfied" in the work done on their ships. Nothing official though.I don't recall this being posted earlier, not good for getting other international orders
B.C. shipyard embroiled in legal battle over New Zealand warship upgrades
A legal battle is brewing between two of Canada's largest defence contractors over upgrades to a pair of New Zealand navy warships in British Columbia.vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca
But last year, Seaspan's Victoria Shipyards, which was subcontracted by Lockheed to perform the work, filed a civil claim in B.C. Supreme Court alleging that problems with the Lockheed designs were costing the shipyard more than $20 million in delays and workarounds on the first ship alone.
Lockheed Martin Canada responded with a counterclaim, saying the project delays were due to negligence, understaffing and mismanagement at the shipyard.
Oh boy would that have implications for the NSS if Lockhart wins.I don't recall this being posted earlier, not good for getting other international orders
B.C. shipyard embroiled in legal battle over New Zealand warship upgrades
A legal battle is brewing between two of Canada's largest defence contractors over upgrades to a pair of New Zealand navy warships in British Columbia.
But last year, Seaspan's Victoria Shipyards, which was subcontracted by Lockheed to perform the work, filed a civil claim in B.C. Supreme Court alleging that problems with the Lockheed designs were costing the shipyard more than $20 million in delays and workarounds on the first ship alone.
Lockheed Martin Canada responded with a counterclaim, saying the project delays were due to negligence, understaffing and mismanagement at the shipyard.
You mean they weren't happy with the quality of work done by our highly skilled and professional workforce.
