Now this. INSANE TOO:
Canada could face trouble buying specialized steel for new $7-billion icebreakers
The coast guard hopes to see the first icebreaker delivered in 2030 and the second in 2031.
During the Great Ice Storm of 1998 the Canadian Coast Guard offered to send its biggest icebreaker, CCGS
Louis S.
St-
Laurent to power a Quebec city on the St. Lawrence, can't remember which one; not needed in the end. The Louis was then only some 30 years old, now in vessel life extension with Davie with hope to keep her going until 2030--sixty years old!--when first new polar icebreaker from one of Davie or Seaspan is supposed to be ready, sure.
Canadas largest icebreaker,Louis S. St-Laurent, is set to undergo major repair, refit and maintenanc...
maritime-executive.com
By the way a story today (no link, sorry, rules) indicates those two new breakers may end up costing over even $3.5 billion each. INSANE. Three similar new ships for USCG, to be delivered long before 2030, to cost around $1.1 billion each:
The following is the Feb. 28, 2021, Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (Polar Icebreaker) Program: Background and Issues for Congress. From the report The Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (PSC) program is a program to acquire three new PSCs (i.e., heavy...
news.usni.org
Mark
Ottawa