Maritime news

Monitor breaking maritime news and insights for profitable, efficient and safe shipping.

Tagged in CCGS

Seaspan Launches Fourth Ship Under the NSS, the Canadian Coast Guard’s State-of-the-Art Science Vessel

Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) launched the Canadian Coast Guard’s flagship science vessel, CCGS Naalak Nappaaluk, Canada’s newest and most modern research vessel.   The fourth ship designed, built and launched by Seaspan under the National …
Aug 21, 2024 / Vessels

Canadian Coast Guard Ship Griffon Vessel Life Extension Contract Awarded

Ensuring that Canadian Coast Guard personnel have reliable equipment to keep Canada's waterways safe and open for business is a key priority for the Government of Canada. Today, the Minister of Public Services and Procurement, the Honourable …
Feb 22, 2024 / Vessels

Canadian Coast Guard welcomes the CCGS Gabarus Bay into service

The Canadian Coast Guard plays an essential role in ensuring the safety of mariners and protecting Canada’s marine environment. Through the National Shipbuilding Strategy, the Government of Canada has made it a priority to provide Canadian Coast …
Sep 4, 2023 / Curious

Heddle Shipyards Awarded The Vessel Life Extension Of The CCGS Terry Fox

Heddle Shipyards has been awarded a $135.5 million dollar contract for the Vessel Life Extension (VLE) of the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Terry Fox – securing the future of the Port Weller Dry Docks for the next generation of Ontario …
Nov 2, 2022 / Vessels

Canadian Coast Guard names light icebreaker - the CCGS Judy LaMarsh

Ensuring that Canadian Coast Guard personnel have the equipment they need to keep Canada's waterways navigable is a key priority for the Canadian Coast Guard. The Canadian Coast Guard recently purchased a light icebreaker that will supplement its …
Oct 4, 2022 / Naval

Canadian Coast Guard Decommissions Its Oldest Serving Vessel

Following 59 years of dedicated service, the Canadian Coast Guard’s oldest serving vessel, the CCGS Hudson is being decommissioned. In November 2021, a failure of the starboard propulsion motor placed the CCGS Hudson out of service. Due to the scale …
Jan 25, 2022 / Naval

Seaspan Shipyards Delivers CCGS John Cabot, Completing First Class of Ships under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy

Three ships in 15 months demonstrates world-class capacity and capability, and accelerating NSS momentumFriday (Oct 09), Seaspan Shipyards officially delivered the third state-of-the-art Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel (OFSV) to the Canadian Coast …
Oct 12, 2020 / Curious

Wärtsilä solutions meet challenging needs of Canadian Coast Guard vessel

The technology group Wärtsilä has won a contract for the delivery and integration engineering of two Retractable Thrusters and a Dynamic Positioning (DP) system for the CCGS Amundsen, a Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) Icebreaker. The order with Wärtsilä …
Sep 25, 2020 / Curious

Seaspan Shipyards marks another best-in-class milestone with the start of sea trials for future Coast Guard vessel CCGS John Cabot

Third Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel built by Seaspan Shipyards begins sea trials just six weeks after launchOn August 18th, the future Coast Guard vessel the CCGS John Cabot cruised out of English Bay in Vancouver to begin sea trials, marking …
Aug 20, 2020 / Vessels

Seaspan Shipyards officially delivers first Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel to Canadian Coast Guard

The CCGS Sir John Franklin is the first large vessel to be built and delivered to the Government of Canada under the National Shipbuilding StrategyLast Thursday (Jun27), Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) and the Government of Canada celebrated the official …
Jul 2, 2019 / Naval