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The Government of Canada has actually introduced prepare for the building and construction of 6 brand-new icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard.

The brand-new vessels will certainly change existing vessels in the Coast Guard’s maturing fleet of icebreakers.

The federal government has actually provided an ‘Invitation to Qualify’ which will certainly develop a list of pre-qualified shipyards qualified for sending an official proposition to come to be the 3rd critical companion under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy, signing up withIrving Shipbuilding Inc and also Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards.

The news complies with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s news in May that the Government of Canada is spending $15.7 billion to restore the Coast Guard fleet, with as much as 16 Multi-Purpose Vessels to be developed at Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards and also 2 brand-new Arctic and also Offshore Patrol Ships to be developed at Irving Shipbuilding Inc.

The brand-new shipyard will certainly construct the brand-new program icebreakers for the Coast Guard.

The NSS is a multi-billion program concentrated on restoring the Canadian Coast Guard and also Royal Canadian Navy fleets. To day, the Government of Canada has actually granted greater than $11.4 billion in NSS-related agreements throughout the nation.

“The Canadian Coast Guard saves lives at sea, maintains safe shipping, enables an otherwise ice-choked economy, protects the marine environment and supports Canadian sovereign presence in the Arctic,” commented The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and also theCanadian Coast Guard “Demands on the Coast Guard will only grow as the impacts of climate change become more frequent and intense. By adding the new program icebreakers to renew the fleet, we are ensuring the women and men of the Canadian Coast Guard have the equipment they need to deliver icebreaking services in the Arctic, on the St. Lawrence waterway and on Canada’s East Coast,” Wilkinson included.