HMCS Calgary (UNITED STATE Navy photo)
Canada has actually introduced strategies to spend C$ 7.5 billion (regarding US$ 5.74 billion) in keeping the Royal Canadian Navy’s fleet of 12 Halifax- course led rocket frigates in between currently as well as their scheduled retired life in the very early 2040s.
Yesterday, Public Services as well as Procurement Canada claimed that Chantier Davie, Lévis, Quebec, as well as Seaspan Victoria Shipyards Limited, Victoria, British Columbia, will certainly each get a C$ 500 million (regarding US$ 383 million) agreement, to execute upkeep deal with the very first team of frigates. A comparable agreement withIrving Shipbuilding Inc is presently being wrapped up. These are first agreements, as well as worths are connected to private ship upkeep timetables, the expense of shipyard labor prices as well as forecasted problem, as well as job that requires to be finished on the private ships.
The Davie honor will certainly be the biggest government agreement granted the shipyard to day.
The five-year agreements assure a minimum of 3 frigates for every shipyard, with job prepared to start in the very early 2020s. These agreements are anticipated to increase in worth as added job bundles are included.
The twelve frigates were appointed in between 1992 as well as 1996. Three were constructed by Davie, the others by the currently obsolete Saint John Shipbuilding, in Saint John, New Brunswick.
