Heddle Shipyards claimed it has actually been granted a $135.5 million buck agreement for the Vessel Life Extension (VLE) of the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Terry Fox.
The virtually three-year job will certainly include a substantial design, preparation as well as purchase stage, with shipyard job arranged to start in December 2023. This multi-year job will certainly produce as well as maintain over 200 hundred tasks at the Port Weller Dry Docks via the summer season of 2025 when the CCGS Terry Fox is arranged for redelivery.
The job is the solitary biggest in the background of the Canadian Coast Guard’s VLE Program, Heddle Shipyards claimed.
“The CCGS Terry Fox Vessel Life Extension Project is transformational for Heddle Shipyards and Ontario,” claimed Heddle President as well as CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,Shaun Padulo “The award of the project marks the conclusion of phase one of our five-year business plan developed in 2021 and will provide Heddle with the platform to become Canada’s partner for future Vessel Life Extension projects and the construction of vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy. I am extremely proud of our people and excited for our future. Our goal was to bring Ontario into the National Shipbuilding Strategy in a meaningful way, and the Terry Fox is just the tip of the iceberg.”
