Concept illustration of Protecteur-class Joint Support Ship [Government of Canada image]
The Government of Canada has awarded a performance-based National Shipbuilding Strategy contract to Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards for the complete building of two joint assist ships (JSS). Valued at CAD 2.4 billion (about US$1.76 billion), this contract will enable the transition to full-rate building of the primary ship, the development of early blocks for which started in June 2018, after which the second ship.
The JSS will ship gasoline and different very important provides to vessels at sea, supply medical and dental companies, and supply services for helicopter upkeep restore.
The two vessels within the RCN’s legacy refueling fleet simply couldn’t wrestle on to succeed in what now seem to have been hopelessly over prolonged retirement targets. The final of them, HMCS Protecteur was retired after sustaining critical harm in a hearth in February 2014. An in depth evaluation concluded that the ship was broken past economical restore.
Since 2017, fleet assist companies have been supplied to the Royal Canadian Navy by Asterix, the Resolve-Class Naval Support Ship created by Davie Shipbuilding by changing an current containership and leased to the Canadian Government by means of Davie’s sister firm Federal Fleet Services.
The design contract for the 2 Protecteur-class JSS vessels was awarded in February 2017, and early construct building started in June 2018.
The first JSS is anticipated to be delivered in 2023, and the second in 2025.
