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Canada’s multi-purpose vessel fleet progresses with new equipment contract

13th August 2024 - 11:30 GMT | by Tony Fyler in London

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The multi-purpose vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard will run a variety of mission types, including icebreaking. (Image: Seaspan Shipyards)

The 16-strong fleet will replace three current classes of vessel.

The Canadian Coast Guard’s National Shipbuilding Strategy to replace three current classes with 16 multi-purpose vessels by the mid-2040s has progressed with the contracting of Vestdavit to provide davits for six vessels at the Seaspan Shipyards in Vancouver.

Vestdavit will initially provide six FF-15000 davit systems that will act as boat-cranes for the first six of the new multi-purpose vessels, with an option for the remaining ten as need arises.

Vestdavit recently won a contract with Seaspan to supply RHIB davits for the Polar Icebreaker, which is to begin construction soon for the Canadian Coast Guard.

Magnus Oding, general manager

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