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Canada begins work on heavy polar icebreaker to protect its high-Arctic sovereignty

On Apr 03, 2025, Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) cut steel on the Canadian Coast Guard’s (CCG) new heavy polar icebreaker, signifying the start of construction on one of the most advanced conventional polar icebreakers ever to be built.  This marks …
Apr 9, 2025 / Vessels

Seaspan Launches Fourth Ship Under the NSS, the Canadian Coast Guard’s State-of-the-Art Science Vessel

Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) launched the Canadian Coast Guard’s flagship science vessel, CCGS Naalak Nappaaluk, Canada’s newest and most modern research vessel.   The fourth ship designed, built and launched by Seaspan under the National …
Aug 21, 2024 / Vessels

Vestdavit wins record multi-davit contract with Seaspan for Canadian Coast Guard vessels

Vestdavit has landed its biggest-ever order with a major contract to deliver high-specification davits for six Multi-Purpose Vessels to be built for the Canadian Coast Guard at Seaspan Shipyards in Vancouver. The leading Norwegian davit supplier …
Aug 7, 2024 / Curious

Seaspan Shipyards Unveils Digital Model of Canada’s Heavy Polar Icebreaker

Today at CANSEC, Canada’s leading defence & security tradeshow, Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards presented its progress towards completing the functional design on the first heavy Polar Icebreaker in Canada in over 60 years. Functional Design of the …
May 30, 2024 / Vessels

Seaspan Shipyards Progresses to Next Phase of Designing and Building Multi-Purpose Vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard

Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) has been awarded the Construction Engineering (CE) and Long Lead Items (LLI) contracts for the pre-construction work of the Canadian Coast Guard’s (CCG) first six Multi-Purpose Vessels (MPV). Following the successful …
Mar 28, 2024 / Curious

ABB partners with Seaspan Shipyards on new Canadian Coast Guard polar icebreaker

• ABB has secured a comprehensive propulsion system contract with Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyard for the first of the Canadian Coast Guard’s new-generation polar icebreakers • The icebreaker is expected to be the world’s largest and most powerful …
Mar 6, 2024 / Vessels

Canadian Coast Guard Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessel Achieves Important Construction Milestone

Keel laying ceremony for Canada’s most modern science research ship at Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards   Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan), Canada’s long-term, strategic shipbuilding partner for large non-combat vessels under Canada’s National …
Nov 28, 2022 / Naval

Seaspan Shipyards to build Polar Icebreaker for Canadian Coast Guard

New ship construction program will sustain more than 2,800 jobs across CanadaAs part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), the Government of Canada has announced that Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) will design and build a Polar Icebreaker, the …
May 7, 2021 / Vessels

Seaspan Shipyards starts construction of Canada’s most modern science research ship (Video)

Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessel will conduct critical research on climate change impacts and Canada’s ocean ecosystems in support of the Blue Economy Strategy.On Monday (Mar29), Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) announced it has cut steel and started …
Mar 30, 2021 / Vessels

Seaspan Shipyards surpasses $1 billion in contracts to Canadian companies on Joint Support Ship Program for Royal Canadian Navy

Contracts awarded under the National Shipbuilding Strategy benefit many small and medium-size businesses across the country that count on Seaspan as an anchor customerAs the COVID-19 pandemic creates a critical need to sustain jobs and drive economic …
Mar 10, 2021 / Curious