https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbvo8qB-wdg The CCGS Sipu Muin is a powerful, heavy hovercraft that is used for icebreaking on hard-to-access areas along the St. Lawrence River where conventional icebreakers cannot navigate. The hovercraft is also equipped as a buoytender, and can be used in search and rescue, environmental pollution response, and navigational aid … [Read more...]
Grounded Tanker ‘Arca 1’ Refloated in Nova Scotia
The grounded bunkering tanker Arca 1 has been successfully refloated and is now secure in Sydney Harbour, Nova Scotia. The Canadian Coast Guard reported that no pollution was observed throughout the operation to free the vessel from the Cape Breton coast near Sydney Mines. The operation to tow the Arca 1 commenced at high tide on Sunday after being delayed last week due … [Read more...]
PHOTOS: Canadian Fishing Vessel Saved Off Greenland
A Canadian fishing vessel with 30 people aboard is expected to arrive in Nuuk, Greenland in stable condition late Tuesday night following a complex effort to save the ship from sinking in the Dover Strait. The 80-meter trawler Saputi began taking on water after it ran into ice Sunday night while approximately 280 nautical from Iqaluit in … [Read more...]
Five Dead, One Missing After Tour Vessel Capsizes Off British Columbia
Update: The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) says it will be deploying a team of investigators to Tofino, British Columbia to investigate the sinking of the whale watching vessel Leviathan II. British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond confirmed Monday that five Britons were among those killed. By Paul Brian TOFINO, British Columbia, Oct 25 (Reuters) - … [Read more...]
Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyard Cuts Steel on Canada’s First NSPS Vessel – Sir John Franklin
Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards (VSY) jas cut steel on the first National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS) ship, the Canadian Coast Guard’s Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel (OFSV). The start of construction was announced by the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, along with Andrew Saxton, Member of Parliament for … [Read more...]
CCGS Ann Harvey Under Tow Five Days After Grounding
The Canadian Coast Guard buoy tender Ann Harvey began its trek home Monday evening 5 days after running aground off the southern coast of Newfoundland. As of Monday morning, crews were working to complete welding work to repair a small puncture in the ship's stern before her departure from Connaire Bay near Burgeo, NL, where the vessel ran aground on April 1. According to … [Read more...]
Canadian Coast Guard Ship Taking On Water Off Newfoundland
A Canadian Coast Guard buoy tender is taking on water after running aground off the southern coast of Newfoundland. Joint Task Force Atlantic reports that it has sent two Canadian Coast Guard ships - CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent and CCGS Teleost - and three helicopters to assist the CCGS Ann Harvey, which was taking on water after running aground near Burgeo, NL. The rescue … [Read more...]