Hero Class #3, CCGS Corpoal Teather C.V is currently on trials in the Bedford Basin. Photos to follow.
Category: new build
Captain A.G. Soppitt was a pilot and recently retired president of the St John NB Port Authority. APA’s new Pilot boat, Built at AECON Fabco in Lunenburg, is named after him. After trials, and a dedication ceremony, she will be stationed in St John NB.
After being launched this past September with much fan fare, I learned this past weekend that the bluenose will need to be hauled out of the water again before she can go anywhere. If you look closely at this shot from the Lauching, you will notice the rudder is missing.
The 4th Hero Class Mid Shore Patrol Vessel, CCGS Constable Carrière (Above) was rolled out today at halifax ship yards. To date 2 have been completed and turned over to the coast guard, and CCGS Corporal Teather C.V is nearing completion at pier 9 (Below). J. L. François Carrière was
Reports are that the launch of CCGS Corporal Teather C.V., the third hero Class Mid Shore Patrol Vessel, will happen the morning of Saturday, Dec 15. Updates (and a more recent photo) to Follow.
A first time in halifax for the CoastGuards new Near-Shore Fishery Research Vessel CCGS M. Perley. She was built in 2010 with sisters CCGS Vladykov and CCGS Leim. These vessels will be dedicated to DFO’s Oceans Science program and are deployed on the Atlantic coast. a fourth one is operating
The second hero class mid shore patrol vessel was seen tied up at BIO today indicating that she has now been turned over from Halifax shipyards to the coast guard.
Via The Montreal Gazette: The Court appointed Bankruptcy monitor, since last August, has been weighing a bid from Zafiro Marine, a British operator of a fleet of offshore supply vessels of the same genre as the three now sitting uncompleted in the Lévis shipyard. The three partially completed offshore oil
Announced a few weeks ago, Oceanex is cutting of first steel of what will become the largest Canadian flag container/roll on roll off (Con/Ro) ship. This twenty knot, ice-class vessel, to be named the Oceanex Connaigra, is custom designed for world-wide trade and will be 210 meters in length with
The Caporal Kaeble VC Left the Dock for the first time today for some builders trials. SHe spent the Morning in the Basin before returning to Pier 9b. She is scheduled to return to the basin this afternoon.