Seaspan Shipyards is already two years behind schedule to deliver the CCGS Sir John Franklin, one of three new fisheries science vessels the British Columbia shipbuilder is producing for the federa…
The Canadian Coast Guard’s hope that its first new fisheries science vessel will finally be delivered this summer could be dashed after the ship crashed on its first test run last week.
No one was injured but an initial assessment by Seaspan found the Franklin’s propeller and rudder were damaged, said Page. Photographs from the scene also showed a large dent in the hull on the aft port side above the water line. “We don’t know what potential impact there may be yet to the vessel’s delivery schedule since we have not yet fully assessed the damage.”
The crash is the latest bit of bad news for the Vancouver shipyard and follows recent optimism that it had finally turned the page on years of cost overruns and delays. Seaspan was selected in October 2011 to build the three fisheries science vessels, which together cost $687 million, as well as the ocean science vessel, polar icebreaker and two naval supply ships.
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