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« on: February 08, 2012, 02:51:39 am » |
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Ste-Catharines shipyard has been awarded a 21$ millions contract to refit the destroyer Hmcs Athabascan. The refit will begin in april 2012 up to november 2012. It will be nice to have a destroyer in the area, I think we haven't seen one since the 90's
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Drydock's $21.7M refit contract to support 343 jobs
2/7 - St. Catharines, Ont. - St. Catharines’ drydock has emerged from the depths after a crushing loss last year in its bid for a multibillion-dollar federal shipbuilding contract.
On Monday, Seaway Marine & Industrial Inc. announced it’s been has awarded a $21.7-million contract to refit the HMCS Athabaskan destroyer. The federal government work, won in a competitive bid, is expected to create 117 new jobs and maintain 226 existing ones.
Even better for Seaway Marine, the refit in Port Weller takes place from April to the fall, during the shipping season and when work at the docks dries up. If contracts continue over the traditional busy season, many of those employed could stay on for at least a year.
“Well done to everybody for this one,” said John Dewar, Seaway Marine’s vice-president of strategic services. During the announcement, Dewar was surrounded by dozens of clapping workers doing several other jobs on dry-docked vessels.
“We were all disappointed in October that we didn’t secure a front-row seat in the national procurement strategy for ships,” Dewar said, looking visibly elated. “But this kind of work is an important element to that strategy.
“What this shows is when there’s a level playing field, we can compete with the biggest shipyard in the country and we are the best shipyard in the country.”
The work is part of a five-year scheduled maintenance cycle that will enable the HMCS Athabaskan, a 39-year-old Iroquois class destroyer, to continue operating in the Royal Canadian Navy. The refit will include a docking to facilitate extensive underwater work, in addition to comprehensive maintenance and repairs on various ship systems like air, firefighting and electrical, as well as deck equipment.
To help Seaway Marine secure the Athabaskan deal, the provincial government also put up a financial surety to provide a work performance guarantee.
“It allows us to take on projects of this magnitude and compete against the really big shipyards,” Dewar said at the media event. “Without that, we would have been challenged to qualify for this kind of work.”
At the announcement, Dewar said the docks intend to continue competing for more work in the commercial sector and the federal government’s fleet.
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