LIVERPOOL - The federal government has issued
two new public tenders for the ship breaking and disposal of former navy ships
– and these ones are close by.
The former HMCS Preserver and the CFAV Quest
are located in the Halifax dockyard.
R.J. MacIsaac Ltd. of Antigonish has set up a
shipbreaking yard in Liverpool.
So far, the company has been awarded the
tenders for the last three naval vessels to be recycled.
The former Protecteur, Iroquois, and
Algonquin were taken to Liverpool from
British Columbia as part of a contract worth about $50 million.
According the federal government’s tender
document, the Department of National Defence has a requirement dispose of the
former HMCS Preserver, a Protecteur-class auxiliary oil replenishment ship, and
the former CFAV QUEST, an Auxiliary General Oceanographic
Research/Oceanographic Research Ship.
The contractor will be required to prepare
the ships for transfer, transfer each to the approved sites, demilitarize the
controlled goods, return any museum material, and subsequently dismantle,
dispose and recycle the vessels.
The tender will close on April 26.
According to the document, work must be
completed on both vessels within 18 months of the contract being awarded.
R.J. MacIsaac has not commented on whether it plans to bid on the vessels.
Source:
the
advance. 25 March 2017
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