Marine
Recycling Corporation, of Port Colborne, Ont., will dismantle an oil
replenishment vessel and an oceanographic research ship, a job expected to be
completed by summer 2019
GATINEAU, Que.—Federal
officials announced August 4 that a $12,616,144 contract has been awarded to
Port Colborne, Ont., firm Marine Recycling Corporation for the disposal of two
retired navy ships.
The ship recycling company
will dismantle both Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Preserver and Canadian Forces
Auxiliary Vessel Quest, a job that is expected to be completed by summer 2019.
HMCS Preserver served as a
replenishment oiler—a support ship capable of refueling other vessels on the
open ocean— until 2016, after 46 years of duty, while CFAV Quest was an
oceanographic research ship built in Vancouver in 1969 and decommissioned in
2016.
The contract includes towing
to Marine Recycling Corporation’s facility in Sydney, N.S., the
demilitarization of equipment, the remediation of hazardous waste and recycling
of any remaining materials.
“The Government of Canada is
committed to disposing of these historic ships in an environmentally
responsible manner. These contracts will utilize the skills and knowledge of a
Canadian company, while creating good jobs in communities in Nova Scotia and Ontario,”
said Jim Carr, acting minister of Public Services and Procurement.
Source: Canadian
Manufacturing. 04 August 2017
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