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Ken G.'s avatar

Thanks for covering this project in deep detail Peter. As a very interested Canadian I look forward to every future installment of this multi-year build. You have a lot of reporting ahead!

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Thatch's avatar

I thought delivery was 26 months not 36?

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Peter Rybski's avatar

26 months is for their built in Finland Arctic Security Cutter, a smaller Polar Class 3 vessel.

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Christel Frantz's avatar

What is the name of the shipyard in the Texas Gulf Coast which works in tandem with this PolarMax project system please? Thank you.

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Peter Rybski's avatar

Christel, there won't be any work at the Texas yards for the PolarMax.

Davie plans on investing $1B in the Gulf Copper shipyard in Galveston, TX per this article: https://gcaptain.com/davie-unveils-1b-american-icebreaker-factory-in-texas-to-build-arctic-security-cutters/

There is still some admin required to approve Davie's purchase of the Gulf Copper shipyard. The deal should close soon. The upgrade work is scheduled to start this autumn.

It is possible that the Gulf Copper shipyard may do future work on icebreakers, but it will take some time to upgrade the facilities.

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Christel Frantz's avatar

Thank you very much for the link!

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Warmek's avatar

What do people in Galveston know about ice?! Of all the contracts to *not* have build at Bath Ironworks... ;)

(I kid, I kid.)

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Warmek's avatar

I predict that in five years this ship will be at sea, and the US will still be flailing around deciding who will get the contract to build ours, for delivery in 2050.

Yeah, I'm a cynic. I admit it.

Man, I can only vaguely imagine how cool it might possibly be using CNC plasma to just cut out all the pieces for a ship and then tab-and-slot them together to weld up. :D

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