Davie Shipyards receives first $19M contract to design new icebreakers

The contract should create and maintain approximately 35 jobs per year, according to the federal government.

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Published Mar 26, 2024 • 1 minute read

The entrance of the Davie shipyard in Lévis. Photo by Jacques Boissinot /CP

Davie Shipyards has won a first $19-million contract for the design of six new icebreakers as part of Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy.

The Department of Public Services and Procurement Canada made the announcement on Tuesday. The contract awarded to the builder from Lévis, on the South Shore of Quebec City, will allow the planning phases of the project to begin.

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Davie will notably conduct an initial assessment to establish the requirements for the construction of the vessels. These are to replace the Canadian Coast Guard fleet, which serves the waterways of Atlantic Canada and the St. Lawrence River during the winter, as well as the Arctic during the summer.

The contract announced Tuesday should create and maintain approximately 35 jobs per year, according to the federal government. The timetable for the construction of the ships will be specified later as the preparatory work progresses.

In April 2023, Davie was selected as the third strategic partner of the SNCN to build seven icebreakers and two large ferries with hybrid propulsion in the years to come, for an estimated cost of $8.5 billion.

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