Contract awarded for modernisation of Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker

The Canadian government, through Fisheries and Oceans Canada, has awarded local firm Ocean Industries a CA$44 million (US$32.6 million) contract to extend the service life of the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker CCGS Griffon.

Scheduled to take place from June 2025 to October 2026, the vessel life extension work entails refurbishing and repairing the main propulsion motors, the steering gear system, the four main propulsion generators, and the main emergency switchboards.

Other new equipment installations will include a new stores crane, a new mast, a new propulsion control system, a set of propellers, an oily water separator, boilers, HVAC units, a sewage treatment plant, and various piping replacements. All of these will increase the vessel’s operational life and maintain its safety and reliability.

Griffon was originally completed in 1970 and has been in coast guard service ever since.