On behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard, Public Services and Procurement Canada is acquiring eight new high-endurance search and rescue (SAR) lifeboats. These new high-endurance SAR lifeboats will enhance the Coast Guard’s search and rescue capabilities, through their ability to operate up to 100 nautical miles from shore.
Chantier Naval Forillon of Gaspé, Quebec, and Hike Metal Products of Wheatley, Ontario will build the new SAR lifeboats. The two yards are already producing six SAR lifeboats each under existing contracts signed in 2015.
Under the amended contracts, each shipyard will build four additional lifeboats at a total cost of $61,757,896. These contracts were awarded under the small vessel component of the National Shipbuilding Strategy and will help maintain well-paying, middle-class jobs at both shipyards.
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Vessels from this class are named after bays in Canada and are being built under the Federal Infrastructure Initiative, the Fleet Renewal Plan and Oceans Protection Plan.
Through the National Shipbuilding Strategy and Oceans Protection Plan, we are providing members of the Canadian Coast Guard the equipment they need to keep Canadian waters and those who use them safe. The addition of these new lifeboats will also create more jobs for Canadians and enhance the Coast Guard’s capacity as a leader in maritime safety.
Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, stated in the recent announcement.
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