Seaspan’s Vancouver Drydock facility confirmed Sept. 12 that the Canadian Coast Guard’s CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s Vessel Life Extension project has been completed, wrapping up one of the biggest, most complicated ship repair and overhaul projects the drydock has tackled.
The project to modernize the 272-foot-long CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier, one of six CCG-operated Martha Black-class icebreakers, took more than 100 separate upgrades, according to Seaspan.
The work included replacing the ship’s three 2100kW generator sets and propulsion drive cycloconverters, repairing and refitting the rudder and shafting and installing a new towing bollard with new underdeck structure and a new Shipboard Integrated Communication system.
The project required deep technical expertise, which involved running new cables and installing new software for upgraded systems such as the propulsion control system and new Power Management System, and removing the vessels’ piping and cabling so that the new generator sets could be installed, Seaspan said.
“This project was both challenging and rewarding,” Vancouver Drydock Vice President and General Manager Paul Hebson said.
