25-03-2019 21:40 via vancouversun.com

Crash threatens North Vancouver shipyard's schedule for new coast guard ships

The Canadian Coast Guard’s hope that its first new fisheries science vessel will finally be delivered this summer could be dashed after the ship crashed on its first test run last week.
Seaspan Shipyards is already two years behind schedule to deliver the CCGS Sir John Franklin, one of three new fisheries science vessels the B.C. shipbuilder is producing for the federal government.
The Franklin was returning from its first week of sea trials and being piloted by a contractor when it ran in
Read more »