The CCGS Captain Molly Kool is presented to the media after undergoing refit and conversion work at the Davie shipyard, Friday, December 14, 2018 in Levis Que. Reduced search-and-rescue coverage, ferry-service disruptions, cancelled resupply runs to Arctic and coastal communities and nearly $2 million in lost navigational buoys.
The United States, Canada and Finland have entered into a trilateral pact to build icebreakers for the Arctic region, the three countries said in a joint statement Thursday on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington.The CCGS Captain Molly Kool is presented to the media after undergoing refit and conversion work at the Davie shipyard on Dec. 14, 2018, in Lévis, Que.
The countries said they are also open to other countries joining them and the utility of the icebreakers is not limited to the Far North. The Davie shipyard in Lévis, Que., was the only company deemed qualified to build six much-needed icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard. Eight years ago, the Liberal government was warned in a report done for Transport Canada that the country's coast guard fleet was falling apart and desperately in need of new ships.In January, the U. S. Coast Guard sounded the alarm that it needs new icebreakers as soon as possible. The service said it needs between eight and 10 new icebreakers to replace an aging fleet.
Russia has a fleet of 40 icebreakers and more in production, the U.S. official added. China has declared itself a "near Arctic power" and has been engaged in a major program to construct icebreakers.
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