The vessel is named for Pierre-Esprit Radisson, a 17th-century French fur trader and explorer. CCGS Henry Larsen is a Canadian Coast Guard Improved Pierre Radisson-class icebreaker serving in the Newfoundland and Labrador region and based in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. CCGS CAPTAIN MOLLY KOOL. The CCGS, keeps our vibrant Canadian economy running. In August 2018, the Government of Canada, on behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard, awarded Davie Shipbuilding a $610 million contract for the acquisition of three icebreakers and work to prepare the ships for service in the Canadian Coast Guard fleet. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Ships, a project to improve all Ship-related articles.If you would like to help improve this and other articles, please join the project, or contribute to the project discussion.All interested editors are welcome. Born in Alma, New Brunswick … CCGS Captain Molly Kool is a Canadian Coast Guard converted medium class icebreaker. The ship operates in the Arctic Ocean during summer months. [11]. Through the National Shipbuilding Strategy, the Government of Canada is. Search for related information by keyword: Government of Canada awards contract to enhance Canadian Coast Guard icebreaking capability, securing middle class jobs in Quebec, Canadian Coast Guard welcomes first Coast Guard icebreaker in 25 years, CCGS Captain Molly Kool, Government of Canada strengthens Canadian Coast Guard’s icebreaker fleet with arrival of second interim icebreaker from Davie Shipbuilding, Canadian Coast Guard’s latest icebreakers, http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/rss-eng.htm, Follow the Fisheries and Oceans Canada on, Subscribe to receive our news releases and more via RSS feeds. The first icebreaker, CCGS Captain Molly Kool, entered service in late 2018 and is based in Newfoundland and Labrador. [9] [10] The vessel was acquired by the Canadian Coast Guard in August 2018 and was commissioned in May of the next year after refit. The CCGS Captain Molly Kool can maintain a speed of 3 knots through ice up to 1 metre thick. [27], CCGS Captain Molly Kool was officially commissioned into Canadian Coast Guard fleet on 30 May 2019. She was originally built as Balder Viking for Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore AS in 2000. After the offshore oil exploration in the Beaufort Sea ended in the early 1990s, she was first leased and then sold to the Canadian Coast Guard. In honour of CCGS Captain Molly Kool’s dedication to service ceremony on Thursday, we’re featuring this beautiful song written and performed by Ruth Dunfeild honouring the legendary pioneer . Canadian Coast Guard 1,299 views. CCGS Captain Molly Kool's dedication to service ceremony - Duration: 2:03. CCGS Earl Grey is a Samuel Risley-class light icebreaker and buoy tender in the Canadian Coast Guard. The current position of CAPTAIN MOLLY KOOL is at North West Atlantic Ocean (coordinates 46.14167 N / 60.20033 W) reported 4 days ago by AIS. The $200 million vessel was built in 2012 by North American Shipbuilding in Larose, Louisiana and LaShip in Houma, Louisiana. Thank you to the workers at Davie Shipbuilding for the refit on this vessel, and to the crew members aboard. The ship commissioned as CGS D'Iberville for the Department of Transport's Marine Service, using the prefix "Canadian Government Ship", D'Iberville was transferred into the newly-created Canadian Coast Guard in 1962. The vessel was acquired by the Canadian Coast Guard in 2018 and was initially expected to enter service in summer 2020. the ship was acquired by the coast guard last year, and will be modified in when the work on the other two ships of the class are in service. the Coast Guards newest medium icebreaker arrived for the first time in Halifax this week. Her namesake, John G. Diefenbaker, was Canada's 13th prime minister. The vessel has a total of 18,278 horsepower and its twin propellers and twin rudders provide a high degree of manoeuvrability. Main ship particulars are length of … After six months, she was reflagged to Russia and her crew changed to Russians. CCGS Terry Fox is a Canadian Coast Guard heavy icebreaker. CCGS Captain Molly Kool. The CCGS Captain Molly Kool, a new addition to the fleet, is actually a refitted version of an 18-year-old Swedish vessel called the Vidar Viking, which was launched in 2001. Thank you to the workers at Davie Shipbuilding for the refit on this vessel, and to the crew members aboard CCGS Captain Molly Kool who will continue delivering crucial icebreaking services during this upcoming season. In July 2007 the federal government announced plans for acquiring six to eight icebreaking warships for the RCN. CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent is a Canadian Coast Guard Heavy Arctic Icebreaker. However, the conversion work has been delayed and the delivery date is not known as of July 2020. She has two eight-cylinder MaK 8M32 and two six-cylinder MaK 6M32 diesel engines rated at 3,840 kW (5,150 hp) and 2,880 kW (3,860 hp) each. The CCGS Captain Molly Kool was accepted into the Coast Guard fleet in December 2018, and its homeport is in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. This planned refit and maintenance work was completed under the third pillar of the National Shipbuilding Strategy and will help ensure the CCGS Captain Molly Kool continues to deliver essential icebreaking services, keeping shipping routes open and safe while preventing ice jams and flooding. The Honourable Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Bon voyage CCGS Captain Molly Kool! “The CCGS Captain Molly Kool is an integral part of the Coast Guard’s fleet all season long. She was originally built as Tor Viking for Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore AS in 2000 and has also traded under the name Tor Viking II. CCGS Captain Molly Kool Naval Americas . In addition, she has two bow thrusters (one fixed, one retractable and azimuthing) and one transverse stern thruster for maneuvering and dynamic positioning. She has been chartered by Royal Dutch Shell to support oil exploration and drilling in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska. Ikaluk was sold to China in February 2018 and later renamed Beijing Ocean Leader. How To Speak by Patrick Winston - Duration: 1:03:43. At the time, she was only the second woman in the world to hold that achievement. Icebreaking services are essential to keep shipping traffic moving and ports open throughout all four seasons in Canada. [24] She had been repainted in Coast Guard livery on 13 November 2018. The vessel is named after Médard Chouart des Groseilliers (1618–1669) a close associate of Pierre-Esprit Radisson in explorations west of the Great Lakes and the founding of the British Hudson's Bay Company. [14] The vessels were chartered on a contingency basis — where Trans Viking's parent company, Transatlantic, receives a basic flat fee for the vessels to be available within ten days, without regard to whether they were used. The first of the three icebreakers, named CCGS Captain Molly Kool in CCG service, entered into service in late 2018 and is homeported in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Through its icebreaking program, the Canadian Coast Guard supports safe marine traffic in and around ice-covered waters, provides aid to navigation, and ensures our waterways are safe and accessible for business year-round. Icebreaker CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent Leaves Northern Waters Concluding Canadian Coast Guard’s 2019 Arctic Operational Season. 2:03. The CCGS Captain Molly Kool is 93.7 metres long and 18 metres wide. Formed in 1962, the coast guard is tasked with marine search and rescue, communication, navigation and transportation issues in Canadian waters, such as navigation aids and icebreaking, marine pollution response and providing support for other Canadian government initiatives. Since 2009, she was owned by FEMCO Management and in 2012 was given back her original name. CCGS John G. Diefenbaker is the name for a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker that had been expected to join the fleet in 2021–2022 but now is significantly delayed. Earl Grey is the second icebreaker in Canadian service to carry the name. In late January 2010, the Swedish Maritime Administration called for Vidar Viking and Tor Viking to serve as icebreakers in the Baltic Sea. December 21, 2020 - Lévis, Quebec Canadian Coast Guard. ", The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, President of the Treasury Board and Member of Parliament for Quebec. [20] [21] Once retrofitted at Davie Shipbuilding, the vessels are expected to remain in service in the Canadian Coast Guard for 15 to 25 years. CCGS Captain Molly Kool was accepted into the Coast Guard fleet in December 2018. It is classed as a medium icebreaker, and can maintain a speed of three knots through ice up to one metre thick. Canadian Coast Guard converted medium class icebreaker. CCGS Vincent Massey is an icebreaking anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS) being converted to a medium class icebreaker for the Canadian Coast Guard. (Photo courtesy of the Canadian Coast Guard) The Canadian Coast Guard wrapped up … In 2003, she was purchased by Murmansk Shipping Company and transferred to Russia. This is an example of our renewal efforts in action to modernize the fleet and bringing new capabilities to the Coast Guard", "Canadian Coast Guard welcomes first Coast Guard icebreaker in 25 years, CCGS Captain Molly Kool", CCG Base St John's (Newfoundland and Labrador Region). At design draught, she draws 6.5 metres (21 ft) of water, but can be loaded to a maximum draught of 7.22 metres (24 ft) which corresponds to a displacement of 6,872 tons. Ships similar to or like CCGS Captain Molly Kool. The CCGS Captain Molly Kool keeps our vibrant Canadian economy running. In February 2010 Balder Viking, Vidar Viking and Loke Viking were chartered by Edinburgh-based oil company Cairn Energy for four months, starting in June 2010, for drilling operations in Baffin Bay. Like her sister ship, CCGS Samuel Risley, she carries a large and powerful crane on her long low afterdeck for manipulating buoys. CCGS Captain Molly Kool measures 93.7 meters in length, and has a beam of 18 meters. The CCGS Captain Molly Kool can operate continuously without refueling for approximately 25 days, and has a crew of 19. The delivery of the CCGS Captain Molly Kool is the first such event for a Coast Guard icebreaker in 25 years. The ship had initially expected to be in service by 2017. Vladimir Ignatyuk is a Russian icebreaking anchor handling tug supply vessel. CCGS Captain Molly Kool is a Canadian Coast Guard converted medium class icebreaker. In the winter she provides essential icebreaking measures to ensure continued trade operations in the St. Lawrence and Gulf, while fulfilling Arctic region resupply operations in the summer. Her IMO number is 9199646 and MMSI number is 316038803. The CCGS Captain Molly Kool can maintain a speed of 3 knots through ice up to 1 metre thick. Two ships, the CCGS Captain Molly Kool and the CCGS Jean Goodwill have joined the CCG fleet, while the third, the CCGS Vincent Massey is expected to be delivered in early 2021. CCGS Captain Molly Kool is similar to these ships: CCGS Vincent Massey, CCGS Jean Goodwill, CCGS Terry Fox and more. After the offshore oil exploration in the Beaufort Sea ended in the early 1990s, she was sold to the Canadian shipping company Fednav in 1997 and renamed Arctic Kalvik. [6], On 22 March 2019, Captain Molly Kool and CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent were dispatched to aid the tanker Jana Desgagnes which had damaged a rudder in heavy ice 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) southwest of Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland. 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Some of the modifications the Coast Guard plans for the vessel, and her sister ships, were deferred, so that she could be employed ice-breaking in the St Lawrence estuary during the winter of 2019. The CCGS Captain Molly Kool is presented to the media after undergoing refit and conversion work at the Davie shipyard, Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 in Levis, Que. The vessel was acquired by the Canadian Coast Guard in … The vessel remained on location in the multi-year polar ice pack for nine days while being supported by the Swedish icebreaker Oden and the Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker Sovetskiy Soyuz . CCGS Captain Molly Kool joins our fleet Captain Catherine Lacombe on trans-Atlantic trip of three icebreakers to Canada Commissioner for the Canadian Coast Guard, Mario Pelletier marks the delivery of CCGS Jean Goodwill In 1939, she obtained her coastal Master's Certificate and graduated from the Merchant Marine Institute in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. The Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessels are warships of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) built by the Government of Canada Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) procurement project, part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy. Constructed in 1986, the vessel serves a variety of roles, including light ice-breaking and buoy tending, as well as being strengthened for navigation in ice to perform tasking along the shores off the Atlantic coast of Canada. CCGS Captain Molly Kool has two sister vessels, CCGS Jean Goodwill and CCGS Vincent Massey, both of which are converted offshore vessels. revitalizing and re-invigorating Canada’s marine industry, while also ensuring members of the Canadian Coast Guard have effective and modern equipment they need to continue serving Canadians proudly. The CCGS Captain Molly Kool is classed as a medium icebreaker, which can maintain a speed of 3 knots through ice up to 1 metre thick. [19] On 10 August 2018, Viking Supply Ships announced the sale of its three vessels to Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada for $274 million. who will continue delivering crucial icebreaking services during this upcoming season. Louis S. St-Laurent's home port is St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and is stationed there with other vessels of the coast guard. Aiviq is an American icebreaking anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS) owned by Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO). In the winter she provides essential icebreaking measures to, ensure continued trade operations in the St. Lawrence and Gulf, while fulfilling Arctic region resupply operations in the summer. The work completed on the CCGS Captain Molly Kool included maintenance and inspection of the steering gear, replacement of the sea valves, regulatory inspections, and hull work. Brunswick to admit her as a medium icebreaker, and to Norway in 2017 sailing under the of... 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