CCGS Jean Goodwill explained

CCGS Jean Goodwill is an icebreaking anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS) converted to a medium class icebreaker for the Canadian Coast Guard. She was originally built as Balder Viking for Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore AS in 2000. The vessel was sold to Canada in 2018 and was initially expected to enter service in late 2019 following a refit.[1] However, due to delays the conversion of the vessel was not completed until November 2020.[2]

CCGS Jean Goodwill has two sister vessels, and, both of which are converted offshore vessels.

Design

CCGS Jean Goodwill is 83.7m (274.6feet) long overall and 77.77m (255.15feet) between perpendiculars. Her hull has a beam of 18m (59feet) and moulded depth of 8.5m (27.9feet). At design draught, she draws 6.5m (21.3feet) of water, but can be loaded to a maximum draught of 7.22m (23.69feet) which corresponds to a displacement of 6,872tons. Originally built to DNV ice class "ICE-10 Icebreaker", her hull structures and propulsion system will be upgraded to Polar Class 4 level and the vessel will be rated as Arctic Class 3 in Canadian service. Originally she was served by a crew of 23, but this will be reduced to 19 (9 officers and 10 crew) when the vessel is commissioned by the Canadian Coast Guard. There are also 9 additional berths.

CCGS Jean Goodwill has four medium-speed diesel engines geared to two controllable pitch propellers in nozzles. She has two eight-cylinder MaK 8M32 and two six-cylinder MaK 6M32 diesel engines rated at 3840kW and 2880kW each. With a total propulsion power of 13440kW, she can achieve a maximum speed of in open water and break 1m (03feet) ice at a continuous speed of . In addition, she has two bow thrusters (one fixed, one retractable and azimuthing) and one transverse stern thruster for maneuvering and dynamic positioning.

Career

Balder Viking (2000–2018)

She has been employed supplying offshore arctic petroleum drilling expedition.

In February 2010 Balder Viking, Vidar Viking and were chartered by Edinburgh-based oil company Cairn Energy UK PLC for four months, starting in June 2010, for drilling operations in Baffin Bay.[3] [4]

CCGS Jean Goodwill (2020–present)

In 2016, Chantier Davie Canada began offering Balder Viking and her sister ships as a replacement to the ageing Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers under the moniker Project Resolute. In addition to the three Swedish icebreaking offshore vessels, the offer also included a fourth slightly bigger and more powerful vessel, the US-flagged .[5] In August 2018, Chantier Davie Canada was awarded a Can$610 million dollar contract for the acquisition and refitting of the three vessels.[6] On 10 August 2018, Viking Supply Ships announced the sale of its three vessels to Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada for a profit of $274 million.[7] [8] Once retrofitted at Davie Shipbuilding, the vessels are expected to remain in service in the Canadian Coast Guard for 15 to 25 years.

Balder Viking was renamed CCGS Jean Goodwill after Jean Cuthand Goodwill (1928–1997), a Canadian Cree nurse who, in 1954, became Saskatchewan's first Aboriginal woman to finish a nursing program. The vessel was delivered to the Canadian Coast Guard fleet in November 2020 and officially commissioned in August 2022.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Davie awarded refit contract for Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker. David. Pugliese. Ottawa Citizen. Postmedia Network Inc.. 30 April 2019. 1 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Davie shipyard late on delivering icebreakers after pushing federal government on purchase. The Globe and Mail. 29 July 2020. 29 July 2020.
  3. News: TransAtlantic signs contract for three of its offshore vessels . . 16 February 2010 . https://archive.today/20100218230042/http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/press-release/crncf_transatlantic-signs-contract-for-three-of-its-offshore-vessels-778646.html . 18 February 2010 . dead.
  4. Web site: AHTS/Icebreaker Vidar Viking - Main Characteristics . 1 February 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090307042247/http://www.vikingsupply.com/vess_vidar_spec.asp . 7 March 2009 . dead .
  5. Web site: Project Resolute. Davie Shipbuilding. 20 January 2018. 9 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201109032937/https://www.davie.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/icebreaker-briefing-RESOLUTE-1.pdf. dead.
  6. Web site: Icebreakers. Government of Canada, Canadian Coast Guard. December 2018. 20 October 2022. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220124210854/https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-coast-guard/news/2018/12/icebreakers.html. 24 January 2022.
  7. Web site: Sale of ships including write down of certain book values in Q2 and guiding of an expected loss in H2. www.vikingsupply.com. 11 August 2018. 10 August 2018.
  8. Web site: Viking Supply confirms sale of icebreaking AHTS trio to Canada. Nick. Blenkey. MarineLog. Simmons-Boardman. 13 August 2018. 1 May 2019.