{"id":303892,"date":"2025-10-03T10:27:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/seaspan-and-genoa-team-up-to-design-canadas-most-powerful-polar-icebreaker\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:50:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:50:54","slug":"seaspan-and-genoa-team-up-to-design-canadas-most-powerful-polar-icebreaker","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/seaspan-and-genoa-team-up-to-design-canadas-most-powerful-polar-icebreaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Seaspan and Genoa team up to design Canada’s most powerful polar icebreaker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Seaspan Shipyards has formalized a new contract with Genoa Design International to provide technical design services on the heavy polar icebreaker<\/a> that will be a key part of the Canadian Coast Guard fleet<\/strong>. The agreement reinforces a long-term collaboration and marks a significant step in the National Shipbuilding Strategy. <\/p>\n\n

At 158 meters in length and 28 meters in beam, this Polar Class 2 icebreaker is designed to operate autonomously in the most extreme conditions of the \n High Arctic<\/a>\n<\/strong>. Genoa will provide technical leadership, digital design expertise and ongoing support during the construction phase, which is already underway at the Vancouver Shipyard. <\/p>\n\n

Increasing technical capacity in eastern Canada<\/h3>\n\n

The Newfoundland-based firm will expand its local team to more than 100 specialists in \n naval architecture<\/a>\n<\/strong> and marine systems specialists to service this contract. \n Genoa<\/a>\n<\/strong> has previously worked on designs for Arctic vessels and has direct experience in similar programs for the Canadian Navy and Coast Guard.<\/p>\n\n

The icebreaker will operate 12 months of the year, allowing the Canadian Coast Guard to patrol more than 162,000 km of coastline in the north of the country<\/strong>. This vessel will support \n scientific research<\/a>\n<\/strong>The ship will support scientific research, sovereign presence in the Arctic, work with indigenous communities and maritime emergency response. <\/p>\n\n

Polar icebreaker joins expanding fleet<\/h2>\n\n

This icebreaker will be the first vessel of its kind built in Canada in more than six decades<\/strong> and the seventh built by Seaspan under the framework of the national naval strategy. With a 100-person capacity, it will become the most robust in Canada’s Arctic fleet and will position the country as a benchmark in polar ship design and construction. <\/p>\n\n

Kate Morton, Seaspan’s vice president of supply chain, emphasized that this vessel represents a national capability for generations and underscored Genoa’s role as a key partner in the design of the nation’s flagship icebreaker.<\/p>\n\n

Source and photo: Seaspan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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