CCGS Jean Goodwill

CCGS Jean Goodwill is an icebreaking anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS) being 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 acquired by the Canadian Coast Guard in 2018 and was initially expected to enter service in late 2019.[8] However, due to delays the conversion of the vessel is now expected to be completed in late 2020.[9]

As Balder Viking in Aberdeen
History
Sweden
Name: Balder Viking
Owner: Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore AS
Port of registry:
Builder: Havyard Leirvik A.S., Leirvik, Norway[2]
Yard number: 283[2]
Laid down: 28 April 1999[2]
Launched: 26 April 2000[2]
Completed: 24 October 2000[2]
In service: 2000–2018
Fate: Sold to Canada in 2018
Canada
Name: CCGS Jean Goodwill
Namesake: Jean Cuthand Goodwill
Owner: Canadian Coast Guard
Acquired: 23 November 2020
Identification: IMO number: 9199634[1]
Status: Undergoing refit
General characteristics (as built)[2]
Type: Icebreaker, AHTS
Tonnage:
Length: 83.7 m (275 ft)
Beam: 18 m (59 ft)
Draught:
  • 6.5 m (21 ft) (icebreaking)
  • 7.242 m (24 ft) (maximum)
Depth: 8.5 m (28 ft)
Ice class: DNV ICE-10 Icebreaker
Installed power:
  • 2 × MaK 8M32 (2 × 3,840 kW)
  • 2 × MaK 6M32 (2 × 2,880 kW)[3]
Propulsion: Two ducted controllable pitch propellers
Speed:
  • 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (maximum)
  • 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (service)[3]
Crew: 23
General characteristics (after conversion)[4][5][6]
Type: Medium icebreaker (CCG)
Ice class:
Speed: 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) (service)
Range: 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km; 13,000 mi)
Endurance: 42 days
Crew: 19 (9 officers, 10 crew)
Notes: Otherwise same as above; data for CCGS Captain Molly Kool

CCGS Jean Goodwill has two sister vessels, CCGS Captain Molly Kool and CCGS Vincent Massey, both of which are converted offshore vessels.

Design

CCGS Jean Goodwill is 83.7 metres (275 ft) long overall and 77.77 metres (255 ft) between perpendiculars. Her hull has a beam of 18 metres (59 ft) and moulded depth of 8.5 metres (28 ft). 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.[3] Originally built to DNV ice class "ICE-10 Icebreaker", her hull structures and propulsion system will be upgraded to Polar Class 4 level[7] 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.[2][6]

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 3,840 kW (5,150 hp) and 2,880 kW (3,860 hp) each. With a total propulsion power of 13,440 kW (18,020 hp), she can achieve a maximum speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) in open water and break 1-metre (3.3 ft) ice at a continuous speed of 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph). In addition, she has two bow thrusters (one fixed, one retractable and azimuthing) and one transverse stern thruster for maneuvering and dynamic positioning.[2]

Career

Balder Viking (2000–2018)

She has been employed supplying offshore arctic petroleum drilling expedition.

In February 2010 Balder Viking, Vidar Viking and Loke Viking were chartered by Edinburgh-based oil company Cairn Energy UK PLC for four months, starting in June 2010, for drilling operations in Baffin Bay.[10][11]

CCGS Jean Goodwill

In 2016, Davie Shipbuilding 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 Aiviq.[12] 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.[13][14] Once retrofitted at Davie Shipbuilding, the vessels are expected to remain in service in the Canadian Coast Guard for 15 to 25 years.[15][16]

Balder Viking will be named 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.[8]

References
  1. "Balder Viking (9199634)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. "Balder Viking (21804)". DNV GL Vessel Register. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. "Balder Viking (9199634)". Sea-web. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. "Icebreakers Backgrounder". Canada.ca. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  5. "Project RESOLUTE Briefing" (PDF). Davie.ca. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  6. "CCGS Captain Molly Kool". Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  7. "Feature: A Canadian Coast Guard upgrade". Drydock. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  8. Pugliese, David (30 April 2019). "Davie awarded refit contract for Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker". Ottawa Citizen. Postmedia Network Inc. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  9. "Davie shipyard late on delivering icebreakers after pushing federal government on purchase". The Globe and Mail. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  10. "TransAtlantic signs contract for three of its offshore vessels". Trading Markets. 16 February 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010.
  11. "AHTS/Icebreaker Vidar Viking - Main Characteristics". Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
  12. "Project Resolute" (PDF). Davie Shipbuilding. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  13. "Viking Supply Ships". www.vikingsupply.com. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  14. Blenkey, Nick (13 August 2018). "Viking Supply confirms sale of icebreaking AHTS trio to Canada". MarineLog. Simmons-Boardman. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  15. "Canada Buys Commercial Icebreakers for its Coast Guard". Maritime Executive. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018. On Monday, Norwegian harsh-environment OSV operator Viking Supply Ships announced that it has sold three icebreaking anchor handlers to the government of Canada, which will retrofit them for use by the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG).
  16. "Canada to Use Interim Icebreakers for Around 20 Years". Maritime Executive. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018. The Canadian Press reports that there are no immediate plans to replace the Coast Guard's existing vessels which are on average more than 35 years old.
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