Balder_Viking
CCGS Jean Goodwill
Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker
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.[10] However, due to delays the conversion of the vessel was not completed until November 2020.[3][11]
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 | November 2020[3] |
| Commissioned | 25 August 2022[4] |
| Homeport | CCG Base Dartmouth (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia) |
| Identification | IMO number: 9199634[1] |
| Status | In service[4] |
| General characteristics (as built)[2] | |
| Type | Icebreaker, AHTS |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 83.7 m (275 ft) |
| Beam | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Draught |
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| Depth | 8.5 m (28 ft) |
| Ice class | DNV ICE-10 Icebreaker |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | Two ducted controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed |
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| Crew | 23 |
| General characteristics (after conversion)[6][7][8] | |
| 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 |
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| Notes | Otherwise same as above |
CCGS Jean Goodwill has two sister vessels, CCGS Captain Molly Kool and CCGS Vincent Massey, both of which are converted offshore vessels.
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.[5] Originally built to DNV ice class "ICE-10 Icebreaker", her hull structures and propulsion system will be upgraded to Polar Class 4 level[9] and the vessel will be rated as Arctic Class 3 in Canadian service.[citation needed] 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.[2][8]
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]
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.[12][13]
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 Aiviq.[14] In August 2018, Chantier Davie Canada was awarded a Can$610 million dollar contract for the acquisition and refitting of the three vessels.[15] 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.[16][17] Once retrofitted at Davie Shipbuilding, the vessels are expected to remain in service in the Canadian Coast Guard for 15 to 25 years.[18][19]
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.[10] The vessel was delivered to the Canadian Coast Guard fleet in November 2020[3] and officially commissioned in August 2022.[4]
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- "Balder Viking (21804)". Vessel Register for DNV. DNV. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- "Canadian Coast Guard welcomes second interim icebreaker". Naval Today. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- "Canadian Coast Guard dedicates third interim icebreaker". MarineLog. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- "Balder Viking (9199634)". Sea-web. S&P Global. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- "Icebreakers Backgrounder". Canada.ca. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- "Project RESOLUTE Briefing" (PDF). Davie.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- "CCGS Jean Goodwill". Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- "Feature: A Canadian Coast Guard upgrade". Drydock. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- Pugliese, David (30 April 2019). "Davie awarded refit contract for Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker". Ottawa Citizen. Postmedia Network Inc. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- "Davie shipyard late on delivering icebreakers after pushing federal government on purchase". The Globe and Mail. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- "TransAtlantic signs contract for three of its offshore vessels". Trading Markets. 16 February 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010.
- "AHTS/Icebreaker Vidar Viking - Main Characteristics". Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
- "Project Resolute" (PDF). Davie Shipbuilding. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- "Icebreakers". Government of Canada, Canadian Coast Guard. December 2018. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- "Sale of ships including write down of certain book values in Q2 and guiding of an expected loss in H2". www.vikingsupply.com. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- Blenkey, Nick (13 August 2018). "Viking Supply confirms sale of icebreaking AHTS trio to Canada". MarineLog. Simmons-Boardman. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- "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).
- "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.