For Immediate Release – September 30, 2017
North Vancouver, B.C. – Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards invites media to attend its Open House and get a firsthand look at the most modern shipyard of its kind in North America and the first large Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) Ship to be designed and built in Canada in a generation
As part of the Open House activities, the first ship to be delivered under the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) – the CCG’s first Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel (OFSV) will be unveiled.
| WHAT: | Vancouver Shipyards hosts Open House to showcase Canada’s most modern shipbuilding facility and unveil what will be the first vessel delivered under the NSS |
| WHEN: | Sunday, October 1, 2017
10:10 am: SPMT Demonstration: South End of Block Assembly Shop (outside) 10:25 am: Plasma Cutter & Magnetic Crane Lift Demonstration: Sub Assembly Shop 10:40 am: One-Sided Welder Demonstration: Panel Shop
10:55 am: Join us at the Erection Berth for the unveiling of the first OFSV · *media availability will be conducted immediately following the unveiling*
11:30 am: SPMT Demonstration: South End of Block Assembly Shop (outside) 11:45 am: Plasma Cutter & Magnetic Crane Lift Demonstration: Sub Assembly Shop 12:00 pm: One-Sided Welder Demonstration: Panel Shop 12:15 pm: SPMT Demonstration: South End of Block Assembly Shop (outside) 12:30 pm: Plasma Cutter & Magnetic Crane Lift Demonstration: Sub Assembly Shop 12:45 pm: One-Sided Welder Demonstration: Panel Shop
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| WHERE: | Vancouver Shipyards
50 Pemberton Avenue North Vancouver, BC V7P 2R2 |
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Jeff Taylor
Email: jataylor@seaspan.com
Office: (604) 990-3175
Mobile: (778) 879-8993