Babcock and Davie complete refit of Canada's polar icebreaker Louis St Laurent
Babcock Canada Inc. and Chantier Davie Canada Inc. successfully completed on time and on budget the refit and upgrade of the Louis St Laurent, Canada’s Polar Icebreaker, Davie said Wednesday in a press release.
The work included maintenance to meet marine regulatory requirements and upgrades to various vessel systems from propulsion to navigation in order for the vessel to complete its annual work in the Arctic this summer.
About Chantier Davie Canada Inc.
Davie is Canada’s largest and highest capacity shipyard and industrial fabricator. Davie provides a broad range of products and services to industries from offshore oil & gas to defense. Certified to ISO 9001:2008, Davie leverages its high capacity fabrication facilities with its advanced project management and engineering capability to manage end-to-end construction projects and provide best-practice throughlife solutions to its corporate and governmental clients.
About Babcock Canada Inc.
Babcock Canada Inc. (part of Babcock International Group PLC) is a Canadian ISO 9001 registered company employing over 260 personnel at 4 locations: Halifax, Ottawa, Lévis, and Victoria. The Company provides maintainance of in-service vessels, including Project Management; Data & Configuration Management; Systems Engineering; Material & Supply Chain Management; Fleet, Asset and Infrastructure Management. Babcock International Group PLC, is a leading global engineering support services provider with a workforce of some 27,000 that enables significant reach-back capabilities into the Marine, Nuclear, Training, Defence Communication, and Asset Management fields, etc.