AOR Replacement & the Joint Support Ship (Merged Threads)

[Oldgateboatdriver]

We are not at the stage yet to really appreciate the benefits of the idea behind the Shipbuilding strategy, which is continual build of government vessels.

If the various government of the day stick with the strategy, one would hope, nay - expect - that we will not repeat the 8 dockings and 40 years careers of serving vessels, but that instead, they would go through three or four dockings and be replaced by the time they reach 22-25 years of service.

That should cut down greatly the in-service support costs as you (1) wouldn't need the extensive hull work required after 20-25 year of service to extend the life of the ship's envelope and (2) wouldn't have to spend the large sums in the last 10 to 15 years of service required for vessels over 25 because everything is at its end of life and replacement parts don't exist anymore - so you have to custom build replacements all the time.

 

[dapaterson]

Profiteering by ISI and SeaSpan will not stop. They have Bermudian bank accounts and luxury yachts to pay for; they will continue to extract well beyond value from taxpayers indefinitely.

 

[FSTO]

We are not at the stage yet to really appreciate the benefits of the idea behind the Shipbuilding strategy, which is continual build of government vessels.

If the various government of the day stick with the strategy, one would hope, nay - expect - that we will not repeat the 8 dockings and 40 years careers of serving vessels, but that instead, they would go through three or four dockings and be replaced by the time they reach 22-25 years of service.

That should cut down greatly the in-service support costs as you (1) wouldn't need the extensive hull work required after 20-25 year of service to extend the life of the ship's envelope and (2) wouldn't have to spend the large sums in the last 10 to 15 years of service required for vessels over 25 because everything is at its end of life and replacement parts don't exist anymore - so you have to custom build replacements all the time.

Don’t waste your bandwidth because DA P will come up with some witty retort that this is all wasted funds.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Profiteering by ISI and SeaSpan will not stop. They have Bermudian bank accounts and luxury yachts to pay for; they will continue to extract well beyond value from taxpayers indefinitely.

As things begin to stabilize on the ship building front, my guess is future governments will start looking harder at costs. Right now the government is in ship crisis mode and for both RCN and CCG.