Seaspan's Careen drydock back in Burrard Inlet after nine-month Indonesia upgrade
The Vancouver Drydock dock, 45 years old, is back to work after upgrades in Indonesia that reinforced its bottom for larger ships.
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Seaspan's Careen, the largest drydock at Vancouver Drydock, is back in Burrard Inlet after nine months of upgrades at a shipyard in Indonesia. It left in February on a heavy lift ship and spent 32 days on the return journey.
Seaspan says the work replaced and reinforced the dock's bottom so it can lift the larger, heavier ships now being built at Vancouver Shipyards, and that it will extend the life of the 45-year-old dock. Seaspan says Indonesia was the closest yard with a drydock large enough and the capacity for the work. No cost figure has been released, and the company has not said who paid.
Careen is 140 metres long and can lift up to 30,000 tonnes. It has previously supported the launches of HMCS Protecteur, the Royal Canadian Navy's first joint support ship, and CCGS Naalak Nappaaluk, an offshore oceanographic science vessel delivered to the Canadian Coast Guard a year ago.
Its next job is to help launch HMCS Preserver, the second joint support ship under construction at Vancouver Shipyards. Seaspan spokesperson Ana Arozarena said the coming weeks will be spent preparing Careen for that launch. The launch is reported for December, though the company has not confirmed that date here.
