Month: March 2025

Seaspan Shipyards Awarded Contract to Build the Coast Guard’s Next Heavy Polar Icebreaker

Official construction is planned to begin at Vancouver Shipyards in April 2025. A seven-year build period is planned with final delivery anticipated in 2031-2032.

Canada’s defence policy, “Strong, Secure, Engaged” (SSE), has committed to investing in 15 Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) ships. Known as the River-class Destroyers (RCD), these ships will be Canada’s major surface component of maritime combat power.

Canada Awards Contract for River-Class Destroyers

The first three ships will be named His Majesty’s Canadian Ships Fraser, Saint-Laurent, and Mackenzie, after Canada’s most important waterways that reach the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic oceans.

Philippine Navy personnel watch the Canadian vessel HMCS Montreal (FFH336) during the Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity being held in the West Philippine Sea, on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (Private First Class Carmelotes/Public Affairs Office Armed Forces of the Philippines)

Canada and Philippines Finalize Defense Pact to Strengthen Military Ties Amid South China Sea Tensions

This agreement, known as the Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA), is poised to enhance joint military exercises between the two nations and reinforce their collective stance against escalating tensions in the South China Sea.

Members of HMCS Harry DeWolf and its embarked United States Law Enforcement Detachment pose with narcotics that were seized during Operation CARIBBE on March 1, 2025. Credit: National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces

HMCS Harry DeWolf Participates in Significant Drug Seizure in the Caribbean Sea

Harry DeWolf’s crew played a pivotal role in a major drug interdiction operation in the Caribbean Sea, seizing 750 kilograms of cocaine with an estimated street value of $18.8 million

HMCS Margaret Brooke anchored in Admiralty Bay, Antarctica (CBC)

HMCS Margaret Brooke Reaches Admiralty Bay, Antarctica

In a groundbreaking voyage for the Royal Canadian Navy, HMCS Margaret Brooke, an Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel, has sailed more than 16,000 kilometers from Canada to arrive at Admiralty Bay, Antarctica.