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Volume 61 Number 35 | August 29, 2016
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MARPAC NEWS CFB Esquimalt, Victoria, B.C. B.C
Construction starts
Last Thursday, the Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) project marked another significant milestone with the cutting of steel for the future HMCS Margaret Brooke, the second ship in the class. The event took place at Irving Shipbuilding Incorporated’s marine fabricating facility in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, with Geoff Simpson, the DND AOPS Project Manager, activating the plasma cutter to enter the ship into production. Also in attendance were Justin Courtney (ISI Marine Fabricator), Frank Simei (ISI AOPS Program Director), Scott Jamieson (ISI VP Programs), Daniel Pelletier (PSPC AOPS Director), Kevin McCoy (ISI President) and Noel Gerveau (ISI Marine Fabricator). As part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy’s combat vessel work package, the AOPS project will deliver six vessels to the Royal Canadian Navy by 2022.