The Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada has effectively cancelled the Joint Support Ship Programme in light of the two consortiums bidding for the project having been unable to satisfy government requirements. Those consortiums have stated that the $2.9 billion alloted for the construction of three ships is not enough to pay for [...]

Canada’s aging PROTECTEUR class replenishment vessels may yet be in service longer than expected, according to the Ottawa Citizen, which is reporting that there is a funding shortfall for the vessels’ replacement, the Joint Support Ship. The new vessels form an integral part of the Government’s Canada First Defence Strategy. Dating back to 2004, under [...]

September 2006 Originally announced in April 2004 as the Afloat Logistics Sealift Capability (ALSC) project, the Joint Support Ship (JSS) has evolved into a program that will see the construction of three new multi-role support vessels for the Canadian Forces. The vessels, of which the first is scheduled to enter service in 2012, will provide [...]