In regards to Tuk all ships need to do is anchor outside in deep water and a fuel barge comes out with fuel and food. That's how the Kingston Class was supplied. For the port itself sure make upgrades however there is widespread erosion issues there. Dredging will be a challenge and more than likely will need to be redone from time to time. I would think Iqaluit with its airport and existing deep-water infrastructure would be prime for an expansion.
It already will be actually with a lot of the northern investments for the air force for NORAD; the amount of working going on around that part of Canada over the next 10-20 years is pretty staggering, and big enough that part of the discussion is major upgrades to city infrastucture to support the base requirements.
They used to have a dedicated dredge vessel stationed up there. Here is a report from 1977 on a channel into Tuk, seems the actual harbour is not bad, but the approaches can be 4m.
Yes there are deep spots inside, some 20M in depth. Its the approaches that are the issue like you mentioned. Looking at the water there's a lot of silt being deposited in there.
Is there a specific form, or just email them through their website?
I'm not sure, I didn't deal with that side of things, was just working on the controlled goods list and 50 years of accumulated spares.
We havent done minesweeping for years. What the ships do is act as a platform for our MCM systems such as the REMUS AUVs. The ships also embark a dive team to inspect and destroy objects found. AOPV can do that although very large platform to be doing that work.
Sounds good to me.
USV,, or uuuuuuuuusv or what ever they call underwater drones.
Nowadays the ships comes to the edge of a suspected minefield and deploys mine hunting craft, manned or unmanned.
This is what the UK has transitioned to
On the Kingston Class they use the large inflatable Mamba's. They go to the MDA, the route is already programed in with depths and so forth. They drop it in the water, it runs the route, surfaces sends a msg that's it ready to be picked up. It brought back the data is analysed and mines or mine like objects are identified and the divers are sent in to neutralize the threat.
