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I assume you're thinking of 5 year MED refershers, but there's a lot more training than that... Fall arrest, confined space,  first aid, CPR, FRC,, etc, both the cost of the course, and the additional training days paid to the crew. They usually pay for any courses required to upgrade marine...

Once you toss in all the other associated costs (overtime, training, benefits,  vessel maintenance, grub, etc) $30k is comprable to to the cost of running other similar sized vessels. Believe or not, theres probably not much of a profit margin on this, the day rate is also comprable to what...

Bare in mind, the day rate is all inclusive excluding fuel.

New Dock does acceptable work. There's always at least one coast guard vessel in their yard or graving dock, and there's usually no complaints. They don't live solely on government work either, plenty of privately owned vessels in the yard at any time. The project will still likely overrun...

On the Louis S St Laurent? Other than her prop motors, most of her major systems have been replaced at some point. (Edit: i think the prop motors have also been rewound and rebuild at some point, but technically "original) She was converted from steam-electric to diesel-electric in 1993...

I assume because they're a private company doing what's in the best interest of their business. In fairness, their statement is concerning the next refit, not an immediate concern with the vessel (though personally, I've witnessed one coast guard vessel sinking due to poor condition/age... and...

I'm not familiar with the Navy, but I assume they have some sort of internal department to issue the appropriate certificates. The Coast Guard does not. Transport Canada Marine Safety absolutely does issue the required certificates of sea worthiness (not just the usual flag state stuff) to...

Bare in mind, most Canadian Coast Guard sailors only have experience on coast Guard ships... So their only points of reference is other ships of similar vintage/condition. The Hudson 56 years old. It was "old" and in need of replacement 26 years ago.

Would be interesting to see the injuries categorized as well between healing over over the duration of the course, requiring an individual to be recoursed, and career ending.

No, an ice chunk jamming in the props is taken into account when designing the system. Worst case, your protection trips and shuts off the motor. As an example, one vessel I worked on had a "boost" module for her generator exciter for exactly the scenario you described. If the exciters...

At work we regulalry get coveralls with a Canadian Flag patch on one shoulder and the provincial flag on the other. It's not a "uniform" or even in the spec for the coveralls we buy, it's just how one supplier supplies them. They're usually pretty black or brown after a few weeks.

Anyone, no authorization required.

For what it's worth, in the civillian shipping world at least, ships can be exempt from carrying paper charts with the latest generation of ECDIS systems when appropriately redundant.

CCGS Penant Bay's first rescue was CCGS Harp... hopefully they have more luck with them on the west coast!

No, saw pictures of them being loaded on facebook, but cant find the post now. The new "bay" class lifeboats, i assume for the west coast. Probably stopped in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia to pick them up enroute to Panama.

Sorry, no pictures.

I may be mistaken but, not a waiver, my understanding is the master doesn't need to be the one holding the pilots license, you just need a licensed pilot on board. I could well be out to lunch, but I'm fairly certain I sailed on a vessel a while back with a foreign master and a local chief...

Doesn't need to be the master though, could be another officer or could be a coast Guard officer attached to the vessel.

Doesn't have to be the master, as long as there's a qualified pilot on board for the harbour.

Did they paint the Eagle red? The Raven is still Atlantic Towing orange, but they added a big white coast Guard style stripe. Not sure what the cradles on deck were for, but there were extra bollards welded on either side of the stern roller for the canal passage.