Decision No. 185-W-2015
APPLICATION by One Ocean Expeditions, Inc., pursuant to the Coasting Trade Act, S.C., 1992, c. 31, for a licence.
APPLICATION
One Ocean Expeditions, Inc. applied, through its Canadian representative, for a licence to use the “AKADEMIK IOFFE”, a Russian cruise ship, to offer cruises in the Canadian Arctic, from Cambridge Bay to Iqaluit, Nunavut, commencing on August 15 and ending on September 15, 2015.
ISSUES
Is there a suitable Canadian ship available to provide the service? Is there an identical or similar adequate marine service available from any person operating one or more Canadian ships?
FACTS AND DETERMINATIONS
Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) staff gave notice of the application to the Canadian marine industry and no Canadian ships were offered. Therefore, the Agency determines that there is no suitable Canadian ship available to provide the service, and that there is no identical or similar adequate marine service available from any person operating one or more Canadian ships.
The Agency is providing these determinations to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness to consider whether to issue the licence. This Decision is not an authority to operate.
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