Determination No. W-2017-7

Dredging and Maritime Management S.A. applied , through his representative, for a licence to use the “ISAAC NEWTON”, a trenching support and cable installation/recovery ship registered in Luxembourg, to perform the installation and post-lay protection of two electrical cables in the Northumberland Straight, between Port Borden, Prince Edward Island and Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick. The post-lay protection consists of a combination of post-lay cable burial and, if required, post-lay installation of a protective layer. The activity will start on March 15 and will end on  June 15, 2017.

Is there a suitable Canadian ship available to perform the activity?

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 perform the activity.

The Agency is providing this Determination to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness to consider whether to issue the licence. This Determination is not an authority to operate.