Determination No. W-2017-9

Boskalis applied , through his representative, for a licence to use the “ROCKPIPER”, a dynamically positioned fall pipe ship registered in Cyprus, to install a protective rock berm over a double circuit +/- 200kV, 500 MW subsea cable system in the Cabot Strait between Cape Ray, Newfoundland and Labrador and Point Aconi, Nova Scotia. The activity will start on July 1 and will end on October 1, 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.