In March 2015, the Government of Canada issued a request for proposals to dispose of two decommissioned navy vessels. HMCS Protecteur (AOR 509) and HMCS Algonquin (DDG 283), both stationed at CFB Esquimalt in Victoria, British Columbia.

The RJMI project team is honoured to have been selected to complete the Responsible Ship Recycling project for these vessels which served Canada proud. Both vessels were towed from Victoria, British Columbia through the Panama Canal by our tow partner FOSS Maritime. Once the vessels arrived at the eastern end of the canal, Atlantic Towing completed the tows to our facility in Liverpool Nova Scotia.

Both tows were completed without incident and upon arrival, all hazardous materials were removed by our environmental remediation contractors. The RJMI team removed and securely stored all equipment and spares for the owner before completing vessel dismantling and recycling.

This significant project was completed on time, on budget with no accidents and zero environmental impacts to ocean, land nor air.

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The government of Canada warded RJMI the contract to dispose of the decommissioned navy vessel HMCS Iroquois(DDG 280) in 2016.

At the request of the Canadian Navy, RJMI removed and preserved the bow section of HMCS Iroquois which now forms parts of the Naval Monument at National Defence Headquarters Carling in Ottawa. Also, as part of the recycling project, RJMI removed and preserved the propellors and anchors which now form part of a Naval Monument at Sorel/Tracey Quebec.

An interesting aspect of this project was the removal of numerous steel sections which we treated and transported to five separate test sites in the USA. All work was completed under a Quality Assurance program, designed and supervised by RJMI Project Engineers and the client’s representatives.

The balance of the Responsible Ship Recycling project was completed at our facility in Liverpool on time, on budget, with zero accidents and zero environmental impacts to ocean, land nor air.