Posted: Jan 22, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: January 22
The centre block of the future HMCS Max Bernays will be moved out of the Irving Shipyard assembly hall today. (Paul Palmeter/CBC)
It's been a massive shipbuilding project that has kept the Irving Shipyard in Halifax very busy for the last five years.
Over the next two days the centre and stern mega-blocks of the future HMCS Max Bernays, Canada's third Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) for the Royal Canadian Navy, will be transported outside of the assembly hall.
"It was good to be able to pull off a significant amount of work and to pull it all off in the middle of a pandemic with everyone working together," said Irving Shipbuilding president Kevin McCoy. "This third ship really represents a transition for us."