Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, 1 October 2024: Glamox, one of the world’s leading lighting companies, has secured marine lighting contracts to light 19 new ships being built for the Canadian Coast Guard at two shipyards in Canada. The deal is one of the biggest marine lighting contracts the company has ever received, totalling more than 24,000 LED lights, and is an important part of the investment to renew the Canadian Coast Guard fleet.
Glamox’s contracts are with Irving Shipbuilding Inc. to provide energy-efficient lights for two Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) being built in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and with Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards for one Polar Icebreaker and up to 16 Multi-Purpose Vessels (MPV) being built in North Vancouver. Glamox will provide outdoor and indoor lighting and navigation lights for all of the ships. In addition, it will provide Helicopter Visual Aid Landing System lighting for the Polar Icebreaker, and searchlights for the Polar Icebreaker and up to 16 MPVs (see Notes to Editors).
“This major win underscores our commitment to supporting shipbuilding in Canada. We’ve been the number one lighting supplier to the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy for 33 years, with lighting from our facility in Newfoundland. We are proud to provide quality, energy-efficient products made by Canadian employees. And as federal shipbuilding contracts tend to span many years, we are a company that is here today and for decades to come,” said Astrid Simonsen Joos, Group CEO of Glamox.
The new ships are a major component of Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy, a long-term project to renew the nation’s fleet of combat and non-combat vessels and revitalise the country’s shipbuilding industry.
“Seaspan is pleased to be partnering with Glamox for the lighting components on these Canadian Coast Guard vessels being built at Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards,” said David Belton, Senior Program Director, Multi-Purpose Vessels at Seaspan Shipyards. “Growing the shipbuilding industry in Canada is an integral part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, so working with a proven company who manufactures their product in Canada was a key consideration.”
For more information please contact:
Neil Pattie, Glamox Corporate Communications, Tel: +44 7784 086530, Email: neil.pattie@glamox.com
Silje Grip, Glamox Marketing, Phone: +47 712 46339, E-mail: Silje.Kristin.Grip@glamox.com
Note to Editors
The vessels and lighting projects:
Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships
Class: Harry DeWolf
Number: 2 (AOPS #7 and #8)
Mission: Principally fishery patrols, conservation and protection enforcement
Type of lighting: Main lighting package1, navigation lighting
Number fixtures per vessel: 1,000
Total number of fixtures: 2,000
Shipyard: Irving Shipbuilding Inc, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Lighting delivery: 2024
Entering Service: 2025/2026
Area of operation: East Coast, North Atlantic, ice-capable so able to operate in the lower Arctic
Polar Icebreaker
Class: IACS Polar Class 2 (PC2) – first heavy Polar Icebreaker in Canada in over 60 years
Number: 1
Mission: Multi-role ship capable of undertaking ice breaking, scientific research, search and rescue, security, navigation, transportation, emergency response, and support to communities and northern resupply missions
Type of lighting: Main lighting package, navigation lighting, searchlights, HVLAS
Total number of fixtures: 3,000
Shipyard: Seaspan, Vancouver Shipyards
Lighting delivery: 2025
Entering Service: Early 2030s
Area of operation: Arctic and polar regions
Multi-Purpose Vessels
Class: Polar Class 4
Number: up to 16
Mission: Multiple-purpose use such as icebreaking in moderate ice conditions, assisting in search and rescue, environmental response, emergency towing, and maintaining navigation aids
Type of lighting: Main lighting package, navigation lighting, searchlights
Number fixtures per vessel: 1,200
Total number of fixtures: 19,200
Shipyard: Seaspan, Vancouver Shipyards
Lighting delivery: 2026-2036
Entering Service: 2030s and beyond
Area of operation: Canada’s eastern and western seaboards, its Exclusive Economic Zone, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and the western and lower Arctic
1 The Main Lighting Package comprises general-purpose lighting, such as indoor lighting for engine rooms, stairways, cabins, galleys, corridors, store rooms, and the bridge, and includes emergency and explosion-proof lighting. It also includes lighting for outdoor areas, such as the deck, ladders, cranes, etc..
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About Glamox AS
Glamox AS is a leading lighting company that provides quality energy-efficient lighting for professional buildings in Europe and the world’s marine, offshore, and wind markets. Our mission is to provide sustainable lighting solutions that improve the performance and well-being of people. We are committed to achieving Net-Zero operations by 2030.
Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Glamox AS is privately owned by Triton and Fondsavanse and is a subsidiary of GLX Holding AS. Glamox AS employs around 2,100 professionals with sales and production in Europe, Asia, and North America. In 2023, its annual revenues were NOK 4,266 million. It owns a range of quality lighting brands, including Glamox, Aqua Signal, ES-SYSTEM, Küttel, LINKSrechts, LiteIP, Luminell, Luxo, Luxonic, MARL, Norselight, and Wasco. For more information, please see www.glamox.com
