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Last month there were reports that the Joint Support Ships being built at Seaspan in Vancouver had fallen yet again behind schedule.

The first Joint Support Ship was supposed to enter the water in 2020. Now according to the Department of National Defence’s latest performance report, that won’t be happening until 2021.

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However, DND officials are pointing out that the delay is not significant – it is actually only several months, they say.

“In the 2014-15 Departmental Performance Report, the target date for first delivery of the Joint Support Ships was in the last quarter of 2020,” explained spokesman Evan Koronewski. “As a result of challenges associated with completing the detailed design, and organizing the entire supply chain, the JSS first delivery date has slipped by a number of months to early 2021.”

Photo above: An employee at Seaspan in Vancouver works on one of the federal government ships being built there.