Global News Today Showed the following Images from Irving Shipbuilding of the First AOPS Under Construction.
Category: Halifax Shipyard
The Second Half of the Nova Dock being loaded on Boa Barge 33 for delivery to Tampa. the First half was moved in October. UPDATE: shes due to sail tomorrow. Work is underway from barges to secure her to the deck.
The Nova Dock was split into 2 over the weekend.
The Nova Dock was moved from the shipyard to Woodside at noon today. 4 Mckiel tugs had shown up in the past few days, and they appear to be working the Nova Dock. Salvor, Tim Mckeil, Beverly M1 and Lois M are all present, and tied up on the dock,
BBC Vermont arrived late Monday with additional Kone overhead cranes for the shipyard, tieing up at pier 9
In a technical briefing with media in Ottawa Friday morning, representatives from Public Works Government Services Canada, the Canadian Navy and Irving Shipbuilding provided an overview of the Arctic Offshore Patrol ship program including the ship’s design and capability, the number of ships to be built and the construction
The general cargo vessel Onego St. Petersburg arrived tonight from Houston, at the new pier 9c. She is the first vessel to do so and temporary fencing was erected around the pier, as the permanent fence has not yet been installed. She is delivering Kone 100t overhead cranes for the
The Government today announced the name of the first of the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS). Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Harry DeWolf, named in honour of a wartime Canadian naval hero, will be the first of a fleet of AOPS designed to better enable the RCN to
Word has reached me that a local diving company was contacted by a potential buyer for the Nova Dock to clean it after purchase. There is no word if the buyers intention is too repair the dock or as a preparation of towing it for scrap,
Word is that it will cost $60-70 million to replace the NovaDock. the shipyard is planning to issue the Tender for the replacement dock in Jan 2015 with expected delivery of 2 years from that. The Yard is selling the Novadock for scrap. The Current Timeline for AOPS construction starts next