Vancouver Drydock boosts capacity
The yard plans to create some 100 new jobs this year
(Source: Seaspan)
A new drydock and floating pontoon at Seaspan Vancouver Drydock has expanded capacity and boosted operational flexibility, shipyard executives have told SRN. The yard has already booked about six months’ work for the new dock which will create at least 100 new jobs and raise capacity at the yard by about a third.
The extra flexibility will also improve productivity at the yard which has a broad mix of clients with typical business ranging from small workboats and tugs to commercial vessels, larger ferries and cruise ships. New facilities at the yard include a centralised operations building for administrative staff which will be completed within the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, the first projects have already been completed in the South Korean-built dock. They include the servicing of a barge owned by Seattle-based Centerline Logistics Corp, and the docking of a Seaspan Marine tug.
The repair yard recently completed one of its largest and most complex projects with the life extension and upgrade of the Canadian Coast Guard’s 1986-built Sir Wilfrid Laurier. More than a hundred separate refits were carried out, including replacement of three engines, new rudder and shafting, and a strong towing bollard with underdeck strengthening.
