New Drydock At Halifax Shipyard Operating At Close To Capacity
Halifax Shipyard's new 36,000- ton-lifting-capacity floating drydock Novadock is now being used with increasing frequency. By mid- November this year, the yard will have been in continuous use for eight successive months.
The dock, which can accommodate up to Panamax size vessels, was commissioned in October last year and received its first ship, the 38,213-dwt tanker Irving Eskimo, on November 12. That vessel was followed by the Canadian Pacific's Andes Voyageur, a 16,970-dwt containership; Vernia Shipping's 7,869- dwt general cargo vessel Canadia (Sweden); the Canadian Government's 3,058-dwt icebreaker John A.
MacDonald; Dowa Lines' 11,301- dwt cargo vessel Ho Ming 3 (Japan); and the Canadian Government's 4,714-dwt icebreaker Louis S. St.
Laurent.
Halifax Industries' marketing manager Mauritz Erhard said: "There is increasing interest from owners in our new facility. Given its geographically favorable position, there is no doubt that the market for it will continue to grow." The Novadock, which was built by Marine Industries Limited of Sorel, Quebec, has a length of 257 meters, a width of 38 meters, and a depth over the keel blocks of nine meters (about 843 by 125 by 29.5 feet).
Halifax Industries owns two shipyards— Halifax Shipyard and Dartmouth Marine Slips—both of which are now managed by AMCA International.
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- Symon Appointed New Director Of Tankers At Stolt-Nielsen page: 5
- SOFEC Awarded NavSea Contract For Offshore Mooring Terminal page: 5
- Sperry Gets $62.8-Million Navy Contract For Frigate Combat Systems Work page: 6
- New HEET Fuel Additive Saves Time And Money By Preventive Maintenance page: 6
- Two Key Appointments Announced By Halifax Industries page: 7
- S.S. United States To Auction Contents Prior To Total Renovation page: 8
- Imi-Tech Offers Catalog Of Insulating Products For Marine Applications page: 8
- Manson Construction Builds Pacific Northwest's Heftiest Floating Crane page: 12
- NKK To Build Floating Offshore Production Unit For Norwegian Consortium page: 14
- Van Houten To Head New Parsons Brickershoff Marine Facilities Unit page: 14
- USP&I Home Office To New York Area— Other Changes Announced page: 15
- American Marine Gets $390,000 Contract For Two Cutterhead Dredges page: 15
- MARINE SALVAGE page: 16
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- RDI's Satcom I Communications System Approved By INMARSAT page: 18
- Tenn-Tom Waterway Project Nearing Early Completion page: 20
- BP And Harland And Wolff Forming Joint Venture For $145-Million SWOPS Project page: 21
- Naval Ship Maintenance & Modernization/Affordability page: 22
- The "Ultimate" Compact SSB page: 23
- IBM Appoints Marine Management Systems As Authorized Dealer page: 25
- Twin City Shipyard Lays Keel For Gulf Coast Trailing Dredge page: 26
- Pearlson Begins Construction Of World's Largest Ship Transfer System page: 26
- Screw Compressors Improve Air Conditioning Reliability page: 27
- NASSCO Receives Exxon Contract For Two Alaska-Class Tankers page: 28
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- John Cave Appointed Vice President For Boland & Cornelius page: 33
- Norwegian Caribbean Acquires Royal Viking Line For $240 Million page: 33
- Marinette Marine Corporation Gets $24~Million Navy Contract To Build Six Yard Patrol Craft page: 34
- New Drydock At Halifax Shipyard Operating At Close To Capacity page: 34
- Penn Ship Awarded Navy Contract For Overhaul And Maintenance Of Frigate page: 35
- John Deere Developing Family Of Rotary Engines page: 35
- Specialized Support Vessel 'Anfitrite' Acquired By O.D.S. Italia S.P.A. page: 36
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- CORE Canadian Offshore Resources Exposition page: 38
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- Independent Tests Show Drew Ameroid's Amergize® Cuts Fuel Consumption page: 47
- Third USN Rescue/Salvage Ship Launched At Peterson Builders page: 54