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Montreal Group Plans To Modernize 150-Year-Old Yard In Nova Scotia

Negotiations are taking place be- tween the Provincial Government of

Nova Scotia, Canada, the new owner of Good People Sea and Shore Ser- vices repair yard, aimed at modern- izing the 150-year-old facility, in- cluding increasing its hauling capac- ity from 350 to 1,200 tons.

The repair yard is located in

North Sydney Harbour, Cape Bre- ton, Nova Scotia. North Sydney is the main ferry link to Canada's 10th province, Newfoundland, and also has a regular service to the French

Islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon. It is also the East Coast start of the

Trans-Canada Highway.

The shipyard has been purchased by a group headed by Dory Tuvim of Montreal, with intentions of es- tablishing an offshore-related facili- ty to serve the promising fields off the coasts of Nova Scotia (Venture) and Newfoundland (Hibernia).

While oil markets stabilize and these oil fields become operational, the company has turned to the tra- ditional customers—the many fish- ing fleets operating around Cape

Breton and Newfoundland.

The antiquated slipway at the

Good People yard, with its 350-ton- capacity cradle, will be replaced with a shiplift of approximately 1,200 tons capacity. A new transfer system will also be installed, permit- ting vessels to be moved into a building for year-round refit and repairs.

The present water basin will be back-filled, doubling the yard's area from three to six acres. The machine shop will be completely modernized, a fueling station activated, and a haulway for smaller vessels and yachts installed.

The company is also servicing oceangoing ships that frequent Syd- ney Harbour. It recently completed a major contract by assisting Versa- tile Davie Shipbuilding of Lauzon,

Quebec, to bring into service the new and world's largest Arctic class icebreaking ferry, CN Marine's 587- foot Caribou.

Work on the Caribou utilized all trades employed at the Good People yard—welders, shipwrights, pipefit- ters, electricians, plumbers, carpen- ters, and hydraulic experts.

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