Halifax, NS: Irving Shipbuilding

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Irving Shipbuilding Inc. posted
Today [Dec 6, 2022] marks the 105th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion. Injuring 9,000 and killing over 1,950, including 40 shipyard workers, the explosion devastated Halifax. We remember those impacted. Shown are the damages from the blast that occurred just meters away from Halifax Shipyard’s Machine Shop (left) and Graving Dock (right) that is still in use today.
Janey Anderson shared
A sad, sad day.
Alan Wooller: Every year Halifax sends a Christmas Tree to Boston because they were the first place that responded to their need for aid.
Debbie Goodloe: The cause of the explosion was the collision of a Belgian ship, the Imo, carrying relief supplies to Belgium, and a French ship, the Mont Blanc, carrying 2600 tons of high explosives bound for France.

BuildShipsInCanada
Halifax Shipyard will build 15 Canadian Surface Combatants based on BAE Systems’ Global Combat Ship.

Irving has invested more than $400m to build "the most innovative and efficient shipbuilding facility in North America." This facility will build 23 modern patrol vessels and surface combatants over the next 30 years. They are recruiting shipbuilders from around the world. [BuildShipsInCanada] I hope the canadian war ships prove to be more successful than the Littoral Combat Ships were for the US Navy.

After about 45 seconds of flag waving, this video becomes informative. This is part of their assembly hall where the blocks are made. 

4:38 video @ 1:48

After a mega-block is built in the module hall, it is rolled out of the building and rolled onto the land platform.

@ 2:45

jdirving
They have built and maintain over 80% of the Royal Canadian Navy's fleet in service today.
[I think the ship shown in the video is one of 8 Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) that they have been building. Six are for the military and two are for the Canadian Coast Guard. Construction of the Canadian Surface Combatant ships is scheduled to begin in 2024.]

They have two big paint booths that can evidently be combined into one bigger booth.

blastone

blastone
"Built-in heating and de-humidification systems allow Irving to continue production all year"
[Another example of SPMTs in action.]

 

sailer joe, Jun 2018

Vedat Odaci, Mar 2020

 

I wonder if the tower crane is a permanent installation.

Vedat Odaci, Mar 2020
[Is this three of the AOPS ships?]

I wonder if this shipyard is where the four bridges for Toronto's Villers Island project were built.

Dennis DeBruler

Irving Shipbuilding Inc. posted three photos with the comment: "Launch, delivery, and a double naming ceremony - to name just a few Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship progress milestones in 2022.  Building these ships for those who bravely serve in the Royal Canadian Navy is a privilege we don't take for granted.  As we look forward to 2023, we're reflecting on another year as Canada's National Shipbuilder."

Janey Anderson shared

Bravo!!!

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Irving Shipbuilding Inc. posted

It's a great time to be a shipbuilder.

At Irving Shipbuilding, we believe in investing in our people and growing careers. In 2022 alone, we celebrated:

464 new team members

76 Red Seal achievements

262 internal promotions

87,000+ training hours developing our team 

With over 30 years of steady employment ahead, our work will span generations. Want to join our team? Visit https://bit.ly/2GunNGn to learn more.

Mike Labancz: Irving's are wealthy Liveral family wth deep pockets.
Michel Brault: Canadian Navy sailors say Irving makes the worst ships! That's coming from guys who sail for months on them.

Irving Shipbuilding Inc. posted
The future HMCS Frédérick Rolette is taking shape in the Module Hall. The mega blocks for the fifth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship will be moved to land level later this year. Built for the Royal Canadian Navy; we are proudly building for those who serve.
Janey Anderson shared

 

Irving Shipbuilding Inc. posted
The launch of the future HMCS Frédérick Rolette is near. The fifth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship will soon be rolled onto a barge and towed into the Bedford Basin. The launch requires approximately 49 million litres of water to submerge the barge and set the ship afloat.
Janey Anderson shared

Irving Shipbuilding Inc. posted two photos with the comment: "The final block of AOPS #6 has been lifted and placed on the Bow mega block. All three mega blocks of the future HMCS Robert Hampton Gray are now in the Module Hall and will roll onto land level together next month."

Inverness Richmond Railway shared with the comment: "Another Navy boat coming together.."

[According to some comments on the post, it is Coast Guard, not Navy.

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0:17 video @ 0:07 (source)