News
| November 3, 2006 | BC Ferries officially named and launched the newest addition to its
fleet at a ceremony at Allied Shipbuilders in North Vancouver today. The MV Kuper, a
$7 million, 32-vehicle ferry, will enter service on the Chemainus – Thetis Island – Kuper Island
route early next year following training, certification and sea trials. Read more |
| August 18, 2005 | A $2.2M competitive contract has been awarded to Allied Shipbuilders Limited, of North Vancouver, British Columbia, to refit the Canadian Coast Guard vessel CCGS Gordon Reid. Awarded on behalf of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, this contract will be completed in January 2006. Read more |
| July 28, 2004 | B.C. politicians and media invited to tour Vancouver Shipyards facilities in North Vancouver to see that BC shipbuilders totally capable of building 3 Super C Class ships worth $500 million in British Columbia; unions and company will present information. Read more |
| November 1, 2000 | Ships of Steel by T.A. McLaren and Vickie Jensen is published by Harbour Publishing. This book chronicles that industry from the early development of steel construction facilities, equipment and qualified personnel; to the World War II boom when BC yards delivered two 10,000-ton freighters every week; to the postwar production of tugs, barges, fish boats and sophisticated supply vessels; to the present day. |