Tag: Davie

May 9, 2017

Delivery of the Superstructure for Project Resolve

In 2015, ALMACO Group teamed with Canada’s largest and highest capacity shipbuilder and industrial fabricator, Davie Shipbuilding, to deliver high quality accommodation for its current and future shipbuilding projects. Today, the two companies announced they will be extending their partnership to develop a production line for modular pre-fabricated accommodation at Davie in Québec for future Canadian programs. The first project...

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May 23, 2015

A day at the port: Quebec City

Quebec City is always such a great place for ship lovers. It’s a bustling port, with lots of action to admire, and neat iron plying about. Today, I had the opportunity to visit some berth mates before I signed off, here are some pictures. River traffic is constant, above is Umiak 1 leaving for its monthly trip to northern Quebec,...

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August 24, 2014

Where’s the money from ?

Davie Yard on the St Lawrence River near Quebec City In previous posts we explore the rebound and challenges of Davie Shipyard. The venerable shipyard, established 192 years ago sits across from Quebec City, on the St Lawrence River. The shipyard is projecting a confident air about them, recently delivering a complex offshore construction vessel to European operators, with two...

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August 17, 2014

Davie is Goliath – for now

Davie’s recently launched Cecon Pride The past twist and turns, ups and downs, of Davie Shipyard in Quebec City are legendary and certainly worthy of its own book. However, the yard is actually on what appears to be, quite a rebound. The yard, established 192 years ago, was re-launch in 2012 after a tumultuous decade of financial woes. The revival...

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Gerald Pearson on Deckhand Walks the Gangway of OpportunityAugust 21, 2024
The story on Mercy Ships volunteer, George Abakhan, although dated, is one of the most heart-warming that I have heard…
Martin Leduc on Lessons from Zim KingstonJuly 31, 2024
Official report from Canada's Transportation Safety Board. https://www.tsb.gc.ca/sites/default/files/2024-07/m21p0297-EN.pdf
Martin Leduc on Escape from the Engine RoomFebruary 28, 2024
actually... after my watch rounds, i don't. I, and many active seafarers sailing at sea, thank you for the pity.…
Another foogle user on Escape from the Engine RoomFebruary 26, 2024
It's a fictitious film not real life what does it matter if it's heavily modified or international sea regulations blah…
Another foogle user on Escape from the Engine RoomFebruary 26, 2024
What's next the Black Pearl from Pirates of the Caribbean wouldn't float or it wasn't made from the correct timber