Its strategically located facilities, deep technical expertise, a reputation for quality, on-time project delivery and outstanding customer service make Victoria Shipyards a sought-after partner to government and commercial fleets, in Canada and around the world. Victoria Shipyards specializes in complex projects up to complete vessel conversions. It is an integral part of the Canadian Navy frigate and submarine maintenance programs, with its highly specialized and experienced team providing critical maintenance on Canada’s Halifax-class frigates for over 20 years and in-service support for its Victoria-Class submarines for over a decade.

Victoria Shipyards is one of the few North American shipyards executing work on international cruise vessels and performing the first major vessel LNG dual fuel conversion on two ships. Victoria Shipyards operates within the federally owned Esquimalt Graving Dock (EGD), the largest solid bottom commercial drydock on the West Coast of the Americas.

Features:

• Solid foundation graving dock 360m (1,200 ft) in length x 38.4m (126 ft) clear width – divisible in three sections to facilitate concurrent projects
• Three rail-mounted cranes with up to 150-tonne capacity
• Two deep water berths, one 340m (1,100 ft) x 10m (30 ft) and one 300m (1,000 ft) x 10m (30 ft)
• Five diesel-powered mobile cranes ranging from 10- to 80-tonne capacity
• On-site shops for steel fabrication, welding, sheet metal assembly, pipe fabrication and welding, machine shop, valve testing, electrical, joinery, sandblasting booth and spray-painting booth
• Program management, engineering
• Offsite warehousing and logistics support