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In 2011, Irving Shipbuilding was selected through the competitive and transparent NSS to construct Canada’s future naval combatant fleet. Since then, we have invested more than $400 million to build North America’s most modern shipyard and provide Canada with needed shipbuilding capability.
Irving Shipbuilding is Canada’s National Shipbuilder. We have proudly built and maintain over 80% of the Royal Canadian Navy’s fleet in service today. A trusted partner in the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), Halifax Shipyard is at the forefront of shipbuilding in Canada.
Irving Shipbuilding Inc. is a Canadian shipbuilder and in-service support provider. The company operates as a subsidiary of J.D. Irving Limited. As of 2024, Irving Shipbuilding employs over 2100 shipbuilders. Irving Shipbuilding owns two shipyards in Nova Scotia: Halifax Shipyard and Woodside Industries, both located along the Halifax Harbour.
In 2011, Irving Shipbuilding was selected through the competitive and transparent NSS to construct Canada’s future naval combatant fleet. Since then, we have invested more than $400 million to build North America’s most modern shipyard and provide Canada with needed shipbuilding capability.
Jun 28, 2024 · 5:35. The federal government launched the construction for Canada's new warships at the Irving Shipyard in Halifax. Fifteen ships will be built and they'll be known as the River Class Destroyers ...
Jun 28, 2024 · June 28, 2024 – Halifax, Nova Scotia – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces. Today, the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, joined by Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and Dirk Lesko, President of Irving Shipbuilding Inc., celebrated the start of construction activities for Canada’s new fleet of Canadian Surface Combatants (CSC).
Steel cutting ceremony celebrates multiple milestones for the National Shipbuilding Strategy. HALIFAX, NS, August 8, 2023 – Today, Irving Shipbuilding Inc. cut steel for the seventh Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), the first of two for the Canadian Coast Guard’s fleet.
Jun 28, 2024 · Today, Irving Shipbuilding began construction of the Production Test Module for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) and cut first steel for the eighth and final Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS). The Government of Canada announced the class name of the Royal Canadian Navy’s Canadian Surface Combatant fleet, the future River-class ...
Halifax, NS: Irving Shipbuilding announced several contract awards today for Nova Scotia and Canadian suppliers as part of the Halifax Shipyard Modernization Program, a 2-year engineering and construction investment to prepare the company’s facilities to build Canada's future combatant ships.
Jun 28, 2024 · HALIFAX — The Irving shipyard in Halifax is cutting steel for Canada’s new destroyers, though the navy says it will be about a decade before the first 8,000-tonne vessel joins military operations. At an announcement today in Halifax, the 15 warships received their official designation as River class destroyers, named after the warships ...
