(AOPS) Project

20 Pages·2016·4.62 MB·English

Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) Project
Maritime & Arctic Security & Safety Conference
October 2016
Irving Shipbuilding
• J.D. Irving, Limited is a diverse family-owned
company with operations in Canada & the US
- 130+ years of providing quality service & products
to customers around the world
• Irving Shipbuilding has been at forefront of Canadian
shipbuilding for 50+ years
• Built >80% of current Canadian Combat Fleet
• Irving Shipbuilding sites:
- Halifax Shipyard
- Marine Fabricators
- Fleetway / Oceanic (Halifax, Ottawa, Victoria, St.
John’s)
- Shelburne Ship Repair
- Woodside Industries
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National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS)
Timeline
August 21, 2013
October 19, 2011
July 10, 2012 September 5, 2015
ISI Announces $300M
ISI officially named as
Preliminary contract investment to prepare Construction begins
the builder for
signed for AOPS facilities to on first AOPS
Canada’s
Program build Canada’s future
next generation of
Combatant Ships
Combat Ships
February 15, 2012 March 2013 January 23, 2015 August 25, 2016
Canada signs long-term ISI moves forward $2.3 Billion AOPS build Steel cutting begins for
agreement with ISI with detailed AOPS contract signed second AOPS
design
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NSS: Impact to Date
Results are already being delivered:
• Over $350M invested to build the most
modern shipyard in North America
• More than 1,300 employees, and growing
• Hiring 100-200 employees by end of 2016
• $1.1 billion in spending commitments with
200+ Canadian companies
• Invested in world class training curriculum
and facilities, and trained over 500 of our
employees
• $11 million committed for Value Proposition
investments in the greater marine industry
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Facilities
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North America’s most Modern Shipyard
Benefit from Investment – Approximately 1,100,000 person hours of work to date
Marine Fabricators (Steel and Pipe Fabrication) Halifax Shipyard
- Fully Operational - Interior fully operational
- 9,270m2 of production space - Largest undercover shipbuilding facility in
- Raw steel delivered to this facility North America
- Kitted steel is delivered by truck to Halifax - 408m long & 47m high at highest point
Shipyard - 21,800m2 of production space
- Kitted steel is assembled into units, blocks,

and megablocks
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Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS)
• Six ice-capable ships, designated as
the Harry DeWolf Class
• The AOPS will be capable of:
- Sovereignty Patrol
- Maritime Domain Awareness
- Assistance to other Government
Departments
- Humanitarian Assistance and
Disaster Relief
- Counter-Terrorist Operations
• Construction of the first AOPS began
in September 2015, with the future
HMCS Harry DeWolf scheduled for
delivery in 2018
• Steel cutting for the second AOPS,
the future HMCS Margaret Brooke,
began August 25th
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AOPS Construction
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AOPS Construction
Unit 146 & 145
GENSET Unit 142
Initial Fit-Up