Dry Dock

• Howe Island Ferry returns to service with reduced capacity

  The county says it is working with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, which owns the ferry, to get the ferry back to full capacity.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2022
  
• N.B. government seizes dry dock in dispute with Quebec builder

  Ocean Group is building the $13-million project in Bas-Caraquet, N.B., but plans to tow it to Quebec for completion, claiming it can't find local electricians to do the necessary work.

  Politics

  Aug 29, 2019
  
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• Homestead founder opens up about purchase of Kingston dry dock

  Founder of Homestead Land Holdings and philanthropist Britton Smith has opened up about why he donated millions of dollars to the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2019
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• Report says Kingston waterfront high-rise ‘falls short’ of good planning

  An independent review of a controversial 20-storey waterfront building project next to downtown Kingston’s historic dry dock property is recommending wholesale changes to the tower’s design.

  Politics

  Apr 16, 2019
• Kingston-based developer looking to sell historic dry-dock property

  A Kingston developer seems to be abandoning plans for the historic dry-dock property. A giant for-sale sign has been placed on the waterfront lot at 55 Ontario St.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2019
• Nova Scotia announces plans to repair CSS Acadia on 101st anniversary of The Halifax Explosion

  The steel-hulled vessel, known as Halifax’s Grand Old Lady, has been a central attraction at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax for years. But the vessel has not been drydocked since 2010.

  Politics

  Dec 6, 2018
• Kingston man wants missing interpretative panels returned to historic dry dock

  Tony Houghton has reached out to Kingston's Mayor Bryan Paterson to help find the seven missing interpretative panels that tell the story of the historic dry dock.

  Canada

  Oct 27, 2017