Halifax Shipyard

• Irving Shipbuilding identifies worker killed in workplace incident

  The worker killed at Irving's Halifax shipyard has been identified as Jamie Knight.

  Canada

  Feb 21
  
• Irving Shipbuilding worker struck by piece of equipment, died at scene: police

  Halifax Regional Police are investigating the death of a 43-year-old man who died after being struck by equipment at the Irving Shipbuilding facility in Halifax Monday.

  Canada

  Feb 20
  
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• Halifax Shipyard worker dies after workplace incident Monday morning

  Irving Shipbuilding has confirmed a Halifax Shipyard employee died as a result of a workplace incident early Monday. The Department of Labour is investigating.

  Canada

  Feb 19
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• Marine supplier stinks in handling missing portable toilets, N.S. court rules

  A Nova Scotia small claims court has ruled that a marine industry supplier must pay up for a pair of portable toilets that went missing from the Halifax shipyard earlier this year.

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2023
• HMCS Harry DeWolf diverts to Halifax due to failure en route to Arctic mission

  A diesel generator failure has forced HMCS Harry DeWolf to divert back to Halifax while en route to join a two-month, multinational mission to the Arctic.

  Canada

  Aug 19, 2022
• Halifax shipyard warns warship schedule contingent on more federal funding

  Irving Shipbuilding president Kevin Mooney says the shipyard needs several upgrades that were not originally anticipated when the company was selected to build 15 new vessels.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2022
• Irving lays off workers, shuts down Halifax Shipyard for three weeks

  Irving Shipbuilding says the decision impacts 1,100 of the 1,800 workers at its locations in the HRM.

  Canada

  Mar 19, 2020
• Delivery of Canada’s first Arctic and offshore patrol vessel delayed until 2020

  Irving Shipbuilding released a statement Tuesday saying the new ship, HMCS Harry DeWolf, will be delivered during the first three months of 2020.

  Canada

  Nov 12, 2019
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• Job cuts possible as Irving considers buying fully-assembled components for Arctic patrol ships

  There are more than 17,000 pipe assemblies in a single Arctic and offshore patrol vessel. 

  Politics

  Nov 4, 2019
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• Ottawa awards long-awaited $60B warship design contract to Lockheed Martin

  Procurement Minister Carla Qualtrough announced the deal in Halifax this morning, saying the Royal Canadian Navy's 15 new warships will be built by Irving and based on the British-designed Type 26 frigate.

  Politics

  Feb 8, 2019