Heddle Shipyards

"Heddle Shipyards operates the largest number of shipyards and dry docks in Canada. We have been in continuous operation since 1987 and we are expanding." Rick Heddle started the company in Hamilton, ON. They built their own dry docks from used barges. In 2012 they joined forces with Dennis Thorne to serve the East Coast and Canadian Arctic. In 2012 they helped build the ExxonMobile Hebron Gravity Based Structure. In 2016 they acquired the Thunder Bay Shipyard, and in 2016 they finalized a long-term lease for the Port Weller Dry Dock facility. [HeddleShipyards-history] In 2022, Dennis Thorne bought back his East Coast operation. and Heddle opened Sydport (satellite) on the East Coast. [HeddleShipyards-news, don't you hate it when a news report doesn't include a date?]

Follow the links for theirOntario shipyards for more information:

• Hamilton
• Thunder Bay
• Port Weller

Heddle Shipyards posted
Heddle Shipyards is fully booked for the 2022 winter works season. More than 14 dry dockings and alongside refit projects across our Hamilton, St. Catharine’s and Thunder Bay shipyards will support hundreds of jobs across Ontario.

Janey Anderson shared

Heddle Shipyards is fully booked for the 2022 winter works season.

Here is the list I have so far - please add/correct any details.

St. Catharines - CCGS Amundsen & G3 Marquis

Hamilton - Sterling energy, Burch Nash (lac Manitoba), a couple articulated tugs, Algoma Conveyor, Radcliff Latimer, Atlantic Huron, Rt. Hon. Paul J.Martin, Spruceglen. Allouette spirit barge looks to be in the portable drydock and a few articulated tugs?

Thunder Bay - Tim S. Dool & Chi-Cheemaun

HeddleShipyards-news-2021
"Heddle Shipyards to Support Seaspan Shipyards in Building Polar Icebreaker for Canadian Coast Guard"
[The picked a photo of Port Weller for this photo.
Since the Seaspan Shipyards are on the Pacific Coast, I wonder if they will build small assemblies that can be shpped over land or if they will build large modules that are then barged through the Panama Canal. And if they use land transportation, what will be the mix between trucks and trains?]

A 2:25 YouTube video about the company using images from their Hamilton Yard.