We Are Shipbuilders

09/24/2014

: If you're a 1st year or 2nd year registered apprentice in B.C., you may want to have a look at this!

The Government of Canada Incentive Grant helps registered in designated Red Seal get started! If you're an and you've finished your first or second year of a Red Seal trades program you should check this out: http://t.co/q9rYJnxar0

09/23/2014

The early retirement of the navy’s two resupply ships is expected to have far-reaching ramifications not just for the Canadian Forces, but also for allies.

09/23/2014

Hear from ITA CEO, Gary Herman, about the ways the ITA is strengthening the trades training system through enhanced industry relationships. www.itabc.ca/indu...

09/18/2014

Welcome home, ladies and gentlemen!

After sailing 61,000 nautical miles in the last 254 days, Lt. Christopher Weber walked off HMCS Regina to a rapturous welcome at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt. And he knew exactly where he wanted . . .

09/17/2014

Shipbuilding across the pond - let's see what tomorrow brings for our brothers and sisters in Scotland! http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-29202728

A group of young shipbuilders writes to First Minister Alex Salmond saying they are "gravely concerned" about the future of the industry if Scotland becomes independent.

09/17/2014

Waterfront culture is changing across Coastal BC...and it's about time!

The face of the waterfront has changed!

09/16/2014

Join our friends at Imtarc On Oct 9 and Learn to assess damage to determine whether buildings can be occupied after an earthquake. Oct 9. http://ow.ly/BvYdN (Don't forget, Shake Out BC Day is also happening Oct 16!!!)

This course teaches advanced skills to identify unsafe conditions in wood frame, masonry and concrete construction caused by floods, earthquakes or windstorms. Individuals learn to assess damage to determine whether buildings can be occupied.

09/12/2014

From the Twitter account of Julian Fantino, posted yesterday. "Excellent meeting with Seaspan today, talking about the Hire a Veteran program pic.twitter.com/s9yHyihqEq"

Shipbuilding isn't just for young men and women - everyone has something to contribute. We need you ALL!

I get it: If you serve the fascist war machine you will be dropped in at the front of the line, granted benefits and salary.

09/10/2014

Looking for some dry dock training? There's an opportunity fast approaching in Victoria, BC!

The course is presented through classroom lectures, student participation in projects and practical application exercises. The course addresses the...

09/09/2014

THIS!!! A very proud moment for Canada!!!

BREAKING NEWS: This is a photo Parks Canada says is of one of the lost ships from Sir John Franklin's doomed Arctic expedition. The two ships went missing in 1845, nearly 170 years ago.

09/08/2014

Some local shipbuilding in the (very) recent news! http://www.nsnews.com/news/seaspan-cuts-steel-at-modern-shipyard-1.1346125 (via North Shore News)

A new cable ferry that will run between Buckley Bay and Denman Island will be the first vessel built in Seaspan's modernized new shipyard.A steel-cutting ceremony Wednesday in North Vancouver marked . . .

09/05/2014

This from Jane Thornthwaite's Twitter account from Friday's steel cutting ceremony!

"Congrats to Seaspan & on cutting the first steel of the new cable ferry pic.twitter.com/E67ldPD1OD"

Congrats to Seaspan & @ BCFerries on cutting the first steel of the new cable ferry @ WeRShipbuilders # This has already been marked as containing sensitive content.