Construction of the BC Barge and Tug Fleet A BRIEF HISTORY PRESENTED BY: MALCOLM Mc LAREN ALLIED SHIPBUILDERS (RETIRED)
Overview of the BC Shipbuilding Industry 1900 to Present
Total Number of Steel Vessels Built Per Year in British Columbia 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
The First Shipbuilding Boom - 1917 to 1923 Employees in Front of Coughlan s Shipyard 1918 Columbia and 1st Avenue False Creek, Vancouver
Total Number of Steel Vessels Built Per Year in British Columbia 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Cargo Vessel War Storm Built by Wallace Shipbuilding Company, North Vancouver - 1918
The Second Shipbuilding Boom - World War II
Total Number of Steel Vessels Built Per Year in British Columbia 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Launch of 10,000 Ton Victory (Liberty) Ship West Coast Shipbuilders, Vancouver (Future Home of 2010 Winter Olympics Athletes Village)
Victory Ship Entering Vancouver Harbour Photo from Prospect Point
Post War Shipbuilding - 1946 to 1949 SS Prince George, Built by Yarrows 1948
Total Number of Steel Vessels Built Per Year in British Columbia 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Deckhouse of the Radium Gilbert On Portage in Northwest Territories Summer 1946
Radium Gilbert On Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories - 1946
Building a BC Barge and Tug Fleet 1950 to 1990
Total Number of Steel Vessels Built Per Year in British Columbia 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
50 45 40 Number of Steel Barges Built Per Year in British Columbia Steel Barges 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
1,035 Steel Barges Built by BC Shipyards - 1907 to Present 0 50 100 150 200 250 Vancouver Shipyards - 102 McKenzie Barge - 87 Burrard Drydock - 83 Allied Shipbuilders - 82 Victoria Machinery Depot - 70 Western Bridge - 51 West Coast Shipbuilders - 45 John Manly / Westcoast Manly - 42 Bel-Aire Shipyards - 41 Dominion Bridge - 24 B.C.Marine Shipbuilders - 21 Barges Built by 72 Other Firms - 138 Yarrows - 249
1,035 Steel Barges Built by BC Shipyards - 1907 to Present 0 50 100 150 200 250 Vancouver Shipyards - 102 McKenzie Barge - 87 Burrard Drydock - 83 Allied Shipbuilders - 82 Victoria Machinery Depot - 70 Western Bridge - 51 West Coast Shipbuilders - 45 John Manly / Westcoast Manly - 42 Bel-Aire Shipyards - 41 Dominion Bridge - 24 B.C.Marine Shipbuilders - 21 Barges Built by 72 Other Firms - 138 Yarrows - 249
Interior of Yarrows Covered Berth Yarrows Covered Building Berth Enhanced Productivity
A Typical British Columbia Chip Barge Barge Island Tug No. 61
1,035 Steel Barges Built by BC Shipyards - 1907 to Present 0 50 100 150 200 250 Vancouver Shipyards - 102 McKenzie Barge - 87 Burrard Drydock - 83 Allied Shipbuilders - 82 Victoria Machinery Depot - 70 Western Bridge - 51 West Coast Shipbuilders - 45 John Manly / Westcoast Manly - 42 Bel-Aire Shipyards - 41 Dominion Bridge - 24 B.C.Marine Shipbuilders - 21 Barges Built by 72 Other Firms - 138 Yarrows - 249
Vancouver Shipyards Aerial Photo of Pemberton Avenue Facility June 1967
1,035 Steel Barges Built by BC Shipyards - 1907 to Present 0 50 100 150 200 250 Vancouver Shipyards - 102 McKenzie Barge - 87 Burrard Drydock - 83 Allied Shipbuilders - 82 Victoria Machinery Depot - 70 Western Bridge - 51 West Coast Shipbuilders - 45 John Manly / Westcoast Manly - 42 Bel-Aire Shipyards - 41 Dominion Bridge - 24 B.C.Marine Shipbuilders - 21 Barges Built by 72 Other Firms - 138 Yarrows - 249
McKenzie Barge and Marineways Aerial View of North Vancouver Facility c.1960
1,035 Steel Barges Built by BC Shipyards - 1907 to Present 0 50 100 150 200 250 Vancouver Shipyards - 102 McKenzie Barge - 87 Burrard Drydock - 83 Allied Shipbuilders - 82 Victoria Machinery Depot - 70 Western Bridge - 51 West Coast Shipbuilders - 45 John Manly / Westcoast Manly - 42 Bel-Aire Shipyards - 41 Dominion Bridge - 24 B.C.Marine Shipbuilders - 21 Barges Built by 72 Other Firms - 138 Yarrows - 249
Burrard Drydock Company Self-Dumping Log Barge Powell No.1-1964
1,035 Steel Barges Built by BC Shipyards - 1907 to Present 0 50 100 150 200 250 Vancouver Shipyards - 102 McKenzie Barge - 87 Burrard Drydock - 83 Allied Shipbuilders - 82 Victoria Machinery Depot - 70 Western Bridge - 51 West Coast Shipbuilders - 45 John Manly / Westcoast Manly - 42 Bel-Aire Shipyards - 41 Dominion Bridge - 24 B.C.Marine Shipbuilders - 21 Barges Built by 72 Other Firms - 138 Yarrows - 249
Allied Shipbuilders Aerial View of North Vancouver Facility 1969
Self-Dumping Log Barge Rayonier No.1 - Allied Shipbuilders Hull No.120
Self-Dumping Log Barge Rayonier No.1 - Allied Shipbuilders Hull No.120
Self-Dumping Log Barge Rayonier No.1 - Allied Shipbuilders Hull No.120
Self-Dumping Log Barge Rayonier No.1 - Allied Shipbuilders Hull No.120
Self-Loading Log Barge Crown Zellerbach No.1 - Allied Shipbuilders Hull No.131
1,035 Steel Barges Built by BC Shipyards - 1907 to Present 0 50 100 150 200 250 Vancouver Shipyards - 102 McKenzie Barge - 87 Burrard Drydock - 83 Allied Shipbuilders - 82 Victoria Machinery Depot - 70 Western Bridge - 51 West Coast Shipbuilders - 45 John Manly / Westcoast Manly - 42 Bel-Aire Shipyards - 41 Dominion Bridge - 24 B.C.Marine Shipbuilders - 21 Barges Built by 72 Other Firms - 138 Yarrows - 249
Victoria Machinery Depot Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig Sedco 135F (Compared to the Empress Hotel)
40 Number of Steel Tugs Built Per Year in British Columbia 35 30 Steel Tugs 25 20 15 10 5 0 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
778 Steel Tugs Built by BC Shipyards - 1906 to Present 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 John Manly / West Coast Manly - 293 S.Madill - 59 Allied Shipbuilders - 52 Vito Steel Boat & Barge - 33 Star Shipyards ( Mercer's) - 32 Alberni Engineering - 29 B.C. Marine Shipbuilders - 20 Yarrows - 17 Vancouver Shipyards - 16 Vancouver Steel Fabricators - 16 Sylte Shipyard - 15 Bel-Aire Shipyards - 14 Tugs Built by 90 Other Firms - 182
778 Steel Tugs Built by BC Shipyards - 1906 to Present 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 John Manly / West Coast Manly - 293 S.Madill - 59 Allied Shipbuilders - 52 Vito Steel Boat & Barge - 33 Star Shipyards ( Mercer's) - 32 Alberni Engineering - 29 B.C. Marine Shipbuilders - 20 Yarrows - 17 Vancouver Shipyards - 16 Vancouver Steel Fabricators - 16 Sylte Shipyard - 15 Bel-Aire Shipyards - 14 Tugs Built by 90 Other Firms - 182
John Manly (and Related Companies) Responsible for the Construction of Nearly 40% of the Tugs Built in British Columbia
John Manly / Westcoast Manly Rivtow Capt. Bob (Now Seaspan Royal )
778 Steel Tugs Built by BC Shipyards - 1906 to Present 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 John Manly / West Coast Manly - 293 S.Madill - 59 Allied Shipbuilders - 52 Vito Steel Boat & Barge - 33 Star Shipyards ( Mercer's) - 32 Alberni Engineering - 29 B.C. Marine Shipbuilders - 20 Yarrows - 17 Vancouver Shipyards - 16 Vancouver Steel Fabricators - 16 Sylte Shipyard - 15 Bel-Aire Shipyards - 14 Tugs Built by 90 Other Firms - 182
Allied Shipbuilders T.A. McLaren Piloting Allied Shipbuilders Hull No. 2 Wee MacAdam
Allied Shipbuilders Hull No. 124 Neva Straits
Allied Shipbuilders Hull No. 226 Bandera (Now Storm Bandit )
Allied Shipbuilders Hull No. 231 Canmar Tugger (Now Island Tugger )
Allied Shipbuilders Hull No. 194 and No. 195 Arctic Taglu and Arctic Hooper Keels Set and Main Engines Installed
Allied Shipbuilders Hull No. 194 and No. 195 Arctic Taglu and Arctic Hooper
778 Steel Tugs Built by BC Shipyards - 1906 to Present 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 John Manly / West Coast Manly - 293 S.Madill - 59 Allied Shipbuilders - 52 Vito Steel Boat & Barge - 33 Star Shipyards ( Mercer's) - 32 Alberni Engineering - 29 B.C. Marine Shipbuilders - 20 Yarrows - 17 Vancouver Shipyards - 16 Vancouver Steel Fabricators - 16 Sylte Shipyard - 15 Bel-Aire Shipyards - 14 Tugs Built by 90 Other Firms - 182
Vito Steel Boat and Barge Launching of Steel Gravel Barge Packmore 4000 1976
778 Steel Tugs Built by BC Shipyards - 1906 to Present 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 John Manly / West Coast Manly - 293 S.Madill - 59 Allied Shipbuilders - 52 Vito Steel Boat & Barge - 33 Star Shipyards ( Mercer's) - 32 Alberni Engineering - 29 B.C. Marine Shipbuilders - 20 Yarrows - 17 Vancouver Shipyards - 16 Vancouver Steel Fabricators - 16 Sylte Shipyard - 15 Bel-Aire Shipyards - 14 Tugs Built by 90 Other Firms - 182
Bel-Aire Shipyards Seaspan Regent Prior to Launch
Ships Few and Far Between 1990 to Present
Total Number of Steel Vessels Built Per Year in British Columbia 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
778 Steel Tugs Built by BC Shipyards - 1906 to Present 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 John Manly / West Coast Manly - 293 S.Madill - 59 Allied Shipbuilders - 52 Vito Steel Boat & Barge - 33 Star Shipyards ( Mercer's) - 32 Alberni Engineering - 29 B.C. Marine Shipbuilders - 20 Yarrows - 17 Vancouver Shipyards - 16 Vancouver Steel Fabricators - 16 Sylte Shipyard - 15 Bel-Aire Shipyards - 14 Tugs Built by 90 Other Firms - 182
Sylte Shipyard 5,400 BHP Ship-Docking Tug Tiger Sun Built 1999 (Now SMIT Tiger Sun )
Shipbuilding Yard Closures Burrard Drydock (Versatile) North Vancouver Yarrows (Versatile) Victoria Bel-Aire Shipyard North Vancouver Westcoast Manly Vancouver Vito Steel Boat Delta Matsumoto North Vancouver Shore Boats Richmond
Shift to Repair Work with Shipbuilding Capability Allied Shipbuilders Hull No. 244 1,680 Ton Capacity Drydock
30 25 Number of Steel Tugs Registered Per Year in British Columbia Canadian-Built Foreign-Built 20 15 10 5 0 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Number of Steel Barges Registered Per Year in British Columbia 30 25 Canadian-Built Foreign-Built 20 15 10 5 0 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Seaspan Deliveries Since 2000 Barges Quantity Chip and Gravel Barges 28 Double-Hull Fuel Barges 5 TOTAL 33 Self-Propelled Vessels Quantity River Tugs 2 Intermediate Class Ferries 2 Orca Class Training Vessels 8 Cape Class Motor Lifeboats 30 TOTAL 42
Seaspan Chip Barges Under Tow
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