Irving Shipbuilding

• Irving Shipbuilding faces charges of safety violations in Halifax worker’s 2024 death

  Irving Shipbuilding is scheduled to enter a plea Oct. 1 on charges of violating workplace safety rules after an employee died last year at its Halifax site.

  Canada

  Jul 8, 2025
  
• Federal Liberals hand Quebec’s Davie shipyard new $3.25B icebreaker deal

  The federal Liberal government made a major funding announcement for the Quebec shipbuilding industry Sunday just hours before Liberals were to vote to pick a new leader.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2025
  
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• Ottawa hands Irving Shipbuilding $8B deal to start 3 new navy destroyers

  The destroyer project will be the largest, most complex shipbuilding effort in Canada since the Second World War and will create more than 5,000 jobs across the country.

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2025
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• 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, 2024
• 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, 2024
• 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, 2024
• Quebec shipyard formally added to federal shipbuilding plan after lobbying, delays

  Tuesday's deal is the result of a heavy lobbying effort by the shipyard and Quebec government after Davie was originally excluded from the shipbuilding plan in 2011.

  Canada

  Apr 4, 2023
• 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
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• Irving Shipbuilding delivers second Arctic patrol warship to Royal Canadian Navy

  The Arctic Offshore and Patrol Ship will be officially designated HMCS Margaret Brooke during a naming ceremony later this year.

  Canada

  Jul 15, 2021
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• HMCS Harry DeWolf welcomed into Royal Canadian Navy fleet

  The vessel, built at Irving Shipbuilding's Halifax Shipyard, will be the navy's lead ship in its class of Arctic offshore patrol vessels.

  Canada

  Jun 26, 2021