The largest shiplift drydock in North and South America

Irving Shipbuilding, Inc. has awarded Bardex Corporation a contract for a 165-m shiplift drydock with a capacity of over 27,000 metric tons. The OmniLiftTM: Shiplift by Bardex will include fifty-six 575-metric ton chain jack lift stations. The system will support Irving’s River-class destroyer shipbuilding programme, a part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy and the most complex Canadian shipbuilding program since World War II.
“It’s a pleasure to welcome Bardex onto the River-class destroyer programme. A reliable, long-term shiplift asset is vital to the success of the River-class programme and partnering with the world class Bardex Corporation to implement this project is the first step. We now look forward to working closely with Bardex and their chain jack technology moving forward,” says Charles Clow, Director of River-class destroyer infrastructure at Irving Shipbuilding.
“We’re honoured to have been selected to support this mission-critical piece of marine infrastructure,” says Thomas Miller, CEO & President at Bardex. “Our chain jack technology has a decades-long proven track record for boosting fleet readiness. As we rebrand our lift systems with the OmniLift name, we’re on a mission to rewrite how the world thinks about shiplifts and drydocks. Our collaboration with Irving and our local agent, NOSO, is the next chapter of delivering a technology unlike anything else on the market.”