Davie Yards Incorporated was a ship building unit of TECO Group of

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and is the successor to

Davie Shipbuilding Davie Shipbuilding is a historic shipbuilding company located in Lauzon, Quebec, Canada. The facility is now operating as Chantier Davie Canada Inc. and is the oldest continually operating shipbuilder in North America. History The Davie shipyard ...

and

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from 2006 to 2011. Created in 2006 when TECO purchase the assets for the bankrupt MIL-Davie, the new Canadian unit was based in

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Fincantieri bid

In early 2011, Davie announced a bid by

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– Cantieri Navali Italiani of

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and Fincantieri subsidiary DRS Technologies Canada to purchase the shipyard from TECO. This deal fell through in July 2011.

Seaway bid

After the Fincantieri deal fell through, the yard underwent financial restructuring in July 2011 in order to qualify to bid for a portion of the $40 billion contract known as the

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which will see ships built for the

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and

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. This procurement strategy had its bidding deadline extended by three weeks specifically to accommodate the Davie restructuring. As part of the restructuring, Upper Lakes Groups Incorporated (owner of Seaway Marine & Industrial Inc.) bought the assets of the bankrupt of Davie Yards Incorporated. The Canadian engineering conglomerate

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, Upper Lakes Groups Inc. and South Korean shipbuilder

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(DSME) were partnered in this joint venture. The new company was born as Chantier Davie Canada Inc. Davie was not selected for NSPS. With this failure, DSME declined to join the joint venture and

withdrew from the joint venture in May 2012. Upper Lakes, which was the only owner of the yard, was sold to British owned and Monaco based Zafiro Marine Industries (now as Inocea) in November 2012. The company has kept the same name under the ownership by Upper Great Lakes.

Ships

A list of ships built at the yard while under TECO ownership (2006–2011): * (offshore construction vessel) – completed 2013 by Inocea-owned Chantier Davie Canada

References

External links

Chantier Davie Canada Inc.
{{Canadian shipbuilders Shipbuilding companies of Canada Companies based in Lévis, Quebec Manufacturing companies established in 2006 2006 establishments in Quebec