NEWS

Capilano Maritime expands to a new Harbourside location!

After our first year of operations, we are happy to say we are expanding! We're moving to a larger office, so please note our new address and telephone number:

Capilano Maritime Design Ltd.
Unit 226 – 998 Harbourside Drive
North Vancouver, BC
Canada V7P 3T2
(604) 929-6475

The new office is located on the North Vancouver waterfront in the same building as the well known Thomas Haas Cafe. The telephone number has changed to (604) 929-6475. The new space will provide Capilano Maritime the room to expand while continuing to service the needs of the commercial workboat industry.

Capilano Maritime welcomes new staff

Capilano Maritime is pleased to announce that Callum Campbell has recently joined the firm as senior naval architect. Mr. Campbell joins CMDL from BMT Fleet Technology in Vancouver, BC where he held a position as naval architect. He was most recently the principal designer of the new aluminum catamaran passenger ferry SeaBus for TransLink currently under construction at Victoria Shipyards Co. Ltd.

Capilano Maritime also supports the engineering co-op programs and has recently hired Lori Woodman, a mechanical engineering student from the University of Victoria, for a 4-month work term.

SKEENA 5500 Class Bulk/Container Barge for Seaspan International Ltd.

The four new SKEENA 5500 Class bulk/container barges for Seaspan International Ltd. were launched in November of 2007 at Nantong Mingde Heavy Industries Ltd. in Nantong, China. The barges were designed by Capilano Maritime Design Ltd. of North Vancouver, BC for this fast track project which will be less than a year from the design board to delivery. Mr. Mark Mulligan, P.Eng. was the Design Project Manager for Capilano Maritime, working closely with Seaspan’s Manager of Business Development, Wayne Poole and Engineering Manager, John Fowlis. Construction oversight was provided by Greathorse Shipping Limited of Shanghai, China. The barges are being towed back from China by the tug Seaspan Commodore in a tandem tow of double-stacked barges. The attached photo shows the barges departing Honolulu enroute to BC.

These new steel barges are designed to carry either bulk cargo or quadruple stacked containers and have design approval from Lloyds Register as a +100A1 Pontoon. The deck is designed for a uniformly distributed load of 10 tonnes per square metre as well as high point loads for container stacking.
The SKEENA 5500 Class barges have the following principal particulars:

• Length, Overall 79.76 metres (261.7 ft)
• Breadth, Moulded 20.00 metres (65.6 ft)
• Depth, Moulded 5.50 metres (18.0 ft)
• Design Draft 4.60 metres (15.1 ft)
• Deadweight 5,500 tonnes (6,063 s. Tons)
• Container Capacity 336 TEU

Modifications to the Marine Skidway for the GEORGE BLACK Ferry (Yukon Territorial Government)

In 2007, CMDL reviewed the Yukon Government’s plans to modify the skidway at the Yukon River crossing in Dawson City. The skidway is used to service and winterize the free-running ferry GEORGE BLACK. CMDL modified the design of the skidway arrangement to improve the launching procedure as well as provide better access for repair and maintenance activities.

KLONDYKE Ferry Refit and Shore Approach Improvements (Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation)

In 2007, CMDL provided design project management services to Robert Allan Ltd. and Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation for the vessel refit and installation of concrete shore approaches planned for the KLONDYKE Ferry at the Athabasca River crossing near Barrhead, Alberta. The KLONDYKE ferry is a cable ferry using an aerial cable system. The ferry requires partial hull replacement and general refit. Installation of concrete shore approaches, riprap, and steel docking wedges are new improvements planned to enhance service reliability and reduce wear and tear on the ferry hull.