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Overview of Canadian Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd.
CSE Historical Perspectives
Canadian Shipbuilding & Engineering (CSE) Ltd. combines the considerable expertise and traditions of two of Canada?s most prominent marine design, ship construction and ship repair companies. CSE was formed in 1986 by the merger of the shipbuilding and ship repair divisions of two of Canada?s largest private shipping companies: Canada Steamship Lines (CSL), now part of the CSL Group, and Upper Lakes Shipping, now named Upper Lakes Group Inc. This voluntary merger was undertaken in direct response to the Canadian government?s declared rationalization policy for the Canadian Shipbuilding Industry and received the full approval and endorsement of both the Federal and Ontario Provincial governments.
Prior to the merger, the CSL Group owned and operated a modern shipbuilding facility at Collingwood, Ontario, and a repair and diversified industrial manufacturing facility in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Upper Lakes Group owned and operated shipbuilding and ship repair facilities in St. Catharines, Ontario (Port Weller Dry Docks), an electrical and mechanical contracting division also in St. Catharines (Canal Electric), a mobile ship repair division in Port Colborne, Ontario (Hamilton Marine), and a shipbuilding and ship repair division in Pictou, Nova Scotia (Pictou Industries Ltd.).
Following the merger, a rationalization process resulted in relocating equipment and material, primarily to Port Weller Dry Docks (PWDD), and the downsizing (Thunder Bay) or closure by 1993 of other facilities (Collingwood and Pictou). Concurrent with the decision to close the Collingwood Shipyard, a new marine technical company was created as a subsidiary of CSE Ltd. and is now based in Port Weller. This new company, CSE Marine Services Inc., is staffed by senior technical personnel, designers and estimators drawn from Collingwood and Port Weller Dry Docks. CSE Marine Services? mandate is to meet the design and engineering needs of all the shipbuilding and ship repair divisions within the group. In its newly formed structure, CSE Ltd. is one of Canada?s largest private multi-faceted shipbuilding companies (see figure below). CSE Ltd. employs up to 1000 people and comprises three divisions and two subsidiaries operating as independent profit centres as follows:
a. a shipbuilder and ship repair company - Port Weller Dry Docks (division);
b. a ship repair and industrial manufacturing company - Pascol Engineering (division);
c. a marine electronics company - Canal Marine (division);
d. a marine engineering/design company - CSE Marine Services Inc. (subsidiary); and
Parent Companies
Canadian Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd. Corporate Relationships
Upper Lakes Group Inc.
| Upper Lakes was formed in 1932 as the Upper Lakes and St. Lawrence Transportation Co. Today, the primary focus is bulk transportation with expertise that extends beyond the marine transportation system to the overall movement of bulk materials. Upper Lakes owns and/or manages a fleet of 22 dry bulk cargo vessels that sail on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway System. |
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| The fleet includes 8 self-unloading bulk carriers and 13 conventional bulk carriers most of which are of maximum seaway size. The selfunloader fleet has a total dead weight tonnage (DWT) capacity of approximately 195,000 DWT while the conventional bulk carriers? total capacity is approximately 350,000 DWT. Upper Lakes also own a group of companies that provide various services including ship repair and shipbuilding, fuel bunkering, grain storage and trading, property development and industrial repair activities outside of marine industry. |
The CSL Group
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The roots of the CSL Group can be traced back to 1845. Today, it is the third largest private transportation company in Canada. Comprised of Canada Steamship Lines Inc. and CSL International Inc., the CSL Group controls a fleet totaling more than 37 vessels. The CSL Group?s selfunloaders have participated in numerous deep-sea trades, principally in the Caribbean and in Europe. |
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| CSL is the world?s leading inland shipper, boasting more bulk carrier self-unloading vessels than any other shipping company in the world. Canada Steamship Lines carries more than 30 million tons of coal, grain, iron ore, industrial raw materials and other bulk commodities each year. The fleet consists of vessels ranging in size from 6,000 DWT cement carriers to 75,000 DWT self-unloaders. CSL also operates a series of 39,000 DWT bulk carriers designed for both deep-sea and Great Lakes service. |
Port Weller Dry Docks
| Port Weller Dry Docks (PWDD) was created in 1946 as a ship repair facility for vessels using the Welland Ship Canal. PWDD acts as a single source supplier, bringing together the manpower, facilities and expertise to provide a wide variety of products, from individual components to large modular units. The yard is experienced in handling large interdisciplinary projects, and ideally situated for road or water transportation from anywhere in North America. Its main dry dock, of maximum Seaway dimensions, is strengthened to receive fully laden vessels, which is of strategic importance to vessel owners whose ships encounter problems while traversing the Seaway. PWDD offers a unique combination of engineering and trade expertise, fabrication facilities, cargo handling capability, storage capacity and specialised equipment and services. |
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| Port Weller Dry Docks1 constructed its first vessel of major size in 1949, a bulk carrier and the flagship of the Scott Misener fleet. Since then, over 60 vessels of diverse types have been built at Port Weller. These have included small vessels such as tugs, scows, barges and trawlers, medium sized cargo and passenger/cargo vessels, nine bulk cargo vessels and eleven selfunloading bulk cargo vessels of maximum Seaway dimensions. PWDD has built several vessels for Canadian Government Departments, Agencies and Crown Corporations. The first of these vessels, built in 1966, was the MV "E.E. Prince", a Pelagic Research Vessel built for the Department of Fisheries. |
| The shipyard has also performed major refit and repair work on several DND Naval vessels since the 1960?s, including HMCS Haida, the last time she was in drydock. Since then, DND contracts have included refits to HMCS Nipigon in 1989 and 1994 and HMCS Terra Nova in 1993, and an Extended Life Program drydocking for HMCS Athabaskan in 1997. The 1990?s has also seen the completion of conversions of five Great Lakes bulk carriers to self-unloaders, a number of major refits, and the construction of a new passenger/vehicle ferry for the Province of Ontario. |
| PWDD is registered to ISO 9002 - 1994. |
CSE Marine Services Inc.
| CSE Marine Services Inc. services the marine industry in ship design, ship conversions, specification writing, drafting (CAD/CAM and manual), strength calculations, finite element analysis, ship trials, final ship calculations including intact and damage stability, design checks and transportation studies. The company also works on behalf of an owner to approve shipyard construction drawings and perform construction supervision. CSE Marine Services? personnel consist of Project Managers, Naval Architects, Marine Engineers, Structural engineers, Marine Electrical Engineers, Computer Technicians, CAD/CAM Operators, Planners and Design Draftspersons. These qualified personnel make full use of state-of-the-art technology with unrestricted access to many computer facilities and programs. |
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Canal Marine
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Canal Marine was established in 1973 as Canal Electric, a subsidiary of Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. for the purpose of supplying the marine industry with the most modern methods and technology in shipbuilding design, construction and service of electrical and electronic systems. Canal Marine undertakes the research, development, production and installation of electrical and electronic equipment for the marine and general Industry in Canada. It designs electrical and control systems for power, facilities, manufacturing, processing, propulsion, navigation, communications, air conditioning and much more. Many of these systems are not only installed by Canal Marine, but designed and manufactured at the facilities in St. Catharines. Canal Marine also exports electronic controls for many marine uses including those for self-discharging vessels around the world. |
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Pascol Engineering
| Since 1910, Pascol Engineering (formerly Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company) has been providing a comprehensive variety of services, not only to shipping companies, but also to land-based industries. The company has a drydock capable of handling the largest of the Great Lakes ships as well as machine shops, a foundry and fabricating shops capable of handling units up to 100 tons. This diverse range of equipment and facilities is unmatched in the region, and generates employment in a variety of industries including shipping, pulp and paper, mining, saw mills and other manufacturing industries. |
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Industrial fabrication
