Chairman Alex Vicefield

Chairman Alex Vicefield: The once mothballed Davie operation, in Levi, Que., is humming these days with 750 workers as it prepares to launch its first ship later this month since restarting operations last year, according to Times Colonist. Chairman Alex Vicefield said Davie is a different company from two years ago when, in financial and ownership disarray, it lost a mammoth federal shipbuilding contract. Now under new management, the firm has diversified its customer base to include ferries, naval ships, oil and gas, and industrial fabrication and MONTREAL - After decades of uncertainty and several ownership changes, the new owners of Canada's oldest shipyard say the company has diversified and is in a strong position to win coast guard shipbuilding and maintenance contracts. The 130-metre offshore construction vessel, for a Norwegian client, is the largest built in Canada in more than three decades. Davie has five ships under construction and more to come over the next year, including two ferries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.