Newdock provides vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and life-extension work at St. John’s. Available facilities include a 4,000-tonne marine lift and a 174-metre drydock. The proposed expansion adds a larger lift, replacement piers and berths; the provincial record requires an Environmental Preview Report, so proposed capacity remains separate from the operating yard.
Technical detail
Core features
4,000-tonne marine lift with an 87 m by 20 m platform
174 m drydock with a stated 24 m entrance width
6,550 square metres of manufacturing space with machining and fabrication
Vessel repair, refit, conversion and life-extension services
Expansion proposal retains the existing lift while adding larger docking capacity
Shipyard
Repair
Refit
Fabrication
Life extension
Use & integration
Recorded applications
Naval fleet sustainment
Government-vessel refit
Commercial marine maintenance
Arctic vessel readiness
These describe the reviewed application scope, not confirmed deployments, released requirements or procurement eligibility.
Evidence of maturity
Operating repair and fabrication yard; expansion remains in environmental assessment, with EPR guidelines issued in July 2026.
Commercial availability
Commercial yard services by enquiry. Confirm vessel dimensions, actual operating draft, dock availability and refit scope against the current facility rather than proposed expansion capacity.
Integration and verification
Readiness
A technology readiness level is not established by the reviewed public sources.
Reliable repair, refit, and life-extension capacity can keep government and commercial vessels available for northern operations, though project fit depends on vessel class and scope.
Ship repair, refit, and vessel life extension may help teams working on Canadian submarine sustainment and industrial capacity by contributing to maritime and undersea operations, logistics and sustainment, and advanced materials and manufacturing.
This is a reviewed public-source assessment. It is not procurement eligibility, endorsement, customer interest, or classified demand.
Original sources 6 linked records
These records support this capability and its published Mission area and Defence need connections. A source count is not a count of independent confirmations.
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Capability · core features
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Capability · core features
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Capability · name
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Capability · summary
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Capability · technology readiness level
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Capability · capability type
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Capability · maturity
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Mission area · Arctic Domain Awareness
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Mission area · Arctic Domain Awareness
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Mission area · Arctic Domain Awareness
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Supports: Mission area · Arctic Domain Awareness
Newdock offers vessel repair, refit, conversion, fabrication and vessel-life-extension services with steel machining and ancillary in-house work. Its site identifies St. John’s Dockyard Ltd. and Membertou, Qalipu and Horizon Naval Engineering ownership following the November 2024 acquisition.
Newdock advertises an 18-acre St. John’s site, 4,000-tonne marine lift with an 87 m by 20 m platform, a 174 m drydock with 24 m entrance, three 100 m docking berths and 6,550 square metres of manufacturing space. The website’s separate 30 m dock-depth label requires confirmation and is not used as an operating draft.
Supports: Capability · summary
Newdock advertises an 18-acre St. John’s site, 4,000-tonne marine lift with an 87 m by 20 m platform, a 174 m drydock with 24 m entrance, three 100 m docking berths and 6,550 square metres of manufacturing space. The website’s separate 30 m dock-depth label requires confirmation and is not used as an operating draft.
The province’s July 3, 2026 bulletin confirms issuance of Environmental Preview Report guidelines for Newdock project 2393. It resolves the project page’s anomalous July 3, 2025 entry without implying the expansion was approved or built.
Newfoundland and Labrador’s project 2393 record describes proposed replacement piers, dredging, a larger marine lift and more berths, retaining the existing smaller lift. An Environmental Preview Report was required April 29, 2026; the record does not establish commissioning or environmental release.
Supports: Capability · summary
Newfoundland and Labrador’s project 2393 record describes proposed replacement piers, dredging, a larger marine lift and more berths, retaining the existing smaller lift. An Environmental Preview Report was required April 29, 2026; the record does not establish commissioning or environmental release.
Newdock advertises an 18-acre St. John’s site, 4,000-tonne marine lift with an 87 m by 20 m platform, a 174 m drydock with 24 m entrance, three 100 m docking berths and 6,550 square metres of manufacturing space. The website’s separate 30 m dock-depth label requires confirmation and is not used as an operating draft.
Supports: Capability · core features
Newdock advertises an 18-acre St. John’s site, 4,000-tonne marine lift with an 87 m by 20 m platform, a 174 m drydock with 24 m entrance, three 100 m docking berths and 6,550 square metres of manufacturing space. The website’s separate 30 m dock-depth label requires confirmation and is not used as an operating draft.
Supports: Capability · core features
Newfoundland and Labrador’s project 2393 record describes proposed replacement piers, dredging, a larger marine lift and more berths, retaining the existing smaller lift. An Environmental Preview Report was required April 29, 2026; the record does not establish commissioning or environmental release.
Supports: Defence need · Canadian submarine sustainment and industrial capacity
The public notice calls for Canadian industrial participation and a domestic sustainment approach covering infrastructure, training, maintenance, and through-life support.
