Variant of NAICS 2012 - Content and media sector

336611 - Ship building and repairingUS

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating a shipyard. Shipyards are fixed facilities with dry docks and fabrication equipment capable of building a ship, defined as water-craft suitable or intended for other than personal or recreational use. The activities of shipyards include the construction of ships, their repair, conversion and alteration, the production of prefabricated ship sections and barge sections, and specialized services, such as ship scaling, when performed at the shipyard.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • barges, building
    • drilling and production platforms, floating, oil and gas, building
    • fishing boats, commercial, building
    • hydrofoil vessels and hovercrafts, building and repairing in shipyards
    • ship dismantling at shipyards
    • ship repair, done in a shipyard

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • ship painting, joinery, carpentry work, and electrical wiring installation (See 238 Specialty trade contractors)
    • manufacturing prefabricated metal ship, boat and barge sections, not at a shipyard (See 332319 Other plate work and fabricated structural product manufacturing)
    • ship repairs performed in floating drydocks (See 488390 Other support activities for water transportation)
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