Product range
Wire, Rigging & Lifting
Wire rope, thimbles, ferrules, shackles, and the hardware a one-off assembly lands on.
Services
Custom Marine & Industrial Solutions
One-off marine and industrial gear built to order and proven in service — dredges, pots, recovery nets, netted frames, ladders, research gear and flume-tank models.
The service
When the catalogue ends, we start.
Some jobs do not have a part number. A sea cucumber dredge on a five-bar steel frame. A recovery net on an aluminium frame for a survey vessel. A pot for a species nobody has fished at scale before. We scope it, build it in steel, rope, netting or canvas, and prove it where it works — on the vessel and in the fishery it was built for, or at model scale in the flume tank where the design calls for it.
Behind that is forty years of gear development with harvesters, government and academia in Atlantic Canada, a technical team that works under non-disclosure when the job needs it, and four shops that can each build their part.
Capabilities
What we do
Custom marine and industrial fabrication in Atlantic Canada — sea cucumber and scallop dredges, custom pots, recovery and safety nets, netted frames, ladders, research gear and flume-tank models — one-off work, built to your drawing or your measurements.
Dredges
Sea cucumber dredges built here on a five-bar heavy-duty steel frame; scallop and mini dredges to order; frames repaired and re-netted.
Pots
Cod, crab, lobster and whelk pots, standard or customised — built for commercial fishing, to the fishery and the vessel that hauls them.
Recovery and safety nets
Netted frames for man-overboard recovery, scramble nets, and safety netting to the vessel's rail.
Netted frames and structures
Steel and aluminium frames netted to purpose — sorting grids, holding, sampling, protection.
Ladders and gangways
Pilot and Jacob's ladders, and gangways, built and rigged to the vessel.
Research gear
Sampling gear and scaled models for harvesters, government and academic research — built to the drawing, at the scale the study needs.
Flume tank and modelling
Scaled trawl models in the flume tank, so a new design is checked before the full-size gear is cut.
Industrial canvas
Customised canvas for industrial and scientific applications, from the canvas division.
The shop
What we have built to order.
Every line here has been built to order in one of our shops, and proven where it works — on the vessel, in the fishery, or at model scale where the design calls for it.
| Gear | Built from | Made to | Proved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sea cucumber dredge | Five-bar heavy-duty steel frame, netted | The requirements of the fishery | At sea, in the sea cucumber fishery |
| Scallop and mini dredges | Steel, to order | Your drawing or ours | In service on the vessel it was built for |
| Pots — cod, crab, lobster, whelk | Steel frame, rope and netting | Standard, or customised to the fishery | In the fishery, on commercial trips |
| Recovery and safety nets | Netting on aluminium or steel frames | The vessel's rail and freeboard | Rigged and tested on board |
| Netted frames and structures | Steel, aluminium, netting | Sorting grids, holding, sampling, protection | On the bench, then in service |
| Ladders and gangways | Rope and timber, or steel | Built to the vessel | Fitted and rigged on board |
| Scaled trawl models | Netting, at model scale | The full-size design | Flume tank |
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Where a build is a rigging or lifting assembly, it can be proof tested on our own 500,000 lb bed before it leaves — see Inspection & Testing.
Built here
Our name is welded into it.
None of these is a stock photograph. The first frame has Hampidjan Canada welded into the steel — and every one of them was built, netted or rigged in one of our own shops.
Sea cucumber dredge
Fully manufactured on site on a five-bar, heavy-duty steel frame, netted in the loft, and built to the requirements of the fishery — measured, not eyeballed. Frames come back here for repair and re-netting too.
Recovery and safety nets
Netted frames on aluminium and steel for man-overboard recovery and rail safety — built to the vessel's freeboard, rigged and tested on board before they are relied on.
The flume tank
Scaled trawl models under tow in the flume tank, watched through the observation windows and filmed, so a design is checked before the full-size gear is cut.
Pilot ladders, rope and timber
Manila side ropes, timber chocks and twine seizings hold each step in position. The wide steps are set and seized by hand, one at a time.
Built to the vessel
The same job in different materials — three-strand synthetic side ropes, ribbed hardwood steps and metal ferrules setting the spacing. Length and step count are built to the vessel rather than to a stock size.
Built on the floor
Steel, aluminium, rope and netting on the same floor, so a frame can be welded, netted and rigged without leaving the building — and modified when the first trip shows what it needs.
Pots to order
Cod, crab, lobster and whelk. Standard designs from stock, or a pot built and customised to your fishery — working gear for commercial trips, made to the species, the ground and the vessel that hauls it.
Proved at sea
A pot built here, coming up full on a working trip. That is the standard the gear is built to: it has to fish, on a commercial vessel, in the fishery it was made for.
What you get back
The thing itself — built, proven, and yours.
A one-off leaves here as working gear, not a drawing. It has been fitted, fished or put under load before we call it finished — and modelled first where the design called for it.
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The gear, built
Steel, rope, netting or canvas — fabricated, netted and rigged in our own shops.
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Checked before it leaves
Fitted and checked on the bench; rigging assemblies proof tested on our own bed; trawl designs modelled in the flume tank first where the job calls for it.
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Support after
Repairs, re-netting and modification as you learn what the gear does in service.
Process
How we work
One conversation starts it — we scope the job, do the work, and stand behind it through the season.
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Bring the problem
A drawing, a sketch, or the broken thing. Under non-disclosure if you need it.
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Scope and design
From your drawing or ours — modelled in the flume tank where it pays to know before we cut steel.
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Build it
Steel, rope, netting and canvas, across whichever of the four shops the job needs.
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Fit it and prove it
Fitted on board or fished from the vessel it was built for — proven in service, not on paper.
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Keep it working
Repaired, re-netted and modified as the seasons show what it needs, at any of the four shops.
Typical workSea cucumber dredge, built and nettedPots customised to a commercial fisheryRecovery net on an aluminium frameScaled trawl model for the flume tankResearch sampling gear under NDA
Solutions
Custom Marine & Industrial Solutions, and everything around it.
We supply the gear and we do the work. Both halves come from the same four shops.
Gear we supply for this work
All products
Product range
Rope & Cordage
DynIce and Dyneema rope, mooring lines, and towing systems for fishing, marine, and offshore.
Product range
Aquaculture & Marine
Nets, moorings, floats and the components a custom marine structure is built from.
Where this work shows up
All industries
Local support
Custom Marine & Industrial Solutions at four Atlantic Canada branches.
Bring gear to the nearest shop or call — every request routes to the right crew, and in-season work is scheduled around your openings.
Find your branch
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Sea cucumber dredges on five-bar steel frames, scallop and mini dredges, pots for cod, crab, lobster and whelk, recovery and safety nets on aluminium frames, netted steel structures, pilot and Jacob's ladders, and research gear and scaled models for harvesters, government and academia.
That is most of this work. We scope it, model it in the flume tank where that pays, build it full size in whichever shops the job needs — and it goes to work on the vessel it was built for, where it proves itself.
Where it pays to know. Scaled trawl models in the flume tank before the full-size gear is cut, and — for rigging and lifting assemblies — proof testing on our own 500,000 lb bed. Everything else is proven the way working gear is proven: fitted, fished and modified in service.
Longer than a catalogue part — it is being designed and built, not picked. Tell us the season it has to be ready for and we plan back from that date.
Yes. New and emerging gear is sensitive by nature, and we are fully agreeable to working under non-disclosure and confidentiality terms.
Harvesters, fishermen's associations, government and academia across Atlantic Canada, over forty years of applied gear development and technology transfer.
Start a quote. We route it to the right branch.
Send specs, photos, drawings, or inspection and testing requests. Your reply comes from the branch that will do the work.