“The clients keep coming back over and over and over again because they’re very
satisfied with what we do and how we do it.”
since most of the new clients will have
previously sought repairs or maintenance
outside of the province and the country.
“We have lots of demand from our clients,
and we are very, very busy,” Verreault said.
“There’s a lot of demand because three
dry docks have closed a few years ago
from the Great Lakes to the Maritimes .
. . those clients have to come to our ship-
yard.”
Maritime law requires that every vessel un-
dergo two dry dock inspections every five
years. Depending on the age of the ves-
sel and whether repairs are needed, the
process can be time-consuming. Verreault
Navigation’s larger dry dock will offer an-
other option to ships travelling across the
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