Frequently Asked Questions About Seabridge Marine

Seabridge Marine specializes in four primary maritime sectors: global heavy lift transportation, including ocean towage, lift-on/lift-off and float-on/float-off operations; fixed-price turnkey newbuilding of barges, ships, floating docks and piers, and steel structures in China; commercial chartering of North American deck cargo barges; and operating specialized self-ballasting heavy lift barges based in Singapore.

Our corporate headquarters is located in West Vancouver, Canada. We also maintain an operational office in Shanghai, China, handling construction oversight and logistics, and an office in Singapore coordinating global transportation and our heavy lift self-ballasting barges.

We manage 20,000 MT deadweight (400 ft x 120 ft x 25 ft) ABS-classed self-ballasting heavy deck barges. Featuring a deck load capacity of 25 tonnes per square meter, two 2,500 cubic meter per hour ballast pumps, and reinforced hulls designed for safe beaching and ground loading, these barges are ideal for offshore modules and heavy industrial equipment. Our barges are IMO D2 compliant and fitted with Ballast Water Treatment Systems.

Through our Vancouver-based operation, Malaspina Marine Ltd., we supply heavy deck cargo barges ranging from 2,000 MT to 8,000 MT for short- or long-term charter, supporting marine construction, aggregate movement, and general cargo throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Our newbuilding program leverages decades of engineering and project management experience, along with our long-term relationships with leading Chinese shipyards, to offer all-inclusive, fixed-price contracts with no hidden costs. Our experienced, full-time, on-site construction superintendents, both international and Chinese, manage design, local purchasing, classification inspections, and commissioning to ensure strict quality control and regulatory compliance at competitive Asian construction costs. Our Vancouver office is the primary engineering and project management hub for our newbuilding work.

Yes. Our fleet of HDB Series heavy deck barges is classed by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and upgraded with Ballast Water Treatment Systems that comply with international IMO D2 standards.

Our principals' operations in the marine industry date back to 1977, formalized through Seaspan Cyprus Limited in 1985. Following a restructuring in 2005, Seabridge Marine emerged with a sharpened focus on heavy lift transportation and custom barge construction, bringing over four decades of deep-sea towage and heavy cargo transport experience to every project.