Shipyards Directory

Everett Ship Repair

ship repair yard Everett, WA, United States

Everett Ship Repair (ESR) is a full-service ship repair yard on the Everett, Washington waterfront at the Port of Everett, established in October 2019. The company handles maintenance, repair, conversion and modernization work on steel and aluminum vessels, with in-house trades covering ship fitting, welding, pipe fitting, joinery, electrical, machinery, marine paint and blasting. ESR operates three floating drydocks — Hercules, Faithful Servant and Emerald Lifter — plus pierside moorage and a 150-ton floating crane, serving commercial, government and defense customers on the West Coast, in Alaska and Hawaii. It is a subsidiary of Ice Cap Holding, LLC and a sister company to Nichols Brothers Boat Builders.

Everett Ship Repair

Everett Ship Repair, LLC (ESR) is a full-service repair and conversion shipyard located at the Port of Everett, Washington. Founded in October 2019, it is a subsidiary of Ice Cap Holding, LLC and a sister company to Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Shared Ice Services, LLC and Everett Floating Structures, LLC. ESR frequently teams with Nichols Brothers on complex work, including serving as prime contractor on the emergency repair of Washington State Ferries' M/V Cathlamet, with pickle fork modules fabricated at the Nichols Brothers yard and installed in Everett.

Services

  • Vessel maintenance, repair, major conversion and modernization
  • Drydocking and in-water/pierside service
  • Steel and aluminum production trades: ship fitting, production welding, pipe fitting and pipe welding, joinery, electrical, machinery, marine paint and sandblasting
  • Grit and ultra-high-pressure (40,000 psi) water blasting, including tank and pipe cleaning and off-site surface preparation for marine and industrial customers
  • Production support: crane operating and rigging, project management, quality assurance, engineering
  • Floating crane support

Facilities

  • Hercules floating drydock — working deck 820' x 174', lifting capacity 35,000+ tons; acquired in 2025 and described as the largest drydock in Puget Sound
  • Faithful Servant drydock — 436' x 110', 8,000+ ST lifting capacity; in operation since 2019
  • Emerald Lifter drydock (ex-ZIDELL 220) — 220' x 62', 2,000+ ST lifting capacity; named and opened in May 2022
  • Pier with dockside moorage (listed as 500' to 1,000' across pages), plus laydown and fabrication areas and six dolphins
  • 150-ton Link-Belt crane on a 180' x 49' work barge servicing the drydocks

Vessel Types

  • Car ferries, passenger-only ferries and passenger vessels
  • Overnight cruise boats, dinner boats and tour boats
  • Tugboats, barges, workboats and landing craft
  • Fishing vessels, research vessels, fire and rescue vessels
  • Large yachts

Markets Served

  • Government: Navy, MSC, Army, Coast Guard, NOAA, state and county/municipal ferries
  • Commercial: tug and barge, fishing, workboats, passenger vessels, offshore development
  • Pleasure craft

Location

Everett waterfront at the Port of Everett, Washington, serving operators throughout the Pacific Northwest, the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.