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Pacific Fishermen Shipyard

ship repair yard Seattle, WA, United States

Pacific Fishermen Shipyard is a full-service ship and yacht repair yard in Ballard, Seattle, founded in 1946 by 400 Norwegian-heritage fishermen as a co-op style yard. It handles vessels up to 300 feet with three haul-out facilities, including two marine railways and a 600-ton screw lift dock, plus steel fabrication, piping, wood joinery, caulking and a full machine shop. Its subsidiary, PFI Marine Electric, provides marine electrical work and UL-certified switchboards and control panels from Puget Sound to Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Customers include commercial fishing vessels, tugs, passenger and charter boats, workboats and large yachts.

Pacific Fishermen Shipyard

Founded in 1946 by 400 Norwegian heritage fishermen as a co-op style shipyard, Pacific Fishermen occupies the historic site of the 1890s Ballard Marine Railway Co. on Salmon Bay. Once a builder of wooden halibut schooners, Ed Monk seiners and Ben Jensen designed steel crab vessels, the yard today specializes in professional ship and yacht repair to 300 feet. Its wholly owned subsidiary PFI Marine Electric, formed from the asset purchase of Lunde Electric's marine electrical division, extends the yard's reach to Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

Services

  • Drydocking, hull cleaning, high pressure washing and sandblasting with full environmental containment
  • Painting in a dedicated sandblast and paint booth
  • Heavy steel fabrication, piping and full service machine shop
  • Wood joinery, plank replacement and traditional caulking from an on-site oakum loft
  • Repowering to meet USCG requirements and MARPOL and EPA emission regulations
  • Marine electrical services: switchboards, lighting, complete wiring, custom UL-certified switchboards and control systems from a UL 508 panel shop
  • NightWatch shipboard alarm and monitoring systems (local dealer)
  • Mobile electrical repair base serving other Puget Sound shipyards and dockside facilities
  • City of Seattle roving pre-approved fire permit for off-site welding and hot work

Facilities

  • Three haul-out facilities and docks on the freshwater side of the ship canal locks
  • #1 Ways: 70 ft overall, 24 ft inside width, 12.5 ft max draft, 150 tons
  • #2 Ways: 146 ft, 38 ft width, 13 ft draft, 600 tons
  • #3 Screwlift (original Rowe screw lift dock): 160 ft, 36 ft width, 12.5 ft draft, 600 tons
  • #4 Sidetrack: 160 ft, 36 ft width, 600 tons
  • 140 ft covered end track rails for extended out-of-water repairs
  • On-site stormwater filtration and shipyard run-off rainwater reprocessing; 7.9 kW rooftop solar array
  • Port engineer's offices overlooking the slipways and warehouse space for staging materials

Vessel Types

  • Commercial fishing vessels, including Bering Sea crabbers and seiners
  • Tugboats and workboats
  • Passenger cruise vessels, ferries and charter boats
  • Large yachts

Location

  • 5351 24th Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107 — Ballard, on the Lake Washington Ship Canal just east of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks
  • PFI Marine Electric service shop at Lunde North, 1158 East Point Road, Dutch Harbor, Alaska

Recognition includes the 2019 Port of Seattle Environmental Excellence Award.