Shipyard

A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where

Shipyards are constructed near the sea or tidal rivers to allow easy access for their ships. The United Kingdom, for example, has shipyards on many of its rivers.

The site of a large shipyard will contain many specialised

. Historically ship-breaking was carried on in drydock in developed countries, but high wages and environmental regulations have resulted in movement of the industry to developing regions.

History

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The world's earliest known dockyards were built in the

Lothal engineers accorded high priority to the creation of a dockyard and a warehouse to serve the purposes of naval trade.^{[citation needed]} The dock was built on the eastern flank of the town, and is regarded by archaeologists as an engineering feat of the highest order. It was located away from the main current of the river to avoid silting, but provided access to ships at high tide as well.

The name of the ancient Greek city on the Gulf of Corinth,

In the Spanish city of Barcelona, the Drassanes shipyards were active from at least the mid-13th century until the 18th century, although at times they served as a barracks for troops as well as an arsenal. During their time of operation the Drassanes were continuously changed, rebuilt and modified, but two original towers and part of the original eight construction-naves remain today. The site is currently a maritime museum.

From the 14th century, several hundred years before the

Spain built component ships of the Great Armada of 1588 at ports such as Algeciras or Málaga.^[3]

Historic shipyards

• Lothal in Gujarat, India circa 2400 BC to 1900 BC^[1]
• Naupactus
• Tel Abu Saifi, Northern Sinai, a 4th century BCE, Ptolemaic Era, Egyptian dockyard, with two dry docks.^[4]
• Roman shipyard of Stifone (Narni)
• Blackwall Yard 1614 to 1987
• Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland, 1711–1984
• Kraljevica Shipyard established on 28 April 1729 and still operating yard
• Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
  1837 to 1912
• William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland 1840 to 1963
• John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland 1851 to 1972
• Gdańsk Shipyard the birthplace of Solidarity Movement – (still a working yard)
• Swan Hunter – (closed in April 2006 and sold to Bharati Shipyards, India's second largest private sector shipbuilder)
• Harland and Wolff
  – (still a working yard)
• Cammell Laird – (still a working repair yard)
• Blohm + Voss
  , where Bismarck was constructed (still a major yard)
• Havana, long the only dockyard in the Caribbean during the colonial period, the Santísima Trinidad, largest warship of its time, was built there in 1769.
• Bombay, Bermuda, Hong Kong
  and elsewhere worldwide
• Charlestown Navy Yard, later
  Boston, Massachusetts
  1800 to 1974
• Ulstein Verft, Norway, established in 1917 (still a working yard under the Ulstein Group
  )
• Navy Island, Ontario, Canada – French in the 18th century, then British 1763 to War of 1812
• Mare Island, California
  , 1854 to 1996
• New York Naval Shipyard (NYNSY), also known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the
  New York Navy Yard
  , and United States Navy Yard, New York 1801 to 1966
• Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 1799 to 1995, at two locations
• San Francisco Naval Shipyard
  , later Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, then Treasure Island Naval Station Hunters Point Annex, 1941 to 1994
• Long Beach Naval Shipyard, 1943 to 1997
• Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, located on Maine-New Hampshire border; Operational: 1800 to present, making it the oldest continuously-operating shipyard of the US Navy.
• Chantiers de l'Atlantique (STX France) – established in 1861 (still a working yard)
• Nantes-Indret, France – Establish in 1771 it built ships for the American Revolution including the Deane.
• Mediterranean, established in 1892 in Rijeka
  (still a working yard)
• SLKB Komarno (Komárno) – Slovak Shipyard Komárno – European shipyard on Danube
  , established in 1898
• Jean Street Shipyard 1843–present – The oldest continually operated shipyard in the U.S. Located on the Hillsborough River in Tampa, Florida.
• Gloucester Marine Railways 1859–present – Oldest working shipyard in New England. Located on Rocky Neck in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Prominent dockyards and shipyards

Africa

• Alexandria shipyard, the oldest shipyard in Africa founded in 1831 located in Alexandria, Egypt
  .

• Davie Shipbuilding, (formerly Chantier Davie Canada Inc) in Lévis, Québec, is the oldest continually operating shipbuilder in North America.
• Newport News Shipbuilding, (formerly Northrop Grumman Newport News) is the largest private ship builder in the US and the one best known for its unique capacity to build the Nimitz-class aircraft carriers.
• offshore drilling rigs, cruise ships
  and naval vessels.
• San Diego, California, part of General Dynamics
  ; is the primary shipbuilding location on the west coast of the United States.
• Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, is one of the largest shipyards in the world; specializing in repairing, overhauling and modernizing naval ships and submarines. It's the oldest and largest industrial facility that belongs to the United States Navy
• Quonset Point, Rhode Island, builder of many Naval submarines
  over the past 100 years, with some types built only here.
• Bath Iron Works (BIW), subsidiary of General Dynamics, is a major American shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine.
• Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington
  , is also owned by the U.S. Navy. It services ships and submarines from the West Coast.
• The Portland, Oregon, shipyard, operated by Cascade General Ship Repair (which is owned by Vigor Industrial)^[5] is the largest such facility on the United States West Coast.
• Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility is operated by the US Navy. It services surface ships and submarines from the Pacific region

South America

• Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
  .
• The DIANCA shipyard in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.
• The
  SIMA shipyard in Callao, Peru
  .
• Valparaiso, Talcahuano and Punta Arenas, Chile
  .

• Imperial Arsenal is in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded in 1454, it is still operated today under the name Haliç Shipyard.
• Riga Shipyard is in Riga, Latvia. Established in 1913 and revived after both world wars, it remains one of the largest shipyards in the Baltic region.
• Ferguson Shipbuilders is in Port Glasgow in inverclyde Scotland on the River Clyde
  . The Ferguson yard has been building ships for over a 110 years

• BAE Systems Surface Ships operates three shipbuilding yards in the United Kingdom; Portsmouth, England and Scotstoun and Govan on the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Major projects include the Type 45 destroyer and the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers
  .
• nuclear submarines such as the Royal Navy's Vanguard class. Preceding companies such as Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering
  have constructed hundreds of surface ships and civilian vessels in Barrow since the late 19th century.
• Fincantieri – Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A.^[6] is an Italian shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy. It was formed in 1959 and is the largest shipbuilder in Europe, and one of the largest in the world. The company has built both commercial and military vessels during its history.
• Lürssen (or Lürssen Werft) is a German shipbuilding company based in Bremen-Vegesack. Lürssen designs and constructs yachts, naval ships and special vessels. Trading as Lürssen Yachts, it is one of the leading builders of custom superyachts.
• Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire
• Fayard - also known as Lindøværftet.
• Helsinki Shipyard
• Meyer Turku
• Rauma Marine Constructions

• The Meyer Werft GmbH is one of the major German shipyards, headquartered in Papenburg at the river Ems. Founded in 1795 and starting with small wooden vessels, today Meyer Werft is one of world's leading builders of luxury passenger ships. Altogether about 700 ships of different types have been built at the yard.
• S-80-class
  submarine program
• Construcciones Navales del Norte LaNaval, Sestao (Bilbao)
• Lisnave: repair facilities in Setúbal (Lisbon, Portugal)

• Trident missile nuclear ballistic missile submarines in a custom-built refitting dock. It houses HMS Courageous, a nuclear-powered submarine used in the Falklands War and open to the general public.^[7] Facilities in the local area also include a major naval training establishment and a base for the Royal Marines

  .

• Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway in Kent, was established as a royal dockyard by Queen Elizabeth I in 1567. For 414 years, the Dockyard provided over 500 ships for the Royal Navy, and was forefront of shipbuilding, industrial and architectural technology. At its height, it employed over 10,000 skilled artisans and covered 400 acres (1.6 km²). The dockyard closed in 1984, and most of the Georgian dockyard is now managed as a visitor attraction by the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust.
• Damen Shiprepair in Brest, France. It operates three drydocks, up to 420 by 80 metres (1,380 by 260 ft).
• Sunderland, County Durham a town once hailed as the "Largest Shipbuilding Town in the World".^[8] ships were built at the Sunderland Docks from at least 1346^[9] and by the mid-18th century Sunderland was one of the chief shipbuilding towns in the country.
• Black Sea Basin
  .
• Mangalia Shipyard again in Romania, 45 km (28 mi) south of the port of Constanța.
• Galați shipyard Galați is the largest naval shipyard on the Danube, given its strategic positioning inland but with access to the sea through either Sulina or Danube-Black Sea canal its output ranges from large tankers to research vessels, yachts and small coast guard patrol boats. The yard is known for taking on specialty projects and under Damen has completed over such 250 vessels since 1999.
• The Black Sea Shipyard in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, is one of the largest shipyards in Europe, and is where all Soviet and Russian aircraft carriers were built.

East Asia

• Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation's Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works in Japan builds oil tankers, LNG carriers, bulk carriers, container ships, Ro/Ro vessels, jetfoils and warships for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
• Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding's Tamano Works builds bulk carriers, ore carriers, crude oil tankers, oil product carriers, LNG carriers, LPG carriers, reefers, container ships, pure car carriers, cargo ships, patrol vessels, ocean surveillance ships, training vessels, fishery patrol boats and fishing boats
• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries's Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works primarily produces specialized commercial vessels, including LNG carriers, oil tankers and passenger cruise ships
• Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan Shipyard & Gunsan shipyard
  , in South Korea, is currently the largest in the world and has the capability to build a variety of vessels including Commercial Cargo, FPSO offshore, container ship, LNG Carrier, Car carriers, Tankers like VLCC & ULCC, Iron ore carrier and Naval vessels like Aegis destroyers & submarines.
• Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Samho shipyard near Mokpo 4th largest South Korean shipyard for VLCC Oil tankers, container ships & LNG, Offshore, Subsidiary of Hyundai heavy industries.
• CSBC Corporation, Taiwan, in Taiwan, is a private company that produces ships for civilian and military use. It was a state-owned enterprise of Taiwan (Republic of China) but transitioned to private ownership via an IPO in 2008. It is headquartered in Kaohsiung and shipyards in Kaohsiung and Keelung.
• Yantai Raffles Shipyard, in Yantai, China, is that country's largest offshore builder. It employs the 20,000 ton crane Taisun, the holder of the Heavy Lift World Record.^[10]
  Yantai Raffles' portfolio includes offshore platforms, pipe lay and other specialized vessels.
• Jiangnan Shipyard, in Shanghai, China, is a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation that produces both military and civilian ships. Its headquarters and main shipyard are based in Shanghai, with subsidiary shipyards in Shanghai and Chongqing.
• Bohai Shipyard, in Huludao, China, is a subsidiary of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation that produces military (including nuclear powered vessels) and civilian ships.

South East Asia

• Keppel Shipyard
  (Singapore)
• Palindo Marine in Batam, Indonesia
• Hanjin shipyard in Subic, Zambales
  , Philippines
• Sattahip, Thailand
• Bason Shipyard, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is a long-standing builder that was established by the French government in April, 1863 to repair warships and merchant vessels. Aside from its main function of building and repairing naval vessels, Bason also offers service to local and foreign customers from Southeast Asia and Europe.^[12]

• FMC Dockyard is one of the largest shipyard of Bangladesh, located in Eastern Bank of the Karnaphuli river in Chittagong
  . The dockyard has its own forward and backward linkage.

• Western Marine Shipyard, a leading shipyard in Bangladesh based in Chittagong. The shipyard has been exporting ships and vessels to a number of European, Asian and African countries.
• Khulna Shipyard is the oldest shipyard in Bangladesh, situated in Khulna. It mainly produces warships for Bangladesh Navy. Recently it also started to build commercial vessels like cargo ship, container, oil tanker for local buyers.
• Ananda Shipyard and Shipways, one of the largest shipyards in Bangladesh, located in Narayanganj
  . It is a 100% export oriented shipyard.
• Pipavav Shipyard in Gujarat, India, is the leading, modern and largest engineering facility in the business of ships and offshore platforms construction, repair and conversion, heavy engineering and offshore engineering in South Asia
  .
• Colombo Dockyard in Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the largest engineering facility in the business of ship repair, shipbuilding, heavy engineering and offshore engineering in Sri Lanka.
• Vikrant-class aircraft carrier
  .
• Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers is located in India. It is owned by the Government of India and is constructing the Shardul-class tank landing ships
  for the Indian Navy.
• Karachi Shipyard and Naval Dockyard in Karachi, Pakistan, is that country's first and oldest yard. It constructs cargo ships, tugboats
  , support vessels, and warships.
• Mazagaon Dockyard, operated by state-owned Mazagaon Dock Limited, is one of India's largest shipyards. It constructs a variety of ships both for the defence and civilian sector. The dockyard is known for constructing Britain's HMS Trincomalee. Currently the shipyard is building three Shivalik-class frigates and three Kolkata-class destroyers for the Indian Navy.
• The beach at
  shipbreaking yards. In 2010, the yard dismantled 357 ships; on average the yard processes 28–30 ships a month.^[13]
• The
  UAE are capable of handling, constructing and repairing large ships. They also provide dry dock facilities.^[14]
• The gate 7 of
  Shuwaikh port in the Kuwait has facility for repairing ships. They also provide dry dock facilities.^[15]

• List of shipbuilders and shipyards
• Shipbuilding
• Shipyard transporter

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shipyards.

• Shipbuilding History – extensive collection of information about North American shipyards, including over 500 pages of US shipyard construction records