Comments on: The Ultimate Guide to Dry Docks: Types, Functions, and Essential Requirements

By: Lucas

Lucas — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 13:27:01 +0000

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By: mohan rajapaksha

mohan rajapaksha — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:47:58 +0000

sir. we have planed to make a prototype of graving dock which having flap gate for our project. can you tell me any specified area we should follow. Thank you.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 11:14:00 +0000

Hello

What is the maximum recommended duration of a floating dock to operate in salty water before it can undergo a major maintenance before it can continue holding vessels under dry dock.

Kind Regards

Kevin

By: sunil

sunil — Wed, 22 May 2019 08:09:13 +0000

How does ECDIS System affected, when a ship is already on the blocks at Dry Dock ?

By: Tiffany Locke

Tiffany Locke — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 04:34:31 +0000

Thanks for explaining the different types of dry docks and that you mention how it’s important to consider the current schedule of the vessel to find one that is easy to reach so the ship can be unloaded. When choosing, it would probably help to hire a local company that offers dock construction services. This would be useful to figure out the best type based on your ship, schedule, and location and could also help you get quality materials that will work properly and last a long time.

By: Gil Ocenar

Gil Ocenar — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 09:34:26 +0000

A Korean shipyard named Hanjin Heavy Industries is considered one of the biggest shipyard in Asia where there shipyard is located in Subic, Philippines (Former US naval base) .

Last month, a bad news came out that the shipyard is to shutdown and requested to the bank lenders to apply for bunctiotcy.

There are about more than 2,000 employees to be displaced. In this regards, we would like to invite any investors to save more than 2,000 employees being laid off due to mismanage of the company.

If anyone would interested to take over the shipyard. Please feel free to contact me as we have hundreds of qualified welders, naval architects to support the business.

By: Azizul hoque

Azizul hoque — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 10:18:54 +0000

Please send me a buchture of Dry Dock

By: Josh D. Gordon (ME)

Josh D. Gordon (ME) — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 15:13:04 +0000

Good Day All,

How much power is required, on average, per dock, for a typical dry dock system

Regards

By: Selorm

Selorm — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 17:59:30 +0000

Hello, I’m trying to put together a proposal for the construction of a floating dock. Is there anyway to deduce and estimate for the construction of breakwater, with a total length of 1500m.

By: KAPIL RANA

KAPIL RANA — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 06:14:10 +0000

List any three jobs usually done on the anchoring system of a ship in a dry-dock .?

By: JITHIN

JITHIN — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 11:40:48 +0000

What are the dry dock repairs under statutory / class requirements

By: Clement See

Clement See — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 02:32:45 +0000

Hi Issah,

Personal take on building a graving dock should come from a commercial stand point, then design according to your commercial needs, the soil condition and sea bed conditions of graving dock location.

Based on the size according to your input, my guess on your target segment are tugboats, small fishing trawlers and maybe catamaran. Look at your total geographic location and see if there are expanding business opportunities such as offshore OSV potential, OSV support base and such. Otherwise it will be costly to rebuild or modify your graving dock again just to cater for missed opportunities. Similarly there is always a question of cost when how big a size is enough? The very reason why I feel your commercial requirements rules over what size of docks to build. Generally I feel your dock should cater at least 20 years of business projection.

On the size that you mentioned, seems like this project of yours is very initial stage and you are currently working on minimum information. Your depth of graving dock should not be determined by whether you can take certain vessel draft. Instead do your seismic on the sea bed and understand what are your tide movements. I have seen shipyards building docks with more depths but needs dredging periodically more than required. I have bring vessels in on 7.5 mtrs draft although the docking draft at zero tide is 5.5 mtrs, simply because I worked on high tide window of 2 to 3 mtrs.

To me ship repair is exciting and to an extend fun because it really challenges your thinking outside the norm. Keep looking and keep understanding your area, ship repair is not just the repairs per said. You can have the best and safes dock, world class facilities and effective workforce. If the ship cannot come, is effort down the drain.

Good luck and all the best.

Regards
Clement See

By: Issah G. Aderinto

Issah G. Aderinto — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 21:15:41 +0000

Dear sir

We have ship repair yard and we are trying to build a graving dock of 121 metres length in to in 21metres in to in breath
What are the basic standard ofvsafety required and what is the minimum thickness of concrete walls required finally will a dept of 3.5 mettres be enough to dock a vessel of 8 metres draft. In balance
Thanks in antipation