ruben.maritime

MARSEILLES 06 December – Spanish shipping and ship repair group Boluda, which took over Marseilles-based ship repair yard Compagnie Marseille Réparation (CMR) is showing interest in the port of Marseilles’s dock 10. A new lease of life will be given to the facility, which has been out of service for more than a decade, with the port putting out a tender next month. As part of CMR (now renamed Union Naval Marseilles), Boluda has taken over docks 8 and 9 and is keen to purchase dock 10 to repair very large vessels such as large LNG and cruise ships. In the past the local ship repair industry was unable to attract large vessels to the dock. This, combined with a broken dock door with an estimated repair cost of euro12-15M ($16-20M), has kept it out of action. However, the venture stands a greater chance of success after Buloda signed an agreement with Aker Yards to repair and maintain cruise vessels trading in the Mediterranean. Dock 10 was built in the 1970s to accommodate ULCCs, and measures 465m in length and 85m in width.

 

Etiquetas: international maritime affairs, shipyards

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