Since April 2011, when we took over the lease of
the site, we have been working hard on making refurbishments, concreting the
site, gaining our certificates and permissions, buying equipment and making
contacts in the world of ship repair and recycling. We are just about ready to begin. Please keep coming back to the website for
news updates, new photos and job postings.
Press release, 25 October 2011
About the Company:
Swansea Drydocks’ history of ship repair dates back
to the early 20th century. Prince of Wales Dry Dock 2, previously known as
Palmers Dry Dock, was established in 1923, and Prince of Wales Dry Dock 1,
formerly known as the Duke of Edinburgh Dry Dock, was built in 1958.
Historically, the dry docks have been operated by a number of companies,
including CH Bailey, Prince of Wales Dry Dock Company, Trushippers, Bristol
Channel Ship Repairers, Uglands, George Prior Engineering and Harris Pye, until
the acquisition by the Dunn family to create Swansea Drydocks Ltd.
Until recently, the family owned and managed Dunn
Brothers (1995) Ltd, one of the largest metal recyclers in the UK South Wales ,
South East England, and South West England. In both 2005 and 2007 the company
won the Queen's Award for Enterprise, International Trade and in 2009, was
recognised as a Sunday Times Top Track 250 company. In May 2011, the company
was sold to Sims Metal, enabling Alan Dunn (Chairman), Karl Dunn (Managing
Director) and David Dunn (Operations Director), to focus on developing and
growing the dry docks company.
Once operational Swansea Drydocks will offer
complete lifecycle services, from surveys, ongoing maintenance and repairs
through to recycling end of life vessels. We are currently in the process of
establishing the BS EN ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and BS OHSAS 18001:2007,
which we aim to achieve by Q1 of 2012.
With our newly refurbished facilities and
convenient location in the Port
of Swansea
Building on Swansea
Services:
Swansea Drydocks offers 3 main services:
1. Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM)
2. Ship Repair, Maintenance and Conversion Services
3. Ship Recycling
1. Inventory of Hazardous Materials
(IHM)
The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe
and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships was adopted in May 2009, with the
aim of improving standards of safety and reducing environmental pollution
resulting from the recycling of ships.
The IHM – also known as the Green Passport - is
currently voluntary, however once the convention is in place owners of all new
and existing ships weighing over 500GT will be required to maintain the
inventory. The IHM provides information on the hazardous materials present on
board, in order to protect health and safety and to prevent environmental
pollution at ship recycling facilities. This information is used by recycling
facilities to decide how to manage the types and amounts of materials
identified in the IHM. The IHM accompanies the ship throughout its operating
life and incorporates all relevant design and equipment changes, with the final
owner delivering the document, with the ship, to the recycling facility.
Swansea Drydocks will soon offer shipyards and owners IHM services for both new
and existing ships.
Services include:
- Managing the IHM
survey process
- Completing the IHM
and coordinating with the ship’s classification society
- Coordinating IHM
surveys with other surveys requirements
- Making
recommendations for ongoing reduction of hazardous materials in line with
legislation, policy and end-of-life strategy
- Planned IHM
alterations, coordinated with annual maintenance and repair activities
- Continual through
life management, through to final disposal
2. Ship Repair, Maintenance and
Conversion Services
- Routine docking
work for hull coating renewal, other required underwater work, repairs,
steelwork renewals and major refits.
- Damage repairs,
where extensive work, particularly to the ship’s structure, may be
required. SDL offers comprehensive machining and manufacturing facilities,
with machine and rebuilds undertaken.
- Conversions,
involving refitting ships for a different use.
3. Ship Recycling:
Swansea Drydocks will offer
environmentally responsible ship recycling services, including:
- Surveys: Hazardous chemicals surveys, investigation of tank and
fuel systems, asbestos surveys, vessel surveys
- Planning: Ballast management plan, asbestos contaminated
materials removal plan, method statements for the removal of all hazardous
wastes from the vessel, dismantling plan
- Towing and dry docking
- Wet berth or dry dock hazardous waste/asbestos contaminated
materials removal
- Tank and pipe cleaning
- Recovery of reusable materials and equipment
- Dry dock dismantling, hull cutting and scrap metal processing
Facilities:
Swansea Drydocks is situated in the Port of Swansea
and easily accessible by the major shipping routes including the Atlantic,
English Channel, Irish Sea and Bristol Channel .
Located in the Kings Dock which forms part of Swansea Bay Dock Basin
The facility’s 2 dry docks are large enough to
accept most ships:
Prince of Wales Dry Dock 1
Length: 204.5m
Breadth: 27.8m
Prince of Wales Dry Dock 2
Length: 170.7m
Breadth: 22.36m
In addition, vessels of up to 266m in length can be
accommodated at the repair berth.
The normal water level in the King’s and Queen’s
Docks is 10.5m, therefore capable of accommodating very large draft ships.
Contact Details:
Swansea Drydocks Ltd
Prince of Wales Drydocks
SA1 1LY
Tel: 01792 654592
Email: info@swanseadrydocks.com
Registration number: 6925673
Source: Swansea Dry Docks Website
http://www.swanseadrydocks.co.uk/
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