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BDD: Continual Investment

Bayonne Drydock & Repair Corp. vest to ensure that its people and facili- all the warehouse lighting to LED and (BDD) performed two major ship re- ties are committed to providing the best anticipates updating its Substation to pair drydocking and overhaul contracts service to commercial and government meet new FEMA Flood Guidelines.

in 2017. The USNS Charlton was com- customers. In 2017 and going into While BDD’s investment in facil- pleted and the USNS Soderman is in its 2018, BDD invested in several major ity upgrades has obvious bene? t to the ? nal stages. Although BDD performed facility improvements. ship owners it servce, it is also seen as a a vast array of commercial work, these • In addition to purchasing a variety of means to continually grow the business two contracts were in occupancy of new equipment, BDD also purchased a and employment base for the region.

BDD’s large graving dock for the en- 150-ton Rough Terrain Crane. “What you become starts with what you tire year. • BDD purchased a Floating Drydock envision yourself to be. Having dedi-

Overall, the company reports that to keep current with customer demands. cated energetic employees, a strong fa-

Images: Gibdock

Gibdock there are many positive growth signs in The ? oating dock has an overall length cility, professionalism and reliability the ship repair sector, particularly when of 268 ft. and width of 90 ft. and the ca- are the ? llers that take you from one it comes to federal government spend- pability of docking vessels and barges level up to the next. That’s how we will

Containership Trio Cap ing for navy ships. up to 3,500 LT. continue to grow,” said Mike Cranston, 2017 on an Upturn

To keep in step, BDD continues to in- • BDD is in the process of upgrading President, Bayonne Drydock & Repair.

The year 2017 ended on a strong note for Gibraltar-based Gibdock which attracted three German con- tainerships to its facilities for ship repair work, including: • the 2,785 TEU Rita, owned by Peter Döhle • the 1,300 TEU AS Farima from Ahrenkiel Steamship, and • the 3,091 TEU Louis S owned by Schepers Rudolf Reederei.

Rita, measuring 206m long, was docked for 14 days in October for a drydocking schedule that included 11,000 sq. m. of hull treatment, with blasting over an area of 5000 sq. m.; repairs to the sea chests,

Images: Bayonne Drydock & Repair tailshaft and liferaft cradles; and the removal of the vessel’s propel- lers and bow thrusters for overhaul- ing.

AS Fatima, 166m long, arrived in Gibraltar in late October and was primarily docked for work to address a stern tube issue. This re- quired the yard to dismantle and remove the tailshaft and transport

STOCK (Purchase and Rental): it to the workshop, where the pro- s