Workshops
Undercover fabrication workshops which cover an area of 320m x 46m serviced by 9 x overhead cranes including 2 x 30 ton gantry cranes capable of 60 ton tandem lift.
Fully equipped pipe fabrication shop, mechanical shop and interior outfit shop.
Stores with dedicated customs bonded holding area
Undercover paint shop for minor fabrications
Repair Quay
Repair quay length of 200M with an average draft of 7,5M
Lay down area to accommodate hatch covers
Services provided at repair quay include 380volt shore power, fresh water and compressed air.
Docking Facilities
SAS DOCK: Sandock Austral Shipyards Floating Dock
Lifting Capacity 5000 tons
Overall Length 50 meters
Overall width 30 meters
Cranes 2 x 12 ton lifting capacity travelling full length of dock
Durban Docking Facilities: Prince Edward Graving Dock:
Overall docking length 352,04m
Length on keel blocks 327,66m
Length on bottom 352,04m
Width at entrance on top 33,52m
Inner dock 138,68m
Outer dock 206,9m
Depth at entrance 11m
The Prince Edward Graving dock can be divided into two compartments of 206,9m and 138,68m. The graving dock can be emptied in four hours. Five electric cranes service this dock with capacities ranging from 1 x 50t with a 10t attached, 1 x 24t, 1 x 15t, 1 x 10t, 2 x 8t.
Cape Town Docking Facilities: Sturrock Graving Dock
Overall docking length: 360 m
Length of dock floor: 350, 04 m
Width at entrance (top): 45, 1 m
Width at bottom (dock floor): 38, 4 m
Depth over entrance sill: 13, 7 m
Depth: 14, 0 m
Robinson Graving Dock
Overall docking length: 161, 2 m
Length of dock floor: 152, 4 m
Width at entrance (top): 20, 7 m
Width at bottom (dock floor): 17, 2 m
Entrance over sill: 7, 9 m
The dock can be divided into two compartments.
132, 5 m and 216, 1 m or 205, 7 m and 142, 9 m
East London Docking Facilities:
Ship repairs are undertaken in the East London Graving Dock which has a docking length of 200 meters.
Private contractors undertake repair and maintenance. A repair quay of 106 meters is available adjacent to the dry-dock.
Overall Docking Length 200,0 m (210m in emergency cases)
Length on Keel Blocks 193,1m
Length on Bottom 198,5m
Width at Coping 31,2 m
Width at Entrance Top 27,2m
Maximum beam of vessels 24,8m
Floating dock
The floating dock has a lifting capacity of 4500 tons and has 2 electric cranes capable of travelling the full length of the starboard and port side of the dock.
Overall length 100m
Length on keel blocks 95m
Length on bottom 100m
Overall Width 21.6m
Width at entrance 22m
Height on keel blocks 1.4m
Draft on keel blocks at MHWS 6m.
Accommodates vessels up to 60m
Dock Blocks
Sandock Austral Shipyards has its own specially constructed dock blocks 2700 mm in height to accommodate the withdrawal of Azimuth Units
Overall length 100m
Length on keel blocks 95m
Length on bottom 100m
Overall Width 21.6m
Width at entrance 22m
Height on keel blocks 1.4m
Draft on keel blocks at MHWS 6m
