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SAS Continues to Refurbish Vessels for the South African Navy, Including the 2014-15 Midlife Refit of the Frigate – S.A.S SOUTHERN A FRICAN SHIPYARDS SHIP BUILDING SHIP REPAIR NAVAL MAINTENANCE MECHANICAL & FABRICATION OFFSHORE OIL & GAS • World class service • Over fifty years’ experience • Largest ship builder in Africa • Among the largest ship repairers in Southern Africa • Proud track record of building and repairing naval vessels • TUV Rheinland ISO 9001: 2008, construction and design of ships up to 150m2 • Highly skilled and experienced workforce • Biggest artisan training programme in the South African shipbuilding industry • Custom-made, well equipped and ideally situated facility in Durban, South Africa • 11.2 hectares of prime land in the Port of Durban and 20 000m2 covered working area • Build halls fronted by buildway, size 220 x 32m, for load out of vessels up to 140m in length onto floating dock or docked ship SOUTHERN A FRICAN SHIPYARDS Southern African Shipyards is strategically located on the east coast of South Africa in Durban, one of Africa’s busiest ports. Established in 1960 and a proudly South African company, we have the largest shipyard in Southern Africa consisting of 11 hectares with a useable water frontage of 300 metres. Our privately owned floating dock can accommodate vessels up to 75 metres in length. Southern African Shipyards holds the record for building the largest ship ever constructed on the African continent and has a proud history of building quality ships: from a Fleet Replenishment Vessel of 147m in length, to the South African Navy’s Strike Craft and Mine Hunters, Voith Schneider tugs and Mega Luxury Yachts. The company is 60% Black owned and employees own 12% of the shares. Southern African Shipyards, which is ISO 19001:2008 certified, has an international reputation built on quality workmanship. Our vision is to be the leading and preferred ship building and ship repair company in Africa. FACILITIES DOCKING FACILITIES WORKSHOPS FLOATING DOCK • Undercover fabrication workshops cover an area of • Accommodates vessels up to 75m 320m x 46m • Length of 50m, Inner wall width of 30m • Build halls are designed to hold vessels up to 140m in length The floating dock has a lifting capacity of 4500 tons and • Ten overhead cranes including two 30 ton gantry cranes has two electric cranes with a lifting capacity of 12 tons, capable of a 60 ton tandem lift capable of travelling the full length of the starboard and port sides of the dock. • Fully equipped pipe fabrication shop, mechanical shop and interior outfit shop • Overall length 100m • Length on keel blocks 95m • Stores with dedicated customs bonded holding area • Length on bottom 100m • Overall Width 21.6m • Undercover paint shop for minor fabrications • Width at entrance 22m • Height on keel blocks 1.4m • Draft on keel blocks at MHWS 6m REPAIR QUAY • 200m in length, can berth vessels up to a draft of 7.5m • Lay down area to accommodate hatch covers • Services provided at repair quay include 380 volt shore power, fresh water and compressed air AFRICA’S LEADING COMMERCIAL, NAVAL, SHIP BUILDING AND SHIP REPAIR COMPANY. Southern African Shipyards also has access to Transnet National Ports Authority’s facilities in the Port of Durban. 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. Electric cranes servicing this dock include a 50 ton crane with a 10 ton crane attached, 24, 15 and 10 ton cranes as well as two 8 ton cranes. DOCK BLOCKS Southern African Shipyards has its own specially constructed dock blocks, which are 2700 mm in height to accommodate the withdrawal of Azimuth Units. AFRICA’ S LEADING COMMERCIAL, NAVAL, SHIP BUILDING AND SHIP REPAIR COMPANY SHIP REPAIR Southern African Shipyards is among the Leading Ship Repair Companies in Southern Africa. Services offered include: Steel and Pipework, Fabrication and Replacement Machining Services Riding Squads Mechanical Works - Propulsion Systems Steel Preparation and Protection, Tank Cleaning Electrical Services SHIP BUILDING | SHIP REPAIR | NAVAL MAINTENANCE | MECHANICAL & FABRICATION | OFFSHORE OIL & GAS Associated with Southern African Shipyards, Ship Repair Division offers the following in house services: Southern African Shipyards Tel: +27 31 274 1800 Bayhead Marine Industrial Park Fax: +27 31 205 5238 10 Rotterdam Road E-mail: [email protected] SHIP BUILDING | SHIP REPAIR | NAVAL MAINTENANCE Port of Durban Website: www.sa-shipyards.co.za MECHANICAL & FABRICATION | OFFSHORE OIL & GAS AFRICA’ S LEADING COMMERCIAL, NAVAL, SHIP BUILDING AND SHIP REPAIR COMPANY NAVAL MAINTENANCE Specific Naval Maintenance Services undertaken by Southern African Shipyards include: Hull and Associated Structures Propulsion and Integrated Propulsion Management Systems Electrical and Electronic Support Systems Manoeuvring and Navigating Systems Auxiliary, Accommodation and Emergency Systems Outfitting Materials and Welding of Exotic Materials SHIP BUILDING | SHIP REPAIR | NAVAL MAINTENANCE | MECHANICAL & FABRICATION | OFFSHORE OIL & GAS Facilities Include: S.A.S. DRAKENSBERG • Fabrication Workshops and Build Halls Length: 147 metres - Undercover Fabrication Workshops cover an area of 320m x 46m Beam: 19.5 metres Depth: 7.9 metres - Build halls - designed to hold vessels up to 140m in length - Displacement: 6 000 tonnes light, 12 500 tonnes fronted by a buildway for load out of vessels onto a floating dock full load or docked ship Cargo capacity: 5 500 tonnes fuel, 750 tonnes - Ten overhead cranes including two 30 ton gantry cranes ammunition & dry stores Speed: 20+ knots capable of a 60 ton tandem lift Complement: 96 • Repair Quay Guns: 4 Oerlikon 20mm - 200m length, draft of 7.5m Helicopters: 2 Puma / 2 Super Frelon - 380 volt shore power - Fresh water - Compressed air • Floating Dock - Lifting capacity of 5000 tonnes - Length of 50m, inner width 30m - Cranes 2 x 12 tonnes • Access to the national port authority’s Graving and Floating Docks • Specially constructed dock blocks 2700mm in height to accommodate the withdrawal of Azimuth Units Naval Strikecraft From 2012 - 2013 Southern African Shipyards carried out repairs Track Record and testing of mechanical, electrical and constructional equipment and systems relating to the SA Navy Offshore Patrol Vessels, NAVAL VESSELS S.A.S. Makhanda, S.A.S. Isaac Dhyoba and S.A.S. Galeshewe. Originally established in the sixties, the shipyard was upgraded We extended the lives of these over 30-year-old vessels by a minimum of 5 years. and custom-built for an extensive naval building programme in the seventies which saw the building of six Strikecraft, two Minehunters and the replenishment ship, S.A.S. Drakensberg, between 1977 and 1985. STRIKECRAFT Length: 62.2 metres Beam: 7.8 metres Depth: 2.4 metres Displacement: 430 tonnes full load Speed: 32 knots Complement: 47 S.A.S. ISANDLWANA Missiles: 6 Gabriel, active radar guidance In 2012 Southern African Shipyards completed the double engine Guns: 2 OTO Malara 76mm changeout of the Meko class Navy frigate S.A.S. Isandlwana. 2 Oerlikon 20mm 4 MGs 12.7mm Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 launchers Chaff SAS continues to refurbish vessels for the South African Navy, including the 2014-15 midlife refit of the frigate – S.A.S. Amatola – SAS’s first refit of a major warship. Southern African Shipyards Tel: +27 31 274 1800 Bayhead Marine Industrial Park Fax: +27 31 205 5238 10 Rotterdam Road E-mail: [email protected] SHIP BUILDING | SHIP REPAIR | NAVAL MAINTENANCE Port of Durban Website: www.sa-shipyards.co.za MECHANICAL & FABRICATION | OFFSHORE OIL & GAS AFRICA’ S LEADING COMMERCIAL, NAVAL, SHIP BUILDING AND SHIP REPAIR COMPANY SHIP BUILDING Southern African Shipyards offers the following Capability and Certifications: Building of Vessels up to 120m in Length Fabrication of Marine Structures Full Turnkey Engineering Solutions and Vessel Support Solutions Licenced Manufacturer of Voith Schneider Tugs ISO 9000 :2008 Facility - Vessels Constructed to European Shipbuilding Standards Proudly South African Company Level 2 BBBEE Contributor SHIP BUILDING | SHIP REPAIR | NAVAL MAINTENANCE | MECHANICAL & FABRICATION | OFFSHORE OIL & GAS Track Record 2007 To 2011 From October 2007 to July 2011 seven Voith Schneider Tugs were TUGS built for TNPA, with bollard pulls of 60 and 70 tonnes. In 2014 SAS was awarded the largest single contract ever awarded by TNPA for nine state-of-the-art tugboats, including one of the most powerful harbour crafts in the world. The first of the tugs, which are being built in tandem, will be launched in November 2015 and the last will be handed over during the first quarter of 2018. The latest contract will take the number of tugs built by SAS up to 21. TUGS 1999 To 2003 Five Voith Schneider Tugs for Portnet were built by SAS for SAFBUILD (PTY) LTD, a joint venture between Southern African Shipyards (PTY) LTD and SAFREIGHT (PTY) LTD Length: 30.3 metres Breadth Moulded: 11.0 metres FISHING TRAWLERS Max Draught: 5.0 metres Speed: 12 knots 2008 To 2009 Range: 1800 nautical miles at 12 knots Fishing Trawlers can be constructed in Durban, reassembled, commissioned and launched on site. LINERUNNER (UTILITY BOAT) 2014 Constructed to provide assistance and emergency support to MEGA LUXURY YACHTS tankers calling off Durban, serving the SBM (Single Bay Mooning). 1999 To 2003 Southern African Shipyards completed 14 vessels with a combination of aluminum and steel construction. Southern African Shipyards Tel: +27 31 274 1800 Bayhead Marine Industrial Park Fax: +27 31 205 5238 10 Rotterdam Road E-mail: [email protected] SHIP BUILDING | SHIP REPAIR | NAVAL MAINTENANCE Port of Durban Website: www.sa-shipyards.co.za MECHANICAL & FABRICATION | OFFSHORE OIL & GAS Southern African Shipyards Bayhead Marine Industrial Park 10 Rotterdam Road Port of Durban, South Africa SOUTHERN A FRICAN SHIPYARDS AFRICA’S LEADING COMMERCIAL, NAVAL, SHIP BUILDING AND SHIP REPAIR COMPANY Tel: +27 31 274 1800 Fax: +27 31 205 2181 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sa-shipyards.co.za.
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