Steelwork

Gibdock repairs and converts all of a vessel's internal and external steel structures, including the bulbous bow and the skeg. Its coded welders are qualified to work with all naval-grade materials, from grade 'A' steels to high-tensile steels. Steel sub-blocks are fabricated in the main workshop and assembled on Pad 1, a 2,940 m² fabrication area with a load-bearing capacity of 12 tonnes per square metre adjoining the South Mole waterfront. Work is carried out at Gibdock's Gibraltar yard, which has three dry docks (the largest taking Panamax-sized vessels), 1 km of deep-water wharfage and 7,000m² of covered workshops.