Dubai to get new ship repair facility

Goltens is the first company to sign up for a plot in Dubai Maritime City – Industrial Precinct (DMC) and confirms that it will lease Industrial Precinct plots 6 and 7 for a period of 25 years.

The Maritime Centre District is the centrepiece of DMC and will serve as an international hub for maritime business. This sector is a hub for ship repair facilities, yacht repair and manufacturing, as well as workshop units. The precinct is managed by Drydocks World, Jadaf Dubai. More than 100 workshops and warehouses complete the industrial precinct, offering a comprehensive range of facilities to businesses.

The new DMC– Industrial Precinct integrated workshop facilities and administration/sales offices will be substantially larger than those at Goltens current location in Al Jadaf. An increased business portfolio, together with an expected future head count considerably larger than the current 520, has made facility expansion necessary. Goltens also sees the move as a possibility to modernise their workshop and create a more flexible and efficient workspace.

Goltens will start construction immediately and hopes to move into the new, more centrally located Dubai facilities by the thirdquarter 2011. The new facility will house both a large workshop and an administrative office in its new 15,000m2 purpose built facility. The new purpose-built workshop will perform specialist two/four stroke diesel engine reconditioning and repair services including all associated engine room and mechanical services.