Bender goes Mexican

Bender Shipbuilding & Repair company in Mobile, USA, has created a wholly owned subsidiary in Mexico which Bender?s president, Tom Bender, is promising will become “a world-class ship repair and new construction facility in Tampico that will make internationally competitive services and products available to our customers.”

Astilleros Bender (AB) is located on the Panuco River 10 kilometers upstream from the Gulf of Mexico and across from the city of Tampico. The yard consists of 125 acres of land and 925 metres of river frontage accessed by an 8.60 metre deep channel. The new company is currently concentrating on ship repair and has in operation a 3,000 tonne lift capacity dry dock and a 460 metres river side repair facility open for business. A.B. recently completed a docking evolution and repair job for Saam Remolques on its tug Purepecha.

The yards capabilities also include 1,800 amp riverside electrical service and compressed air for sand blasting and mobile cranes from 40 to 200 tonne capacity. The yard is also prepared and equipped to do topside ship repair in the port facilities of Tampico, Alta Mira and Tuxpan as well as it?s own wet berth area at the yard.

Current management at AB is headed up by Eddie Newman as Production Superintendent.