Baku Shipyard

Baku Shipyard LLC joint venture was founded on May 10, 2011 under the laws of Azerbaijan with State Oil Company of Azerbaijan owning 65%, Azerbaijan Investment Company 25%, and Keppel Offshore Marine (KOM) 10%, has developed and put into operation the most modern shipbuilding and ship-repair facility in the Caspian Sea. KOM, with its history of being one of the global leaders in offshore rig design, construction and repair, shiprepair and conversion and specialized in sahipbuilding has been appointed as the operator to manage the yard. Baku Shipyard LLC joint venture was founded on May 10, 2011 under the laws of Azerbaijan with State Oil Company of Azerbaijan owning 65%, Azerbaijan Investment Company 25%, and Keppel Offshore Marine (KOM) 10%, has developed and put into operation the most modern shipbuilding and ship-repair facility in the Caspian Sea. KOM, with its history of being one of the global leaders in offshore rig design, construction and repair, shiprepair and conversion and specialized in sahipbuilding has been appointed as the operator to manage the yard. The developed yard has the following facilities: • Floating Dry dock 168m x 50m (clear width 40m) • 300m x 30m Finger Pier • 450 m of Quay berthing space with 25 ton level luffing crane • 275m x 80m of new building berth • 323m x 136m transfer slab for repair Steel Fabrication, Pipe Fabrication, Mechanical and Electrical workshop housing the most modern steel fabrication panel line, CNC cutting machines, Shot blasting and priming machine, Frame Bending machine Pipe bending machines, lathe machine, Milling machine, Beveling machine, Profile cutting machine. Blasting and Painting Hall equipped with full abrasive recovery system, dehumidifier, silo and blast and paint machines. The yard has a capacity to produce 25,000 tons throughput per annum of steel works for new buildings and able to undertake 80 -100 vessels repairs of various types. Currently Baku Shipyard LLC employs about 500 local workers and forecast workforce is about 1500 additional staff when the company will work at full capacity.