Dubai Drydocks Explained

Dubai Drydocks is a dry docks facility adjacent to Port Rashid in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The idea for Dubai Drydocks began in 1971. After feasibility studies and construction, the facility opened in 1983.[1] It is the only large dry docks facility in the Persian Gulf.[2] Since it opened, the yard has repaired over 6000 vessels with a combined tonnage of 500 million tons.[3] The Dubai Drydocks have been building new ships since 1994 and have since completed over 70 projects.[4] The dry dock also contains the Middle East's largest floating crane.[5] Dubai Drydocks is adjacent to Dubai Maritime City and Port Rashid (Mina Rashid).

There was a massive accident in 2002. 29 workers died after the water started to enter the drydocks when the locks somehow failed.[6]

External links

25.25°N 55.2689°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Dubai Drydocks . Dubai Drydocks . 2008-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071216225208/http://www.drydocks.gov.ae/text_shipyard_about.htm . 2007-12-16 . dead .
  2. Web site: Dubai dry docks - Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) . 16 April 2024. ice.org.uk .
  3. Web site: Drydocks World - Ship Repair . Drydocks.gov.ae . 2015-04-23.
  4. Web site: Drydocks World - New Building . Drydocks.gov.ae . 2015-04-23.
  5. Web site: Drydocks World - Floating Crane . Drydocks.gov.ae . 2015-04-23.
  6. Web site: 2017-03-26 . March 27, 2002: 29 killed in Dubai Drydocks accident . 2024-04-18 . gulfnews.com . en.