Hongkong United Dockyards abbreviated to United Dockyards or HUD is a dockyard built on the site of the former Shek Wan or "Stone Bay", on Tsing Yi Island of Hong Kong.
HUD was formed in 1973 from the merger of the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock (1863) and the Taikoo Dockyard (1902 or 1905). It is jointly owned by CK Hutchison and Swire. The HUD facilities in Tsing Yi replaced the Whampoa Dockyard in Hung Hom, which became the Whampoa Garden estate, and the Taikoo Dockyard in Quarry Bay, which became the Taikoo Shing estate.
HUD's main business is:
The company employs over 400 people including subcontractors to perform repairs.[1]
The named United was added when it was acquired in 1995.
Instead of a fixed dockyard, it uses a 40,000t floating dockyard to perform repairs in Tsing Yi. There are two berths for ships being repaired but not requiring to be placed in the floating dock.
The dockyard has four Ramparts 3000 ASD tugs used to tow ships into the facility.[2]
Most ships built here are for local use:
The dockyard is accessible via:
The dockyard is also accessed by Routes 3 and 8 via Sai Tso Wan Road.