Israel Shipyards
| Israel Shipyards | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Ltd. |
| founding | 1959 |
| Seat |
Haifa , Israel
|
| Number of employees | 320 |
| Branch | shipbuilding |
| Website | www.israel-shipyards.com |
Israel Shipyards is one of the largest shipbuilding and repair yards in the Eastern Mediterranean. The company also operates the first and only privately owned port in Israel. The company's facilities are located at Kishon Port , part of the port of Haifa . They include a floating dock with a load capacity of 20,000 t and a 900 m long quay with a water depth of 12 m .
history
The Israeli state established the shipyard in 1959 to build, maintain and convert civil and military ships. As a result of years of losses, the shipyard was privatized in 1995 and sold to the Shlomo Group , owned by the Israeli investor Shlomo Shmeltzer .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Company brochure at www.israel-shipyards.com, accessed on June 11, 2014 (English).
- ^ "Moving Up to Warships? Israel Shipyards Hopes for Big Step in Technology" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Defense News , July 20, 2009
- ↑ Shlomo Group, Port & Shipyard ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , April 4, 2010
