A & P Falmouth
A&P Falmouth is the South West England facility of A&P Group, a UK ship repair, conversion and marine engineering company that is part of the APCL Group alongside Cammell Laird and Neway. Located in one of the world's largest natural deep-water harbours, the yard offers three graving docks and deep-water berths for vessels up to 100,000 tonnes, supported by on-site engineering, electrical, paint, joinery and fabrication workshops. It carries out commercial ship repair, refit and conversion for ferries, cruise ships, tankers, jack-ups and offshore support vessels, and provides through-life support and refits for Royal Navy, Royal Fleet Auxiliary and overseas naval vessels via its Cluster Support Team. Through Falmouth Docks and Engineering Company, the statutory harbour authority for the area, A&P Falmouth also runs port operations including the Falmouth International Cruise Terminal, cargo handling, towage and a 30-hectare dock estate.
A&P Falmouth
A&P Falmouth is one of the largest ship-repair complexes in the UK and one of two UK sites operated by A&P Group, a ship repair, conversion and marine specialist with six decades of history. The site combines commercial ship repair, defence through-life support and full port operations, and is Cornwall's only deep-water port with alongside facilities. A&P Group forms part of the APCL Group with Cammell Laird and Neway, which together operate nine drydocks and employ 1,400 people.
Services
- Dry docking, voyage repairs, major refits, conversions and upgrades
- Steelwork, piping, mechanical, electrical and E&I works; ballast water treatment, propulsion, thrusters and dredging equipment
- Vessel mobilisation and demobilisation; blasting and painting programmes
- Defence through-life support for the RFA and Royal Navy via a dedicated Cluster Support Team office of 30+ A&P and NSS staff
- Reactivation and conversion of warships and auxiliaries; in-house design and turnkey solutions
- Port operations: statutory harbour authority (Falmouth Docks and Engineering Company), cruise terminal, cargo handling, 24-hour towage
- Planned shore power provision under a £12m ZEVI-funded project
Facilities
- Dock 2: 253m x 40m; Dock 3: 220m x 27m; Dock 4: 172m x 26m
- 700m of wharf space; capacity for vessels up to 100,000 tonnes
- Fabrication (including pipe) workshop 4,109m²; engineering workshop 3,244m²; electrical workshop 875m²; joiners workshop 1,014m²
- Falmouth International Cruise Terminal with dedicated passenger landing facility
- Cargo handling with bulk cargo bays, LHM150 mobile harbour crane and 4,500m² covered storage
- Tug fleet of Voith tractor tugs (20t, 23t and 43t bollard pull) plus two workboats
- 30-hectare dock estate with 17+ marine tenants; Enterprise Zone and 30,000m² floating offshore wind laydown area in development
Vessel Types
- Ferries, ro-ros, cruise ships, tankers and cargo vessels
- Offshore support, construction and jack-up vessels, pontoons, dredgers and tugs
- Royal Navy and RFA vessels including Bay Class, River Class OPVs and RFA Argus
Location
- Falmouth Docks, Cornwall, South West England (sister facility A&P Tyne, Hebburn, Tyne and Wear)