Canal Naval Constructions Shipyard
Canal Naval Constructions Co. (CNCC) is an Egyptian shipyard affiliated with the Suez Canal Authority, founded in 1963 and merged as of 1 January 2022 with Port Said Engineering Works Co. to form Port Said Engineering Works & Naval Constructions Co. (PSEWNC). The yard builds and repairs aluminium and steel vessels — including tugs, ferries, dredgers, hopper barges, tankers, survey and fishing boats, floating cranes and floating hotels/restaurants — and also fabricates steel structures and metal storage tanks. It reports a workforce of over 500 and more than 550 vessels delivered to the Suez Canal Authority, Egyptian port authorities and government companies. The shipyard is located at Port Fouad, Port Said, on Egypt's Mediterranean coast.
Canal Naval Constructions Shipyard
Canal Naval Constructions Co. (CNCC) is a public-sector shipyard affiliated with the Suez Canal Authority, founded in 1963 for the building and repair of aluminium and steel vessels. Effective 1 January 2022, the Suez Canal Authority merged Port Said Engineering Works Co. and Canal Naval Constructions Co. into a single Egyptian joint-stock company, Port Said Engineering Works & Naval Constructions Co. (PSEWNC). The company states a workforce of more than 500 people and over 550 vessels designed, built and delivered to the Suez Canal Authority, Egyptian port authorities and governmental companies.
Services
- Newbuilding of steel and aluminium vessels
- Ship repair; conversion of Ro/Ro ships to passenger vessels
- In-house design using AVEVA Marine ship design and modelling software
- Diesel and gasoline engine overhaul up to 500 HP, valve and cylinder head grinding
- Steel structures, fences, towers, pipes and tanks; steel pile repair using DZI technology
- Fabrication and maintenance of carbon steel and stainless steel storage tanks for petroleum products, water and liquefied gases
- South quay used as a base of operations for petroleum exploration companies
Facilities
- Quays totalling 700 m in length at 6 m depth; 200 m shipbuilding quay and 150 m repair quay
- Aluminium workshop with welding, cutting and laser alignment equipment
- Shipbuilding workshop with CNC cutting and welding, forming and sub-assembly
- Mechanical, electrical, carpentry and piping workshops; foundry
- Cranes: 40 t gantry, 40 t and 22 t portal, 60 t and 2 x 20 t mobile, overhead cranes to 10 t
- 100 t transporter, 3 CNC plasma cutting machines, submerged welding machines, shear machines, pipe rolling machines, hydraulic presses
- Planned new floating dock with lifting capacity up to 5,000 tons
Vessel Types
- Tug boats and microtugs, mooring boats, service boats
- Ferries and passenger shuttles
- Cutter suction dredgers and hopper barges
- Fuel oil and water tankers, including an 800 t bunkering vessel design
- Floating cranes, survey boats, fishing vessels
- Floating river hotels and floating restaurants
Location
- Head Office: Customs Gate No. 57, Port Fouad, Port Said, Egypt
- Sited at Egypt's northern entrance to the Suez Canal on the Mediterranean coast