Colorado Shipyard
Colorado Shipyard Corporation is a full-service shipyard in Consolacion, Cebu, Philippines, Filipino-owned and operated since 1972. It builds steel, aluminum and fiberglass vessels certified to IACS standards, including a 76-meter passenger/cargo ship, 24-meter aluminum hydrographic survey catamarans and fiberglass patrol boats, and also handles repair, conversion and overhaul work for passenger and cargo vessels. The 9-hectare yard on Cansaga Bay has three slipways plus a 220 x 32 meter combination slip-fabrication facility, seven cranes and machine, propeller and diesel engine repair shops. Additional services include structural steel fabrication and erection, salvaging, towing and ship breaking.
Colorado Shipyard
Colorado Shipyard Corporation is a full-service shipbuilding and ship repair yard serving domestic and international clients. Filipino-owned and Filipino-operated since 1972, the yard has over four decades of experience and builds vessels certified to IACS standards in steel, aluminum and fiberglass. An in-house engineering department handles planning for major projects, and an approved Customs Bonded Warehouse assists clients with importation requirements.
Services
- New construction in steel, aluminum and fiberglass
- Ship repair, conversion and overhaul of passenger and cargo vessels
- Dry-docking, cleaning and painting, hull and tank preservation
- Steel, aluminum and fiberglass repairs; anchors and chains
- Rudder, propeller, tail shaft and bearing works
- Piping, sea valve, machinery and equipment works
- Machine shop, electrical and electronic works; carpentry and masonry
- Structural steel fabrication and erection
- Salvaging, towing, ship breaking and scrapping of sunken vessels
Facilities
- 9-hectare property with three slipways, plus a 220 x 32 meter combination slip-fabrication facility where vessels up to 7,000 tons can be constructed and repaired
- Slipway capacities listed at 800, 500, 1,000 and 3,400 tons (lengths 60 m, 35 m, 75 m and 220 m)
- 7 cranes, including IHI 150 t and 100 t, Linkbelt 100 t, Sumitomo 50 t and Kabelco 55 t crawler cranes, plus Tadano 50 t and Kato 45 t mobile cranes
- Fabrication shops with 3, 5 and 10 metric ton overhead cranes; 2 fabrication bays with rollers and benders; line heating area
- Propeller shop, diesel engine repair shop, engine overhauling and machine shop
- Lathes, shapers, drills, milling machines, welding machines, air compressors, hydraulic jacks, hydroblaster to 40,000 psi, forklifts, man lifts, cherry pickers, tractor trucks and trailers
- 750 kW emergency generator tied into the shipyard power system
Vessel Types
- Mid-size container and passenger/cargo vessels — the 76 m Tuhaa Pae IV (100 pax, 64 containers, about 1,300 dwt) delivered in 2012
- Aluminum hydrographic survey catamarans — two 24 m vessels for NAMRIA (Philippines)
- Aluminum crew transport supply vessel conversion — M/V Sayah, a 36 m catamaran re-engined with Caterpillar 2000 hp mains
- Private aluminum pleasure boats, catamaran and monohull
- Fiberglass military patrol boats — 20 built for the Armed Forces of the Philippines
- Aluminum sailboats and catamarans
Location
- Sitio Tawagan, Tayud, Consolacion, Cebu, Philippines 6001
- On the deep-channeled Cansaga Bay, about an hour from Cebu City with access to regional ports and Asian trade routes