Elefsis Shipbuilding & Industrial Enterprises S.A.

Elefsis Shipbuilding & Industrial Enterprises S.A. (Elefsis Shipyards) is a full-service Greek shipyard in Elefsis Bay, about 10 nautical miles from the Piraeus anchorage, operating since October 1969 on a 250,000 sq m site with 56,000 sq m under cover. It handles newbuilding, ship repair, conversion and offshore work, docking around 120 ships a year and having repaired over a thousand vessels since 1997. Newbuilding output includes the passenger ferry Nissos Chios, open-type RoRo coastal ferries, aluminium customs patrol craft, a special-purpose DP platform vessel, and Hellenic Navy units such as Vosper Thornycroft-design fast attack craft, the support ship Promitheus and Jason-class landing ships. The yard also carries out major conversion and upgrading work on semi-submersible drilling rigs and offshore energy structures.

Construction of the yard began in 1962 and operations commenced in October 1969, since when it has grown into one of the larger shipyards in the Mediterranean. Under management installed in 1997, more than EUR 50 million has been invested in upgrading facilities and introducing new technologies, particularly for naval programmes. The yard states a permanent staff of around 900 (approx. 630 in production; the Greek-language page cites around 600 with 430 in production), with capacity for up to 2,500 people at peak periods, supported by vetted subcontractors from the Athens/Piraeus area and an in-house vocational training centre. Around 70% of its clientele is non-Greek, and large jobs are run on a dedicated "Project Team" basis.

Services

Newbuilding of commercial, naval and special-purpose vessels
Ship repair, dry-docking and general maintenance — around 120 ships per year; over 1,000 vessels repaired since 1997
Conversions and modifications, including tanker-to-floating storage/processing conversion (Aqua Blue)
Offshore work on semi-submersible drilling units: special survey, structural repairs, rig equipment installation and overhaul, anchor chain/winch work, blasting and coating (Atwood Eagle, Pride North America, Scarabeo 6)
Fabrication of spreaders, pressure vessels, offshore platforms, a flare tower and access bridges with electrical and mechanical equipment (Prinos field, North Aegean)

Facilities

200 m x 55 m building berth for ships up to 100,000 DWT, served by a 400-tonne gantry crane
Covered shipbuilding hall for vessels up to 100 m
6,600 sq m covered steel fabrication shop for cutting, forming and welding steel and aluminium
Boring and milling machines and lathes for rudders, tailshafts and thrusters
Pipe shop with three CNC bending machines up to 8", hydraulic flushing and pressure testing
Dry-docking up to approx. 120,000 DWT; alongside berthing up to 450,000 DWT

Vessel Types

Passenger/vehicle ferries (Nissos Chios — 418 cars or 139 cars and 45 trucks, 1,800 passengers, RINA class)
Open-type RoRo coastal ferries (84 m steel hull, Bureau Veritas)
Aluminium customs patrol craft (15.65 m LOA, ~25 t, ~30 knots, Lloyd's classed)
Delta-Verenike triangular self-propelled DP special-purpose platform vessel
Naval: 62 m fast attack craft (Vosper Thornycroft design), fleet support ship Promitheus (Fincantieri design, 2003), three Jason-class LSTs (115.9 m, 2001)

Location

Elefsis Bay, 192 00 Elefsis, Greece — Lat 38°02'N, Long 023°33'E, approx. 10 nautical miles from the Piraeus anchorage

Certification

Quality management system certified by LRS to ISO 9001:2008; ISPS code certified; operates under NATO guidelines as a naval contractor; reported as pursuing ISO 14001:2004 certification