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Salah El Samboskani Shipyard

shipyard Damietta, Damietta Governorate, Egypt

Salah El Samboskani Shipyard is a family-run boat and yacht builder based in Izbat Al Burj, Damietta, Egypt, a city it describes as the country's main industrial hub for boats and yachts. The yard has been operated across five generations and builds custom yachts, fishing boats, landing craft, semi submarines and other floating craft such as pilot boats, fuel barges and leisure boats, in wood and steel hulls. Alongside newbuilding it offers maintenance, repair, refit and lifetime-extension work, vessel conversions, yacht deliveries and the sale of certified pre-owned boats. Its facility covers 7,000 square metres with around 100 craftsmen, and the company states that roughly 90 percent of work is completed in-house.

Salah El Samboskani Shipyard

Salah El Samboskani Shipyard is an Egyptian boat and yacht building yard located in Izbat Al Burj, Damietta. The business has been run by the El-Samboskani family across five generations and describes 113 years of boat manufacturing experience and more than 500 completed projects. The yard builds custom vessels to owner specification and also carries out repair, refit and conversion work, with around 90 percent of each job performed in-house.

Services

  • Custom newbuilding of yachts and boats to customer specifications
  • Planned and corrective maintenance for seagoing and inland vessels, servicing over a hundred boats annually
  • Damage repair following collision, fire or equipment malfunction, on vessels built by the yard or elsewhere, with 24/7 availability
  • Refits, lifetime extensions and rejuvenation programmes, supported by design and engineering capacity
  • Conversions, including lengthening of ships, conversion to pipe-laying, cable-laying and accommodation vessels, and barge conversions
  • Yacht delivery and relocation on coastal passages and ocean crossings, including customs, clearance and VAT paperwork
  • Sale of certified pre-owned yachts and boats, including liveaboards, fishing boats, landing craft and semi submarines

Facilities

  • Shipyard covering 7,000 square metres
  • Approximately 100 skilled craftsmen
  • Around 90 percent of work completed in-house

Vessel Types

  • Motor yachts and liveaboards in wood and steel, with listed projects from 16 m to 44 m in length
  • Fishing boats, including tuna longline vessels
  • Passenger ferries and day-trip vessels
  • Landing craft
  • Semi submarines for tourism and exploration trips
  • Diversified craft such as pilot boats, fuel barges and leisure boats

Location

  • Izbat Al Burj, Damietta, Egypt 34712
  • Described by the company as Egypt's main industrial city for yachts and boats, and home to a major regional fishing fleet
  • Operating hours: Saturday to Thursday, 7am to 5pm