Hongkong United Dockyards
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Hongkong United Dockyards (Chinese: 香港聯合船塢) or simply United Dockyards (聯合船塢) is a dockyard in Shek Wan, on the Tsing Yi Island of Hong Kong. HUD was formed in 1973 from the merger of Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock (1863) and Taikoo Dockyard (1902 or 1905). It is jointed owned by Hutchison Whampoa and Swire. The HUD facilities in Tsing Yi replaced the Whampoa Dockyard in Hung Hom Kowloon West and the Taikoo Dockyard in Quarry Bay Hong Kong Island.
Today HUD's main business is:
- salvage and towage
- shiprepair
- land based engineering projects
The company employs over 400 including subcontractors to perform repairs.[1]
The named United was added when it was acquired in 1995.
Facilities
Instead of a fixed dockyard, it uses a 40,000t floating dockyard to perform repairs in Tsing Yi There are two berths for ships being repaired but not requiring to be placed in the floating dock.
The dockyard has 4 Ramparts 3000 ASD tugs used to tow ships into the facility.[2]
Transportation
The dockyard is accessible by transit:
GMB 88M: Hong Kong United Dockyard <-> Kwai Fong Station
The dockyard is also assessed by Route 3 and 8 via Sai Tso Wan Road.
Boats Built
Most ships built here are for local use:
- Sea Lion class command boats 1965 – 2 for Hong Kong Police Marine Region (retired 1993)
- Sea Rover class command boats 1955-56 – 6 for Hong Kong Police Marine Region
References
External links
22°21′06″N 114°04′59″E / 22.3516°N 114.0830°E
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