Ship Building

SHIP BUILDING

Karachi Shipyard

KSEW is basically designed to build and repair ships, since 1957 when it commenced its commercial production, it has built over 430 vessels of different types and sizes for different nations. It is fully equipped to build all types of ships & marine crafts like Passenger and Cargo Ships, Oil Carriers, Bulk Carriers, Container Vessels etc. Up to 26,000 TDW and also other crafts like Tugs, Dredgers, Hopper Barges, Ferries, Fishing Trawlers, Buoy Lifting Vessels, Pilot Boats, Tanker Boats, Buoys, Barges and Special Purpose Crafts etc.

There are three berths, each equipped with cranes and allied facilities where construction of Vessels can be undertaken simultaneously. The sizes of the berths are:

Berth Number	Size	Maximum TDW
1	169 x 23 m	15,000
2	118 x 24 m	6,000
3	213 x 31 m	26,000

The Small Size Vessels include Oil Carriers, Barges, Harbor and Ocean Going Tugs, Pilot Boats, Survey Launches Buoy Lifting Vessels, Self Propelled Hopper Barges, Suction & Grab Hopper Dredgers, Passenger Ferries, Launches etc.

The Medium Size Vessels built at KSEW so far include Motor Cargo Vessels of up to 18,000 TDW for Pakistan National Shipping Corporation of Abu Dhabi, China Ocean Shipping Company and China National Machinery Corporation.

Large Ocean Going Vessels built by KSEW include Cargo Ships for Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC), National Shipping Corporation of Abu Dhabi, China Ocean Shipping Company and China National Machinery Corporation.

The Very First Order was that of two Dump Barges of Hansa Lines of West Germany for use in Gulf Region, subsequent note worthy export orders include two Kort Nozzle Tugs for United Arab Emirates, two Voith Schneider Propelled Tugs for Saudi Arabia, four Fishing Trawlers and nineteen Sophisticated Vessels for Iranian Navy, two Mini Bulk Carriers for China and six Sophisticated Port Operation Vessels for Belgian Company.

So far over 430 ships and crafts of varying types, sizes and dead weights have been built by KSEW.