Dry Dock in Picton

[Fish 0]

And its not even an election promise!

 

A dry dock in Picton...

for vessels over 200 m long and 10,000 tonnes.

Apparently the fuel bill alone to steam to Singapore for dry-docking is half a mil, not counting the time cost.

Certainly sounds like a good idea.

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/96705169/picton-pegged-for-nzs-largest-dry-dock

 

[erice 732]

hope it gets off the ground

 

certainly would be good to have that level of investment in that part of the country

 

wonder how long and expensive the consent process will be 

[wheels 543]

Port Marlborough is investigating building the biggest Floating Dry Dock in NZ, capable of taking Vessels to 200M in length.
Hmmm, I am  not sure that is a great idea to have in the Sounds.
I know there is a need for the many large vessels we have here in NZ now, But what I am quite surprised about is that why are they even thinking of here. Surely Ports like Nelson, Tauranga, Wellington or even Auckland would be far better suited, having the infrastructure, engineering, expertise, etc. So why have no other Ports considered building one. Or have they considered and decided against. Which make me wonder, if they have not built one due to economics, then surely it would be silly to build one here with absolutely nothing to support it and then expect all that to come.

[wheels 543]

Oops, I didn't see this here and posted this topic in the Marine Forum

[Island Time 1,235]

Wellington had one. At end of life it was sold to Asia for scrap. Never replaced. It was big enough to take the ferries...

[Island Time 1,235]

topics merged

[MarkMT 68]

I'm sure the shareholders are fully appraised of all the economic factors involved and won't move forward unless they decide there's a clear business case that justifies them risking their capital.

 

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