For 150 years, Saint-Nazaire know-how is renowned worldwide. Thanks to its up-to-date industrial facilities, technics and processes are implemented to build innovative ships and marine installations with a permanent concern on schedule and quality.
The yard in figures
Total area: 100 hectares abt
Staff: 2,700
Sub-contractors: More than 500 companies bringing up to 5,000 workers on site
Steel implemented: 65,000 t/year
Steel cutting: more than 3,000 parts / week
Automated pre-pre fabrication thanks to 4 cells of welding robots
Pre-mounting area: worth 1,200 m long which will be enlarged by 30% by the end of 2018
Lifting capacity: 1 gantry crane worth 1,400 t, the European largest – 1 x 700 t gantry crane
Mounting dock: 900 x 63 m
Outfitting dock: 450 x 95 m
Transport: 1x 210t, 2x 300t et 2x 500t
In 2015, a workshop named ANEMOS and dedicated to offshore markets has been unveiled.