About us

About Albwardy Damen

With a high focus on safety

We aim to be the best and most efficient shipyard in the region

Welcome to Albwardy Damen, a joint venture between Albwardy Investment, Dubai and the Damen Shipyards Group, the Netherlands - both family-owned companies with a long history. We provide shipbuilding and shiprepair services to the marine and oil & gas industries in the Middle East.

We have a total workforce of around 2000 people of 26 different nationalities in our three UAE locations: Dubai, Sharjah and Fujairah. Our people are our biggest asset, and we are proud that 15% of our staff has been with us for 25+ years. With all the key competences in-house, including an extensive engineering division, we repair and build vessels to the highest technical and environmental standards. We are certified by LRQA for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001.

Engineered for Excellence

A state-of-the-art facility serving your needs

Designed and built to the highest technical and environmental standards, the spacious new yard is located on a huge 210,000 square metre site with a fully enclosed blasting/painting shop, as well as a covered newbuild construction hall. We have all the major trades in-house, including an extensive and experienced Engineering Department. With a 120x26 metre shiplift, ample docking space and 1,000 metres of quayside with a water depth of up to 8 metres, we are serving all operators in the region which have vessels of up to 120 metres.

Drydockings are also offered from Dubai and Fujairah. Our operation in Dubai offers drydocking repairs in Al Jadaf and Dubai Maritime City where we can dock vessels up to 130 x 33 metres in size.


Albwardy Damen is a joint venture of

Key figures

RETURNING CUSTOMERS
90
%

global customer base

ALBWARDY DAMEN
48

years young

EMPLOYEES
2000

in the Middle East

SHIPS DOCKED IN 2024
>
200

up to 130m LOA

SHIPS DELIVERED IN 2024
12

tugs, workboats, security

SHIPS REPAIRED IN 2024
500

up to VLCC size

Albwardy Damen highlights

  • 2000 people ready 24/7

    We have a dedicated team of 2000 people in three UAE locations — Dubai, Sharjah and Fujairah, who are ready to support our customers 24/7.

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  • Safety is our highest priority

    We are committed to continuously maintaining a safe and healthy workplace in all our operations. We recognise that we work in a dynamic industry involving potentially hazardous equipment and operations.

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  • One-stop-shop

    We have a large team of in-house specialists who can pick up the requests of any level of complexity. We are engineering, building and repairing steel or aluminum vessels. Our mechanical and electrical departments are all in-house. We have a large experience in retrofitting and conversions.

  • All major trades in-house

    We have all major trades in-house, mainly carried out by our own staff. We offer 3D scanning, retrofitting, propeller repairs, thruster repairs, GRE piping, hydraulic and electric repairs. We have a multi-disciplinary Engineering and Production support team in-house.

  • Quality & Safety at the right price

    We are committed to continuously maintaining a safe and healthy workplace in all our operations. With all key competences in-house we deliver to the highest technical, environmental standards at the right price.

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