Fabrication Shops, Yards & Dry Docks
- Specialized Personnel: Our staff (engineers, fitters, welders, electricians etc. ) has experience in complex projects, including the use of exotic materials as well as complete process modules.
- Dock: We have direct water access, allowing us to deliver extra wide/heavy modules We can manage all the logistics, delivering CIF and DDP Incoterms.
- Geographical Locations in The Gulf of Mexico: We are located near the main energy markets of Mexico, the United States, and the Caribbean, reducing the cost of transportation.
- Yard Assembly & Storage: Large capacity to store equipment in our yards, delivering according to Jobsite priorities We can assemble modules in our plants with imported parts to be exported with a possible tax advantage.
Our Yard Fabrication Shops & Drydocks
OVERVIEW PORT ARTHUR FACILITIES
- Port Arthur Central yard: 21 acres
- Port Arthur South Yard 7 acres
- Drydock #1 200’ x 84’
- Drydock # 5 275’ x 40’
- Drydock #4 384’ x 90’
EQUIPMENT & CAPABILITIES
- CNC Plate cutting- (2ea)12’ X 40’ X 6” thickness
- 400 Ton plate press break
- Plate roll up to 5/8” thick
- Plate shear up to 1/2”thick
- Programmable sawing up to 24”
- Pipe bending up to 6” diameter
- Multi bank welding machines up to 400 Amps
- Multiple overhead cranes
- Submerged arc welding capacities
- Hydrostatic testing up to 10,000 PSI
- Onsite blasting and coatings
- Rail material handling in between shops
- Open ended shop access large projects
- Multiple yard cranes (300 tons combined)
- Fully staffed machine shop
Galveston Yard has just over 100 acres with direct access to calm waters. The shipyard location is proximate to a world hub of refineries offering both easy access to Gulf Copper’s facilities & services.
GALVESTON FACILITIES
Galveston Yard has just over 100 acres
EQUIPMENT & CAPABILITIES
- 350 ‘ x 200’ Dry Dock with 1800 ton capacity
- CNC Plate cutting- (2ea)12’ X 40’ X 6” thickness
- 1000 TON CNC plate press Break
- CNC Plate roll up to 2-3/8” thick
- Plate shear up to 3/4”thick
- Programmable sawing up to 24”
- CNC Pipe and Structural bending and forming
- Multi bank welding machines up to 400 Amps
- Multiple overhead cranes (30t comb. & 75t )
- Submerged arc welding, Semi-Automated welding
- NDT, Hydrostatic testing up to 10,000 PSI
- Onsite blasting and coatings
- Open ended shop for extra-large projects
- Multiple yard cranes
- In House Welding school
- Electrical Repairs, Mechanical Repairs
- Scaffolding
- Tank Cleaning/ Environmental
GALVESTON OPERATIONS
- 100+ acre facility on Pelican Island – 9 miles from sea buoy
- Operating one large drydock approx. 25.000 ton capacity (350 x 225 ft.)
- 4.000 + feet or pier space at 25 to 35 feet of water depth
- New fabrication facility with large plasma table, plate roll and press brake
- Current level of production personnel – 400. Previously work to a maximum of 1.200 people.
- Administrative staff – 40 people
CORPUS CHRISTI FACILITY
- 219 acre facility located less than 3 NM from the Gulf of Mexico.
- 100 acres of stabilized land for cargo operations and storage.
- 3,700 linear feet of bulkhead frontage
- 20,000 square feet of covered storage
- Water depths from 20-36 feet MLLW along bulkhead
- Located on alternate route of the Intracoastal Waterway and Corpus Christi Ship Channel
AREAS AND CAPACITY FOR FABRICATION
Covered Area (Shop, Warehouse ) : 355,209 Sqf. ( 33,000 m2)
Yard (Uncovered area): 430,556 Sqf. (40,000 m2)
WORKSHOP CAPACITY
Depends on our product mix, with one million man-hours year maximum per shift, have a nominal capacity of 15,000 metric tons per year per shift.
CRANE CAPACITY
Overhead cranes : 28 cranes ( 10 ~ 20 Metric Tons cap)
Crawler cranes: 2 Cranes (45 Metric Tons cap.