Israel Shipyards

Israel Shipyards Ltd
Native name
מספנות ישראל
Company typeprivately held limited company (former government-owned corporation)
Industryshipbuilding
defence
Founded1959; 65 years ago (1959)
FounderGovernment of Israel
HeadquartersKishon Port,
Haifa
,
Israel
Key people
Samy Katsav (Chairman)
Eitan Zucker (general manager)
Productsmissile boats, patrol boats, tugboats, multipurpose boats and cranes
Revenue₪ 599 million[1] (2014)
Number of employees
378
Websitewww.israel-shipyards.com
Work in Israel Shipyards, 1969
Work in Israel Shipyards, 1969

Israel Shipyards is a large shipbuilding and repair facilities in the eastern Mediterranean.[2] The company also operates a privately owned port in Israel. The company's facilities are located at the Kishon Port (part of the Port of Haifa complex).

Facilities include a shiplift (syncrolift), capable lifting up to 3,000 tons, or 100-meter (330 ft) length overall ships, and a 1,000-meter (3,300 ft)-long quay with 12 meters (39 ft) of water depth.

History

The company was founded in 1959 by the State of Israel to build both military and civilian ships, and to provide marine engineering upgrade, maintenance and repair services. In 1995, following years of underperformance and continued losses under state ownership, the company was privatized and sold to a group of local investors who, since 1998, have returned it to profitability.[3]

Israel Shipyards is controlled by the Shlomo Group (TASE:SHLD), a holding group owned by businessman Shlomo Shmeltzer.[3]

In May 2013 Israel Shipyard unveiled a new ‘Mini Corvette’ design, the Sa'ar S-72 class; to offer the Israeli Navy a new class, which fits between the Navy's existing Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boats, and Sa'ar 5-class corvettes. Through the years Israel Shipyards have built 40 Sa'ar-class missile boats; 20 were delivered to the Israeli Navy over the years. Last to be delivered were two upgraded Sa'ar 4.5 Hetz-subclass missile boats called INS Herev (2002) and INS Sufa (2003). With the new Mini Corvette the shipyard hoped to expand its offering to meet the evolving requirements, of the Israeli Navy, as well as of international customers overseas.[4]

Products and services

Missile boats

Offshore patrol vessels (OPV)

Fast patrol crafts (FPC)

Merchant vessels

Ship repairs

The Shipyards has capability and experience to design and execute projects such as:

  • Damage repair of merchant ships
  • Jumboizing of container ships
  • Conversion and modification of cargo vessels
  • Repairs and maintenance of merchant and Naval vessels

Industrial structures

The company uses its facilities to build and deliver non-ship related commissions; recently completed projects include:

  • Panamax and Post Panamax container cranes
  • Harbor construction and cargo handling installations
  • Coal unloading steel piers and cranes for the Orot Rabin power plant
  • Industrial large pressure vessels
  • Potash storage and loading installation
  • Jet bridges for Ben Gurion International Airport's terminal 3

List of ships built by Israel Shipyards (partial list)

Name Class Built For Launched Fate Image
INS Etzion Gever (P-51) Kishon-class landing craft  Israeli Navy
 January 1963 Sold for civilian use in 1984, used as a fishing boat in Eilat
INS Reshef (Spark) Sa'ar 4-class missile boat  Israeli Navy
 Chilean Navy 		February 1973 Sold to Chile in 1997 as LM-34 Angamos
INS Keshet (Bow) Sa'ar 4-class missile boat  Israeli Navy
 Chilean Navy 		October 1973 Sold to Chile in 1981 as LM-31 Chipana
INS Romach (Lance) Sa'ar 4-class missile boat  Israeli Navy
 Chilean Navy 		1974 Sold to Chile in 1979 as LM-30 Casma
INS Kidon (Javelin) Sa'ar 4-class missile boat  Israeli Navy 1974 Retired – The old hull sunk as an underwater memorial
INS Tarshish Sa'ar 4-class missile boat  Israeli Navy
 Chilean Navy 		1975 Sold to Chile in 1997 as LM-35 Papudo
INS Yaffo (Jaffa) Sa'ar 4-class missile boat  Israeli Navy 1975 Retired
INS Nitzachon (Victory) Sa'ar 4-class missile boat  Israeli Navy July 1978 Redirected to anti-submarine warfare
INS Atzmaut (Independence) Sa'ar 4-class missile boat  Israeli Navy December 1978 Redirected to anti-submarine warfare
INS Moledet (Homeland) Sa'ar 4-class missile boat  Israeli Navy
 Sri Lanka Navy 		1979 Redirected to anti-submarine warfare, sold to Sri Lanka in 2000 as SLNS Suranimala.
INS Komemiyut (Sovereignty) Sa'ar 4-class missile boat  Israeli Navy
 Sri Lanka Navy 		1980 Redirected to anti-submarine warfare, sold to Sri Lanka in 2000 as SLNS Nandimitra
INS Aliya (Homecoming) Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat  Israeli Navy July 1980 Refitted and sold to Mexico in 2004 as ARM Huracán
INS Geula (Salvation) Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat  Israeli Navy October 1980 Refitted and sold to Mexico in 2004 as ARM Tormenta
INS Romah (Halberd) Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat  Israeli Navy 1981 Active
INS Keshet (Bow) Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat  Israeli Navy 1982 Active
INS Shlomit Zivanit-class hydrofoil missile boat  Israeli Navy 1983 Sold for scrap metal in September 1991 due to technical unreliability
INS Hetz (Arrow) Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat  Israeli Navy 1991 Active
INS Tarshish Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat  Israeli Navy 1995 Sa'ar 4 class built in 1974 and converted to Sa'ar 4.5 class in 1994, Active
INS Kidon (Lance) Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat  Israeli Navy 1995 Sa'ar 4 class built in 1974 and converted to Sa'ar 4.5 class in 1994, Active
INS Yaffo (Jaffa) Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat  Israeli Navy 1998 Sa'ar 4 class built in 1974 and converted to Sa'ar 4.5 class in 1998, Active
INS Herev (Sword) Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat  Israeli Navy 2002 Active
INS Sufa (Storm) Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat  Israeli Navy 2003 Active
ΛΣ-060 Offshore patrol vessel  Hellenic Coast Guard December 2003[5] Active
ΛΣ-070 Offshore patrol vessel  Hellenic Coast Guard February 2004 Active
ΛΣ-080 Offshore patrol vessel  Hellenic Coast Guard April 2004 Active
ARM Huracán Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat  Mexican Navy 2004 Active
ARM Tormenta Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat  Mexican Navy 2004 Active
Bulk freighters A commercial customer 2008 A 90 m (300 ft) long, 15 m (49 ft) beam bulk freighters
Bulk freighters A commercial customer 2009 Active
Bulk freighters A commercial customer 2009 Active
Bulk freighters A commercial customer 2010 Active
Shaldag MK II Shaldag-class patrol boat  Israeli Navy Active
Shaldag MK III Shaldag-class patrol boat  Israeli Navy Active
Shaldag MK II Shaldag-class patrol boat  Navy of Equatorial Guinea 2005 Two Shaldag Mk II fast patrol boats constructed in 2004 and delivered in 2005.[6]
Shaldag MK III Shaldag-class patrol boat  Sri Lanka Navy Active
Shaldag MK III Shaldag-class patrol boat  Nigerian Navy[7] Active
Shaldag MK II Shaldag-class patrol boat Argentine Naval Prefecture[8] 2018 Active

References

  1. ^ "מספנות ישראל במו"מ על עסקה בשווי 900 מיליון שקל". TheMarker.
  2. ^ "Moving Up to Warships? Israel Shipyards Hopes for Big Step in Technology". Defense News. July 20, 2009.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ a b "Shlomo Group Profile", Shlomo.co.il, archived from the original on April 10, 2010, retrieved April 4, 2010
  4. ^ Israel Shipyards Introduces the SAAR 72 Mini-Corvette Design; Defense-Update, May 16, 2013
  5. ^ "Israel Shipyards building 3 patrol boats to protect Athens Olympics". Globes. December 15, 2003.
  6. ^ "Equatorial Guinea Navy (Equatorial Guinea), The market – Middle East and Africa", Jane's Naval Construction and Retrofit Markets, archived from the original on July 13, 2011, retrieved April 16, 2010
  7. ^ "Nigeria: Govt-Israel in U.S.$25 Million Arms Deal". Allafrica.com. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  8. ^ Piñeiro, Luis (May 22, 2018). "Argentina recibe las primeras lanchas rápidas de intervención Shaldag". Defensa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved May 30, 2023.
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