CNIC has relevant equipment and facilities for a shipyard to serve the needs of clients in rig repair/conversion and ship repairs. These facilities have significantly increased since the Limbe Shipyard site became operational.
CERTIFICATES
- Ultrasonic Tickness Measurements Certificate;
- Certification to ISO 9001 ongoing
Informations générales sur les chantiers
| Description | Douala Yard | Limbe Yard |
|---|---|---|
| Road access | Yes | Yes |
| Rail access | Yes | No |
| Air access | Douala International Airport | Douala International Airport |
| Sea access | Direct access to Atlantic Ocean | Direct access to Atlantic Ocean |
| Max water depth | 6.9m | 14.9 m |
| Tide range | 1.85 m to 2.90m | 1.85 m to 2.90m |
| Distance to open sea | 25 Km | 0 Km |
| Covered Fabrication area | 5000 2 | 12800 2 |
| Blasting and painting area | 1500 2 | 100002 |
| Warehouse and Storage area | 2000 2 | 600 2 + 200002 |
| Assembly and erection area | 2000 2 | 200002 |
| Bathymetry | available | available |
Quay side facilities
Douala
- Logistic Quay : Lenght: 200m Water, Depth : 5m at low tide;
- Berth 17: location of our 10,000T & 500T drydocks;
- Covered workshops: 5,000m2;
- Covered warehouses: 10,000m2;
- Uncovered area for storage and various fabrication: 20,000m2.
Limbe
- Quay wall : 400m, water Depth 12m at low tide protected by a 700m long breakwater;
- Mooring bollards: 50 and 100 tons;
- Covered workshops: 5 000m2;
- Covered service workshops: 1 200m2;
- Uncovered area for storage and various fabrication: 40 000m2
LIMBE Yard details
CNIC has developped a vast facility in LIMBE on the Atlantic shoreline, less than one hour's drive from the main commercial city of Douala on a good asphalt road. The Limbe site has several natural and professional advantages.
Advantages
- 400m service quay available;
- 700m breakwater available;
- Min depth: 12m;
- Deep and clear water especially for underwater inspections;
- Round the clock direct access to the Atlantic Ocean;
- Available land for further expansion(40ha).
Many projects have been already executed, for instance NOBLE TOMMY CRAIGHEAD, PRIDE CABINDA, SANAGA I PLATFORM, BECUNA, FODLA,DAGDA and many others.
OUR EQUIPMENTS
Dry docks
- 10,000TLC (Length 172m x Inner Breath 33m);
- 1,000TLC (Length 63m x Inner Breath 13.5m);
- 500TLC (Length 36m x Inner Breath 13.5m).
Lifting Equipment
- Mobile Cranes: Ranging from 25T to 200T lifting capacity;
- Forklift Trucks : Ranging from 2.5T to 12T lifting capacity.
Other floating equipment
- 01 service boat (CNIC2-1200HP);
- 01 work barge of 25 x 8 x 2m;
- 01 work barge of 28.60 x 20.10x3.50m;
- 01 cargo barge of 104m x24m
Transport equipment
- 01 Low loader (60T);
- 02 semi trailer trucks;
- 02 crane trucks;
- 01 tipper truck
- 10 pick-up
- Personnel and customers' buses.
Équipement de production
- Electric and Diesel welding machines (for SMAW, GMAW, TIG, FCAW welding);
- Blasting and Painting Equipment;
- Scaffolding equipment;
- Cooling pumps;
- FFI pumps;
- Cutting equipments & tools;
- Machining equipment (lathes, drills, milling machines etc.);
- Electric and Diesel compressors (212/hour and up to 10 bars);
- High pressure pumps ( up to 500 bars);
- Generators ( up to 500 Kva).
Jack up Crane Barge (Jup 111)
- Length 56m x Beam 27m x Depth 3.5m;
- 400T lifting capacity with 54m crane boom;
- 80 beds capacity living quarters; 08 legs of 1.8m diameter and 62m long each
- Clear work surface area of 400m2;
- 02 Caterpillar Generators of 350Kva.
MANPOWER
Our people are the cornerstone of our success. Each time our services are solicited, we consider it a compliment to the people behind our performances and deem it a challenge to do even better.
The performances, reputation and reliability of a firm in our ultraspecialized sector of activity can only be predicated on the skills and know-how of its staff. CNIC taps from its pluri-disciplinary workforce galvanized by Engineers and dozens of highly trained and specialized senior technical support staff in different specialties.
Our workforce is a blend of skilled professionals from a wide spectrum of trades such as engineering, architecture, design technicians, industrial welders and painters, electricians, mechanics, pipe fitters, sandblasters, and a strong corporate communication and public relations unit.
In the potentially acrimonious activity of ship repair, where nerves are irritated and the imagination stretched, we pride ourselves in having promoted a convivial attitude and securing a harmonious social climate at work.
Workforce status
| N° | Man Force | Permanent | Experience moyenne | Integrated partners | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Certified Welders | 45 | 14 | 150 | 195 | Total Permanent and partners: 1006 | |
| 2 | Pipe fitters | 15 | 14 | 85 | 100 | ||
| 3 | Steel workers | 40 | 15 | 200 | 240 | Permanent mainforce : 250 | |
| 4 | scaffolders | 16 | 15 | 70 | 86 | ||
| 5 | Blasters&painters | 20 | 14 | 70 | 90 | Administration staff: 50 | |
| 6 | Electricians | 10 | 14 | 30 | 40 | ||
| 7 | AC technicians | 03 | 14 | 30 | 33 | ||
| 8 | Mechanics | 10 | 17 | 40 | 50 | ||
| 9 | carpenters | 06 | 13 | 20 | 20 | ||
| 10 | QA/QC inspectors | 07 | 15 | 15 | 22 | ||
| 11 | HSE officers | 13 | 15 | 30 | 30 | ||
| 12 | Crane operators | 05 | 14 | 15 | 10 | ||
| 13 | Riggers | 06 | 15 | 30 | 20 | ||
| 14 | Draftmen | 06 | 17 | 30 | 20 | ||
| 15 | Supervisors | 08 | 18 | 20 | 15 | ||
| 16 | Equipments workforce and others | 30 | 18 | 20 | 15 | ||
| 17 | Project engineers | 10 | 14 | 10 | 20 |
Le Flying-Squad
- CNIC’s Flying-Squad composed of engineers and certified technicians undertake repairs on customers’ production sites;
- Flying-Squad ensures no downtimes while repair is underway;
- Flying-Squad enables cost savings as rig/vessel does not need to be towed to shipyard site.
- Enables quick reaction times for emergencies when the rig/vessel cannot be taken away from its production site;
- Flying-Squad can reach any site from offshore West Africa.