The Boat Yard

The modern and extensive workshops of UK Docks Tyneside offer a wide range of services including vessel maintenance, refits, upgrades and conversions on all types of vessels from steel, aluminium and GRP vessels.

The yard is located on the North East Coast and has direct access to the North Sea. Refit and repairs are carried out on a wide variety of commercial craft, with customers including the Ministry of Defence, Nexus, Local Authorities and Port Authorities. Our facility can launch and recover vessels up to 250 tonnes and 30 metres in length, supported by fabrication, joinery and machine shop services. In addition to vessel repairs, we also provide commercial engineering and fabrication services.

Our workforce consists of highly qualified and fully trained shipwrights, boat builders, engineers, glass reinforced plastic specialists, specialist painters, welders and riggers and we are accredited to ISO 9001/2008 for quality assurance and ISO 14001 for Environment Management.