Egyptian Ship Repairs & Building company

What Egyptian Ship Repairs & Building company does

Egyptian Ship Repairs & Building Company (ESRBC) is an Alexandria-headquartered, state-owned shipyard founded in 1924 and operated under Egypt's Ministry of Defence via the Marine Industries And Services Organization. It builds steel and aluminum vessels (naval and commercial) with displacement up to 800 tons and repairs vessels up to 9,000 tons, operating a 9,000-ton floating dock, an 800-ton boat lift, a 600-ton mechanical slipway, a 100-ton floating crane, and CNC plasma cutting workshops including a dedicated Fast Boats facility developed with American shipyard Swiftships in 2011. Its product portfolio spans harbor tugboats (30-75 ton bollard pull), fast patrol boats, anti-pollution boats, pilot boats, firefighting vessels, cutter suction dredgers, Nile ferries, river buses, barges, tourist boats, mooring and navigation buoys, plus industrial fabrication including belt conveyors and fuel tanks up to 1,000 tons.

The company is structured around project-based, contract-by-contract revenue: direct sales to Egyptian government and state-owned enterprise clients through public procurement, supplemented by third-party non-destructive testing, inspection, and welding certification services. Its customer base is almost entirely Egyptian state entities — port authorities (Alexandria, Red Sea, Damietta, Port Said), inland governorates (Aswan, Luxor, Asyut, Menia), the Egyptian Navy and Border Guards, the Suez Canal Authority, SUMED, and the National Nile Company for River Transport. ESRBC also offers classification-society-approved welder training under Lloyd's Register, ABS, and DNV GL, with international clients such as Djibouti Port Authority referenced.

The company operates under an integrated management system certified to ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001, and holds approvals from Lloyd's Register, DNV GL, ABS, and RINA. All newbuild vessels are constructed under classification-society supervision, and the company markets through a multilingual corporate website, international defense exhibitions (including the 2022 World Defence Exhibition in Saudi Arabia), and regular press coverage. Pricing is project-specific and not publicly disclosed, with no SaaS, subscription, or recurring-revenue model.

Name

Egyptian Ship Repairs & Building company

Legal name

Egyptian Ship Repair & Building Company

Website

https://www.esrbc.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1924

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

ESRBC is an Alexandria-based, Ministry of Defence-owned Egyptian shipyard founded in 1924 that builds steel and aluminum vessels up to 800 tons, repairs vessels up to 9,000 tons, and provides NDT and welding certification, serving primarily Egyptian port authorities, governorates, and naval and border security forces.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Shipbuilding and Ship Repair

NAICS

Ship Building and Repairing (336611), Ship and Boat Building (3366)

SIC

Ship & Boat Building & Repairing (3730), Fabricated Structural Metal Products (3440)

akta.pro primary industry

Steel Fabrication & Marine Engineering (Custom Fabrication, Modifications, Conversions) (TLAHAMAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Naval & Government Vessel Maintenance & Modernization (TLAKAKAB), Hull & Structural Repair (Steel/Aluminum, Plate Renewal, Coatings Prep) (TLAHAMAB)

Keywords

• Ship repair services
• Marine vessel construction
• Harbor tugboat manufacturing
• Non-destructive testing
• Floating dock repair

Headquarters

HQ city

Alexandria

HQ country

Egypt

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Ship Building: Building new vessels including tugboats, patrol boats, ferries, barges, river buses, pilot boats, anti-pollution boats, and fast boats in steel and aluminum, with displacement up to 800 tons.
2. Ship Repair: Repair and maintenance of all types of marine vessels up to 9000 tons displacement, including hull repairs, engine overhauls, propeller repair, rudder reconditioning, and painting.
3. Industrial Fabrication: Manufacturing conveyor belts, metal structures, large fuel tanks up to 1000 tons, stainless steel tanks, floating bridges, hatch covers, doors, ramps, and HVAC systems.
4. Non-Destructive Testing and Inspection Services: Quality assurance and inspection services including ultrasonic testing, magnetic particle inspection, liquid penetrant testing, visual welding inspection, hardness testing, material chemical analysis, and gas free detection for third-party clients.
5. Welding Training and Certification: Welding school providing training courses for welder qualification and certification under international classification societies (Lloyd's Register, ABS, DNV GL).

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Egyptian Ship Repairs & Building Company (ESRBC) constructs new steel and aluminum marine vessels up to 800-ton displacement — including harbor tugboats, patrol boats, dredgers, ferries, and barges — and provides ship repair services for vessels up to 9,000-ton displacement at its Alexandria shipyard. The yard is equipped with a 9,000-ton floating dock, an 800-ton boat lift, an in-house Welding Technology Center and Welding School, and a Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) laboratory, and also fabricates complementary steel products such as belt conveyors, fuel tanks, and mooring buoys for government and industrial customers.

Product overview

Egyptian Ship Repairs & Building Company (ESRBC) is a shipbuilding and repair yard specializing in construction of steel and aluminum vessels (navy and commercial) with displacement up to 800 tons, and repair of vessels up to 9000 tons. The company's product portfolio includes marine vessels (harbor tugboats 30-75 tons bollard pull, fast patrol boats, anti-pollution boats, pilot boats, firefighting vessels, cutter suction dredgers), Nile River vessels (river buses, ferries, barges, tourist boats/restaurants), offshore equipment (mooring buoys, navigation buoys), and industrial products (belt conveyors, fuel tanks, fire simulators). Service offerings encompass mechanical, electrical, welding workshops, CNC plasma cutting, and non-destructive testing capabilities. Infrastructure includes 9000-ton floating dock, 800-ton boat lift, 600-ton slipway, and 100-ton floating crane.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Harbor and Naval Workboat Construction
• Inland Waterway Vessel Construction
• Specialized Dredger Construction Design and build of cutter suction dredgers for harbor, port, and waterway dredging operations, supplied to Egyptian port authorities and dredging operators.
• Industrial Steel Fabrication Custom fabrication of steel industrial products including belt conveyors, fuel tanks, and mooring buoys for Egyptian industrial and petroleum companies.
• Ship Repair Services Dry-dock and afloat repair services for vessels up to 9,000-ton displacement, executed at ESRBC's Alexandria yard using a 9,000-ton floating dock and an 800-ton boat lift, with support from in-house welding and NDT capabilities and delivered to classification society standards.
• Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Services Certified non-destructive testing services delivered through ESRBC's in-house NDT laboratory, supporting both its own shipbuilding and repair work and providing inspection capability to external marine and industrial clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Completed repair of vessel Rek Royal (155m length, 24m breadth, 9m draft) at 9000-ton floating dock, including approximately 70 tons of steel replacement, completed in 25 working days
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers32 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Swiftships (American Shipyard)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Established in 2011, the Fast Boats Workshop was created in cooperation with American shipyard Swiftships as an advanced manufacturing workshop on a 2400 m2 area for building high-speed boats (patrol, pilot, and multi-purpose). The workshop is equipped with necessary machines, equipment, and tools for construction of high-speed boats in steel and aluminum, with 4 overhead cranes of 10 tons each and 24-hour lighting capability.
• Triumph Shipping Co.minorOthersSister/affiliated company under the same ownership structure. Both companies operate in the maritime and shipping sector in Egypt.
• Alexandria ShipyardminorOthersSister/affiliated company. Both companies are maritime shipyard operations in Alexandria, Egypt.
• National Nile Company for River TransportminorOthersSister/affiliated company specializing in river transport on the Nile. The company is also a customer of ESRBC, having received barge construction services.
• RINA (Italian Classification Society)coreTechnology or IntegrationRINA is the Italian classification society that provides supervisory and classification services for ESRBC vessel construction. Tugboats built for Red Sea Ports Authority (Safaga series) were constructed under RINA supervision and according to the latest international standards and technical specifications.
• Lloyd's Register (LR)coreTechnology or IntegrationLR provides classification and approval services including welding procedure certification, hull measurement approvals, and phased array ultrasonic testing approvals. ESRBC welders were certified under LR supervision for projects involving Djibouti Port Authority.
• DNV GLcoreTechnology or IntegrationDNV GL provides classification supervision for mooring buoy repairs and other projects. ESRBC has DNV GL workshop approval for welding and thickness measurements on ships per DNVGL-CP-0484.
• American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)coreTechnology or IntegrationABS is one of the international classification societies whose welder certification ESRBC provides through its welding school training courses.
• Suez Canal AuthorityminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Suez Canal Authority is listed as a customer/logo partner. The nature of the relationship appears to be both as a customer receiving marine services and potentially as a reference/ecosystem partner in the Egyptian maritime industry.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ASRY (Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard): ASRY is a full-service shipbuilding and ship repair yard in Bahrain serving the Middle East with multiple floating docks and new-build capacity. It is the most directly comparable regional peer to ESRBC, competing for the same Gulf and Red Sea naval, commercial, and offshore vessel work.
• Alexandria Shipyard: Alexandria Shipyard is ESRBC's sister/affiliated company under the same Marine Industries and Services Organization umbrella, operating shipyard facilities in Alexandria, Egypt. As a domestic peer in the same group, it competes for and complements ESRBC's Egyptian government and naval shipbuilding work.
• Drydocks World (DP World): Drydocks World in Dubai is a major Middle East ship repair and conversion yard with multiple floating docks and offshore/ naval capabilities. It is the largest regional competitor for ship repair, rig conversion, and naval vessel MRO work that ESRBC also serves.
• Oman Drydock Company (ODC / Asyad): Oman Drydock is a full-service ship repair and new-build yard in the Gulf of Oman with large floating docks. It competes for the same regional naval, commercial, and offshore vessel MRO market that ESRBC addresses in the MENA region.
• SAFEEN Maritime & Offshore Services: SAFEEN operates Abu Dhabi's maritime services including harbor tug operations, vessel construction support, and ship repair facilities. It competes with ESRBC for GCC port authority harbor craft and offshore service vessel contracts.

Broad incumbents

• Damen Shipyards: Damen is a global shipbuilder with a broad portfolio including harbor tugs, patrol boats, offshore vessels, and naval craft. Damen competes with ESRBC in the same harbor-tug and patrol-boat segments and serves MENA government clients.
• Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL): MDL is India's largest state-owned naval shipyard, building destroyers, frigates, submarines, and offshore platforms. As a state-owned defense shipbuilder, MDL is structurally comparable to ESRBC in ownership and naval/shipbuilding focus.
• Cochin Shipyard Limited: Cochin Shipyard is a publicly listed Indian state-owned shipyard building naval vessels, commercial ships, and offshore platforms. Comparable to ESRBC in state-ownership heritage and mixed naval/commercial shipbuilding plus ship repair services.

Regional players

• Grandweld Shipyards: Grandweld is a UAE-based shipyard specializing in offshore support vessels, tugs, and patrol boats for Middle East customers. It directly overlaps with ESRBC's harbor tug, pilot boat, and patrol craft segments in the GCC market.

Others

• SWIFT Ships (Swiftships): Swiftships is a US-based shipyard and ESRBC's strategic cooperation partner (since 2011) for high-speed aluminum patrol and pilot boats. It is comparable as a fast-boat builder and represents ESRBC's partnership model for advanced craft production.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

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Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

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