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.

  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]