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Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority
Kilkeel Ship Lift

 
   

The fishing boat repair facility at Kilkeel, some 40 miles south of Belfast, has three slipways each with its own ship lift. This facility features a traversing winch that can service all of the slipways.

The installed ship lift can accommodate a ship with a keel or a flat bottom of 25 metres in length, a displacement 380 tonnes and a maximum beam 8 metres. Following the successful installation and operation of the ship lift, a further ship lift was designed of similar dimensions.

In 2003, Bennett Associates were engaged to produce the design of a new ship lift including:

Structural design the carriages
Mechanical design of the bilge beams to accommodate ships of different beams
Production of manufacturing drawings
Specification of hydraulic equipment
Calculation package
Structural design of the winch carriage
 
   

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Kilkeel Ship Lift - Belfast
Kilkeel Ship Lift - Belfast

Kilkeel Ship Lift - Belfast
Kilkeel Ship Lift - Belfast
Kilkeel Ship Lift - Belfast
     
Kilkeel Ship Lift - Belfast
Kilkeel Ship Lift - Belfast
Kilkeel Ship Lift - Belfast
     
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