Shipping Related Services
The Group owns 50 per cent of both Hongkong United Dockyards Group (HUD Group) and Hongkong Salvage and Towage (HKST).

HUD Group is the major provider of ship repair services in Hong Kong - one of the world's busiest container ports. Located on Tsing Yi Island, the company's 1990-built dockyard is one of Asia's most modern facilities, with the largest steel fabrication and heavy engineering workshops in Hong Kong and sea walls which can accommodate vessels with up to 12.5 metres draft. HUD Group's floating dock United, with its 40,000-tonne lifting capacity and post-panamax beam, enables the company to undertake dry-docking, maintenance, repair and survey on all types and sizes of vessels calling at Hong Kong. Equipped with travelling cranes of up to 70-tonne lifting capacity, as well as high-pressure washing, airless paint spraying, grit-blasting, and welding equipment, the dock has direct access to shore and to the yard's extensive workshop facilities and is conveniently located close to Hong Kong's container port. HUD Group's harbour repair department also offers round-the-clock routine and emergency repairs and maintenance to all types of vessels afloat at berths, buoys or at anchor.

As a complement yet a separate operating division, HUD General Engineering Services (HUD GES) is the land based contracting division of the group. GES has been established since 1970 and is centred on mechanical & electrical process, design, manufacture, installation, testing, commissioning and operation of both in house and supplied equipment. Particular expertise centres around turnkey project management solutions which can be seamlessly integrated into an operating environment. HUD GES is focussed on transport & infrastructure projects, having gained specific experience with airports, railway, both municipal and industrial waste water treatment facilities, land reclamation projects and also with the power sector projects both in Hong Kong and Macau.

The majority of the projects are site based, but are supported by the design, logistics and commercial management team at the Tsing Yi Headquarters. HUD Group's workshops at Tsing Yi also provide extensive electrical and mechanical repair and maintenance work in their own right and as a support service to the HUD GES field operations.

The HUD Group is the leading provider of electric motor overhaul services in Hong Kong and HUD GES is an approved Specialist Contractor to the Hong Kong Government for a total of 10 different specialist provisions as well as a Registered Electrical Contractor. Certified to ISO9002, HUD GES Ltd has built on the skills and experience in Marine engineering to offer a world class range of services.

The recent acquisition of Conspec, a specialist coatings supplier, has enhanced the product portfolio of CES.

The Workshop of the HUD Group is a leading repair centre for electrical motors, generators and transformers in Hong Kong, and also the regional representative and agent for many international manufacturers such as Siemens, ABB, Loher, Reliance, Baldor, GE and Siome Motori S.P.A.

HUD Automotive Services is a comprehensive service provider fully equipped with an environmental vehicle refinishing/bodywork facility and a 16-bay commercial vehicle workshop of 15,000 sq ft. The business unit is an authorised workshop and genuine parts distributor for Volvo commercial vehicles, and undertakes multi-brand contract fleet maintenance and retail services, as well as accident repairs, Certificate of Roadworthiness, and Certificate of Fitness work on behalf of franchised bus operators. It owns the largest common-user facility - Spraybake spray system for vehicle refinishing and acts as agent for Hackney commercial vehicle body designers and manufacturers. HUD Automotive Services operates a Government authorised Vehicle Emission Testing Centre (VETC) for commercial vehicles, and acts as sole agent for Eminox Ltd for a range of diesel oxidation catalyst and particulate trap products in Hong Kong.

The HUD Group's Automotive Services Division has recently been awarded the "Best Service Centre for Commercial Vehicles 2001/02" by CAR PLUS Magazine - one of Hong Kong's most respected automotive periodicals.

In April 2000, Hongkong Salvage & Towage became a division of Hongkong United Dockyards, and is now trading as HUD Marine.

HUD Marine has the largest and most modern tug fleet in Hong Kong. In February 2004, the fleet includes 22 tugs totalling 80,400 BHP with an average age of only seven years.

Services offered include harbour towage, deep-sea towage, salvage, heavy lifting, newbuilding design and supervision, project management and consultancy.

The harbour fleet provides 24 hour towing and berthing services anywhere in Hong Kong waters. The HUD Marine operations room is permanently manned to organise routine towing jobs or emergency response as necessary.

HUD Marine is the only HK-based member of the International Salvage Union, and has an enviable track record of successfully assisting vessels in distress throughout the South China Sea and beyond.

In recent years, the company's growing reputation has helped it expands into new areas. HUD Marine tugs are presently operating in Mexico, Australia, Indonesia and the Arabian Gulf.

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