MMS have a comprehensive team of time served, qualified steel workers who are experienced in all aspects of marine fabrication. This department is overseen by the shipyard management team, who are themselves time-served shipyard steelworkers. This is backed up by a fully equipped work shop including plate rollers, frame bender and flanging machine. All MMS welders are coded (steel and aluminium) and steel plate is supplied to Lloyds grade ‘A’ standard. Within the fabrication workshop pipes can be jigged up and renewed. All new plate and pipes can be shot-blasted and coated in the adjacent MMS painting facility.

Types of steelwork and fabrication undertaken:

• Collision damage repairs
• Conversion and modifications 
• Hull lengthening
• Accommodation units (fully fitted out)
• Bespoke steel fabrication
• Aluminium fabrication
• Sea fastenings
• Pontoons, fenders and ladders