Shipyard · Refit
IMM – International Marine Management
Caribbean refit company built around a 700 t floating dock in Guadeloupe, travel lifts at its own Cole Bay shipyard in Sint Maarten and a new floating dock base in San Juan. Much of its work is on large yachts alongside or at anchor, with IMM running the project and its own trades on board. It also runs a refit base in La Rochelle, France.
Key facts
- Parent
- Independent — founders Fabrice Maitre and Norina Edelman
- Country
- Guadeloupe (France) / Sint Maarten / Puerto Rico / France
- Founded
- not published (IMM managing Caribbean refits since 2010 per Nov 2015 press; site cites fifteen years of continuous business, undated)
- Status
- Active
- Size range (LOA, m)
- haul-out up to 55 m (Guadeloupe floating dock); alongside and in-water work on yachts over 100 m
- Largest delivered
- not published
- Yachts delivered
- not published (more than 60 yachts dried out in the Guadeloupe floating dock's first year, IMM, undated)
Notable yachts
- A (119 m Blohm+Voss, 2008
- interior refit logistics at Pointe-à-Pitre, 2024)
- unnamed 100 m+ motor yacht · generator rebuild, St Maarten, 2024–25
- Quantum of Solace and Eclipse listed as case studies · lengths and dates not given on IMM site
Services
- refit and repair project management
- logistics
- engines
- refrigeration and HVAC
- piping
- hydraulics
- rigging (sister company FKG)
- paint
- laminate, composite and carbon (climate-controlled space at Guadeloupe)
- metalwork and welding
- machining
- interior carpentry
- teak decking
- electrical
- tank cleaning
- class survey support
- yacht protection coverings
- 24/7 technical support
- crew lodging and transport arranged in Guadeloupe (no on-site crew accommodation published)
Haul-out
| Travel lift | Sint Maarten (Cole Bay): 150 t plus a second smaller lift, sizes conflict: 150 t and 75 t, max width 10 m, max draft 3 m (IMM site, undated) vs 150 t and 80 t, 33 ft beam, 12 ft draft (Superyacht Services Guide, undated; SYT profile, undated). La Rochelle: 250 t (IMM site, undated) |
|---|---|
| Shiplift | not published |
| Dry / floating dock | Guadeloupe: 700 t floating dock, max 55 m LOA, 17 m beam, 4 m draft (IMM site, undated). Puerto Rico: 2,000 t floating dock; 200 m covered dry dock planned (listed as 2026–27 season by Superyacht Services Guide, undated). La Rochelle: two dry docks 176 m and 107 m (IMM site, undated) |
| Max LOA handled (m) | 55 out of water (Guadeloupe floating dock); 119 m yacht serviced alongside (Guadeloupe, 2024) |
| Max tonnage handled | 700 t (Guadeloupe floating dock); 2,000 t (Puerto Rico floating dock) |
| Sheds / berths | Guadeloupe: 1,600 m² tarmac; approx. 650 m² workshop/shed; 160 m deep-water berth (200 m+ alongside per other IMM pages); stern-to up to 85 m, 12 m draft; cranes 35–400 t. Sint Maarten: Cole Bay shipyard 20,000 m² (Superyacht Services Guide, undated). Crew accommodation not published |
Sources
- imm-yachting.com — https://imm-yachting.com/locations/guadeloupe/
- imm-yachting.com — https://imm-yachting.com/locations/st-maarten/
- superyachttimes.com — https://www.superyachttimes.com/companies/imm
- imm-yachting.com — https://imm-yachting.com/projects/a/
Compiled from published sources. Figures carry their own source and date where one exists.