Shipyard · Refit
La Ciotat Shipyards
The publicly owned company that owns and runs the former La Ciotat shipbuilding site and rents its lifts, platforms, dry dock and quays to refit yards. MB92 La Ciotat and Monaco Marine are the main tenants and hold the customer relationship. LCS itself operates the travelift, shiplifts, gantry crane, quays and the town's Old Harbour marina.
Key facts
- Parent
- Local public company (department, metropolis, region and city)
- Country
- France
- Founded
- 1994 (SEMIDEP-Ciotat, after the 1994 site agreement; renamed La Ciotat Shipyards 2018); shipbuilding on the site since 1835
- Status
- Active
- Size range (LOA, m)
- 20 to no stated limit (platforms 20–45 m, 50–80 m, 80–115 m; Great Dry Dock unlimited); tenant operators cite yachts up to 180 m
- Largest delivered
- not published
- Yachts delivered
- about 150 yachts a year, about 100 of them over 50 m (LCS site, undated)
Notable yachts
- unnamed 109 m superyacht, largest lift on Atlas shiplift to date at 3,500 t · Oct 2024, for MB92 La Ciotat
- other named refits not published by LCS
Services
- haul-out and lifting operations
- rental of public hard-standing areas to approved repair companies
- quay berthing (technical and, in summer, non-technical stopovers)
- shore power 220/380 V up to 1,250 A per terminal
- fresh, sea and waste water connections
- fibre internet
- 24/7 access control and CCTV
- water treatment on all platforms
- Old Harbour marina
- crew welcome services (crew accommodation not published)
Haul-out
| Travel lift | 300 t travelift serving the Yacht Platform (20–45 m, under 300 t); max beam not published |
|---|---|
| Shiplift | Atlas megayacht shiplift 4,300 t, in service Sept 2022, serving 7 workstations for 80–115 m yachts (6 used by MB92, 1 public); 2,000 t shiplift serving the Superyacht Platform for 50–80 m yachts (13 spots Monaco Marine, 3 MB92, 1 Nautech); platform dimensions and max beam not published by LCS. Gantry crane 600 t (93 m high, 75 m under beam), boats up to 60 m incl. multihulls and sailboats with masts stepped. Monaco Marine quotes max beam 90 m and max length 160 m for its La Ciotat site (unclear which asset) |
| Dry / floating dock | Great Dry Dock, ex-tanker dock renovated 2016, no stated size limit, leased to MB92 La Ciotat until 2042 (LCS); MB92 gives 200 x 60 m with extension potential to 300 m |
| Max LOA handled (m) | no stated limit (Great Dry Dock); 115 on Atlas shiplift |
| Max tonnage handled | 4,300 t (shiplift rating); 3,500 t actual lift (Oct 2024) |
| Sheds / berths | 1,500–1,600 m of industrial quays, max draught 9 m at stations 4bis/5 and 9; Yacht Platform 24–25 hard-standing spots (11 public, 14 MB92 incl. one covered); Superyacht Platform 17 spots (one covered, Monaco Marine); Megayacht Platform 7 spots; Old Harbour 700 moorings (120 visitor) and 200–300 dry storage spaces; crew accommodation not published |
Sources
- laciotat-shipyards.com — https://www.laciotat-shipyards.com/en/la-ciotat-shipyards/site/
- laciotat-shipyards.com — https://www.laciotat-shipyards.com/en/la-ciotat-shipyards/
- laciotat-shipyards.com — https://www.laciotat-shipyards.com/en/equipment-and-services/megayacht-platform/
- superyachtnews.com — https://www.superyachtnews.com/business/mb92-la-ciotat-inaugurates-4300-tonne-shiplift
Compiled from published sources. Figures carry their own source and date where one exists.