Shipyard · Refit
Norship Marine
Cairns ship repair group best known for Australian and Pacific patrol boat dockings. It has a 400 t travel lift that takes vessels up to 60 m long and 10.8 m in beam (2020), and a large sealed hardstand close to the Cairns superyacht marinas, backed by in-house engineering, machining and blasting; no named superyacht refits are published.
Key facts
- Parent
- Varley Group (since 2021)
- Country
- Australia
- Founded
- 1948 per Norship site ('since 1948'); traces roots to NQEA, Cairns
- Status
- Active
- Size range (LOA, m)
- haul-out up to 60 m LOA / 10.8 m beam (ship2yard, 2020)
- Largest delivered
- not published
- Yachts delivered
- not published
Notable yachts
not published
Services
- complete vessel refit
- docking and hardstand storage
- abrasive blasting and painting
- steel and aluminium fabrication
- engineering and machining (CNC)
- engine testing
- electrical
- hydraulics
- shipwright work
- antifouling
- shaft alignment
- rigging and mast repairs
- crew accommodation not published
Haul-out
| Travel lift | 400 t max. Counts differ: four lifts 60–400 t (Super Yacht Group GBR member page, undated) vs three lifts 40–400 t (Super Yacht Group GBR refit page, undated); ship2yard lists 160 t (40 m length, 7.6 m beam) and 400 t (60 m length, 10.8 m beam) (2020). 400 t lift custom-built 2009 (ADM, undated) |
|---|---|
| Shiplift | not published (Norship site mentions shiplifts without figures) |
| Dry / floating dock | not published |
| Max LOA handled (m) | 60 (ship2yard, 2020) |
| Max tonnage handled | 400 t |
| Sheds / berths | climate-controlled, cyclone-rated maintenance shed for vessels up to 400 t (Norship site); purpose-built blast/paint and fabrication sheds; over 50,000 m² sealed hardstand and work bays; wet berths with 10–250 A shore power; up to 600 vessels a year (Super Yacht Group GBR, undated); crew accommodation not published |
Sources
- norship.com.au — https://www.norship.com.au/about-us/
- superyachtgroup.com — https://superyachtgroup.com/members/norship/
- ship2yard.com — https://www.ship2yard.com/yard.php?idy=9278
- australiandefence.com.au — https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/sea/varley-group-buys-norship
Compiled from published sources. Figures carry their own source and date where one exists.