Ships chandlers and ship repair services

Ship chandlers provide stores for ships, e.g. food, engineroom stores, paint, charts, etc.

Repair and maintenance work requires large numbers of people, ranging from highly qualified people to unskilled workers.

Cape Town (2), Durban, Simon’s Town and East London have drydocks. Each has a ship repair and maintenance industry focused on the drydock. Cape Town, Durban and Simon’s Town have a synchrolift for ship repair. Cape Town and Saldanha Bay have an important repair/maintenance role to play in the offshore oil & gas industry.