Nasr Contractors has achieved the engineering, design and construction of a system for floating units drydocking using cradle- slipway technique which is considered a first in Tunisia and has been awarded consequently the related patent of invention from the National Institute of Standardization and Industrial Property
The drydocking system is composed of:
- Ramp consisting of 3 rails placed on a compacted screed that has been prepared as a foundation (on a negative slope on the sea side)
- Cradle: metallic structure on which the ferry is sitting
- Pulling system consisting of steel cables, shackles, pulleys and winch