Safety, efficiency, and customization
Shipyard gangways designed by Ubicarp are essential structures to ensure practical, safe, and stable access to vessels during maintenance, launching, docking, or technical inspections. We create custom gangways in steel or lightweight materials, designed to withstand marine environments and integrate elegantly and functionally into shipyards.
With our expertise in metal carpentry and terrestrial naval structures, we offer solutions designed for every type of hull, port space, and operational flow required.
Types of shipyard gangways
- Fixed gangways: Ideal for permanent installations in shipyards, with a robust structure fixed to the ground. They offer stability and long-term durability.
- Mobile/removable gangways: Flexible solutions that can be moved and adapted according to the shipyard's needs, useful for managing different vessels at various points.
- Telescopic or adjustable gangways: Allow adaptation to different levels between the dock and the vessel. Perfect when height changes (tides, loads, trim).
- Modular gangways: Composed of modular sections, suitable for creating variable lengths based on the boat's position and type of intervention.
Technical features of Ubicarp nautical gangways
- Structure in hot-dip galvanized steel or lightweight alloys resistant to marine corrosion
- Non-slip surfaces (grating, embossed sheet) to ensure safety
- Load capacities sized for uniform load, operators, equipment
- Handrails and safety railings, side parapets
- Protective treatments (painting, galvanizing, marine finish)
- Height-adjustable supports (if compatible with tide)
- Prefabricated modules for quick assembly
Advantages of Ubicarp shipyard gangways
- Operational safety, thanks to reduced slipping
- Durability in marine environments, with anti-corrosion protections
- Design flexibility, adaptable to different hulls and port layouts
- Ease of maintenance, inspectability, and access to critical parts
- Total customization, from the client's technical drawing
Design and installation process
1. Technical site inspection, dock surveys, leveling, and constraints
2. Structural design, load calculation, and regulatory verification
3. Executive drawing, modules, fixing points, and layout
4. Workshop production, protective treatments, and prefabrication
5. On-site assembly, anchoring, adjustment, finishes
6. Testing and final checks, technical documentation
Real applications
Ubicarp has built gangways for marinas, nautical storage areas, boat maintenance zones, nautical polydromes, and shipyards. Each structure is calibrated for specific hulls and dock conditions.
Features / Technical specifications
- Structure: hot-dip galvanized steel or lightweight alloys
- Surface: non-slip (grating, embossed sheet)
- Load capacity: sized for uniform load, operators, equipment
- Safety: handrails, railings, side parapets
- Treatments: painting, galvanizing, marine finish
- Supports: height adjustable
- Assembly: prefabricated modules