IMS

IMS Shipyard

IMS Shipyard, 25 years experience and stature

IMS was founded in 1987 for the construction of aluminium passenger transport boats. Since 1992, refit & repair has been the shipyard’s primary activity.

Headed by Denis Carabin since 2019, the company has been held by the French holding company NEPTEAM since 2011.

Since 2005, the shipyard has been the official Customer-Service base for several major internationally recognised yacht builders.

IMS Shipyard has established itself as a leading player in the industry, particularly appreciated for its responsible attitude, the quality of its work, the relationships it establishes with its clients and its capacity to respect quotes and delivery dates.

In 2014, IMS Shipyard reaches a turning point in its history, expanding its offer and its accommodation capacity on its two sites IMS 300 and IMS 700, just 5 km distance apart.

With this extension on the IMS 700 site, the shipyard multiplies its total surface area and accommodation capacity by five.

IMS Shipyard is currently made up of two sites IMS 300 and IMS 700 separate by only 5 kilometers each in Toulon Bay in the South of France ideally located at the center of the Mediterranean midway between Genoa and Barcelona.

Some combined figures of our two facilities in IMS 300 & 700 :

  • 130.000 m2 of total surface area.
  • 77.000 m2 quays
  • 50.000 m2 secure maritime zone
  • 20.000 m2 sheds (Length up to 50 meters height up to 15 meters).
  • 1 shed dedicated for paint works for yachts up to 50 meters.
  • 3.000 m2 offices and workshops.
  • 500 m2 crew area with gym.
  • 320 and 670 tons lifting capacities.
  • A self-motorized trailer up to 350 tons.
  • 75 Dry slots with 35 enclosed in secured and covered sheds.
  • 25 Berths up to 80 m length and 10 m draft.
  • A team fully dedicated to our customers with projects managers, technicians in-house and skilled subcontractors to cover all the main items of a refit project : Mechanics, main propulsion and generators ,electricity, pipe works, welders, hydraulics antifouling and bottom hull works, painters, carpenter and teak works, sail making and rigging, interior outfitting.
  • Sales Office located in Golfe-Juan between Monaco and Cannes.