Wednesday, April 8, 2015 saw the IMS Shipyard inaugurate its new IMS 700 site, thus becoming the largest yacht repair shipyard in the Mediterranean. The opening ceremony was attended by more than 600 guests, including numerous personalities.

IMS 700 site – Photo by Frank Spire

“This is an exceptional development, extremely important for the naval repair industry“, comments CEO Denis Pellegrino, before adding: “up until now, there was no site of this scale in the Mediterranean. We are proud to meet the challenge and thank all those who believed in this project and supported us during its execution.”

Inauguration of IMS 700 site – Photo by Alban Pichon

Following nine months of hard work, the former naval air station in Saint Mandrier was successfully transformed into IMS 700 last December, with the first yacht haul-out taking place five days ahead of schedule.

Inauguration – Photo by Alban Pichon

Only one year after work began, on March 17, 2015 the entire site was handed over by the group Eiffage. Since the beginning of the year, the new site has already welcomed around thirty units. The shipyard’s two sites, IMS 300 and IMS 700, can now simultaneously host an amazing number of up to one hundred 20 to 80 metre yachts.