Corporate Milestones

Our over four decades of shipbuilding history:

1968 • Nam Cheong Dockyard Sdn Bhd established
1987 • Delivered first SSV
1989 • Delivered first AHTS vessel
2001 • Relocation to larger premises at Miri Yard
2005 • Doubling of production capacity of our Miri yard
2006 • Tripling of production capacity. Commenced outsourcing of shipbuilding to Chinese Yard
2007 • Commenced Chartering business
• Management headquarters shifted to Kuala Lumpur
• Received ISO9001 : 2000 (since been revised to ISO9001 : 2008) certificate
• Delivered first Malaysia made DP2 OSV
2008 • Expanded into India, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Netherlands markets
2009 • Expanded into China & Vietnam markets
• Received the Industry Excellence Award (Transportation Sector)
2010 • Expand market to Tunisia, Indonesia and USA
2012 • Delivered first PSV
• Expanded into West Africa market
2013 • Expanded into Latin America market
• Raised US$38m on SGX
• Received the Most Transparent Company Award
2014 • Launched our first propriety design DE series vessels, NCA8DE (64.8m 80T BP)
• Received Bronze for the Best Managed Board Award
• Received the Most Transparent Company Award - Runner-up
2016 • Received Silver for Best IR Award
2017 • Fleet size expanded to 20 vessels; chartering revenue growth by 65%
2018 • Fleet size expanded to 28 vessels; chartering revenue growth by 68%
2019 • Fleet size expanded to 36 vessels; chartering revenue growth by 112%
• Awarded the 'Fastest Growing Offshore Support Vessel Company' by UK based International Finance Magaxine