EEC commissions Conoship to Finalize Revolutionary Floating Dry Dock Network

Elegant Exit Company (EEC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Conoship International, one of Europe’s leading naval architecture and marine engineering firms, to finalize the design of EEC’s next-generation Floating Dry Dock (FDD) Network. This initiative represents a major step towards creating a scalable, modular and commercially viable maritime infrastructure platform that supports ship repair, vessel life-extension, decarbonization, responsible ship recycling and green steel production. Developed as a frugal innovation, the concept provides an elegant engineering solution capable of delivering infrastructure that meets the highest environmental and operational standards, including compliance with the EU Ship Recycling Regulation (EU SRR) through the principles embodied in the UAE Ship Recycling Regulation (UAE SRR).

The EEC Floating Dry Dock Network

The global maritime industry faces an unprecedented infrastructure challenge. Demand for compliant ship repair, retrofitting, decarbonization projects, vessel life-extension and environmentally responsible end-of-life recycling is growing far faster than conventional shipyard infrastructure can be developed.

The EEC Floating Dry Dock Network has been conceived specifically to bridge this capacity gap.

Rather than relying solely on expensive, permanent graving docks requiring lengthy construction periods and significant capital investment, EEC’s approach introduces a flexible, modular infrastructure model that can be deployed rapidly, expanded progressively and relocated as market demand evolves.

The long-term vision is to establish an interconnected network of approximately fifteen strategically located floating dry dock facilities across major maritime regions, including Türkiye, India, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Egypt and other key international shipping hubs. Together, these facilities will provide distributed maritime capacity where it is needed most while supporting regional industrial development, supply-chain resilience and the transition towards a circular maritime economy.

At the heart of the programme is a simple yet transformative concept: Lego-style Floating Dry Docks.

Designed as modular “plug-and-play” infrastructure, these docks can be fabricated in multiple locations, assembled in situ, expanded through additional modules and redeployed when market requirements change. The result is a highly adaptable infrastructure platform capable of supporting a broad range of maritime activities while significantly reducing capital costs and project delivery timelines.

Unlike conventional dry dock developments, which often require years of planning and construction, EEC’s Floating Dry Dock concept enables scalable capacity to be introduced progressively, making world-class maritime infrastructure accessible to a much wider range of locations and industries.

Key Features

• Modular construction allowing fabrication across multiple shipyards and assembly at the point of deployment.
• Expandable architecture enabling capacity to grow through additional modules or be redeployed to new strategic locations as demand evolves.
• Multi-purpose capability supporting ship repair, maintenance, vessel conversions, retrofits, decarbonization projects, life-extension programmes and environmentally responsible end-of-life ship recycling.
• Integrated ship recycling functionality designed around controlled industrial processes consistent with the “No Beaching, No Landing” principles of the UAE SRR.
• Plug-and-play deployment significantly reducing capital barriers while accelerating implementation.
• Installation without the need for major graving docks or extensive permanent shore infrastructure.
• A scalable platform supporting responsible steel recovery, circular-economy objectives and green steel supply chains.

Industry Collaboration

EEC is particularly encouraged that major shipowners have joined the development process by contributing operational requirements and technical design inputs, ensuring the concept reflects the practical needs of modern global fleets.

These enterprising shipowners are joined by an expanding group of leading maritime stakeholders contributing expertise across vessel operations, ship repair, recycling, deployment planning, infrastructure development and green steel initiatives. Discussions continue with shipowners, operators, shipyards, recycling facilities, steelmakers, logistics providers and industrial partners who recognise the need for a fundamentally new approach to maritime infrastructure.

A New Model for Maritime Infrastructure

The EEC Floating Dry Dock Network is far more than a dry dock design.

It represents a new industrial model for the maritime sector—one that combines engineering innovation, environmental responsibility and commercial practicality through frugal innovation.

By integrating modular floating infrastructure with the regulatory principles of the UAE Ship Recycling Regulation, the programme offers an elegant pathway towards delivering infrastructure capable of supporting the objectives of the EU Ship Recycling Regulation, while simultaneously expanding global compliant recycling capacity, strengthening maritime resilience and accelerating the transition towards sustainable shipping.

EEC believes the future of maritime infrastructure will combine existing world-class shipyards with distributed, modular capacity that can be deployed wherever industry requires it. Through this approach, scalable maritime infrastructure can be delivered faster, more economically and with greater environmental responsibility than traditional development models.

Further announcements will follow as the design is finalized and additional strategic partners join the programme.