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Boat Building Progress & Giving Back

Boat Building Progress & Giving Back

In a decade that saw huge advancements to the boat building services offered by Malakoff Limited, the company would also give back to the Shetland community.  It would be one of the most successful periods for the company as it went from strength-to-strength across the board.

Boat building at Malakoff really took it's self to the next level, it would move operations to Warehouse 7 at the Greenhead Base in Lerwick and would begin work on steel vessels for the first time since it built and launched its very own MV Brenda in 2011, the 12m, multi-purpose vessell would go onto play a vital role in the work carried out by Malakoff at Sella Ness, supporting a multitude of works including the SVT Jetty Maintenance contract that would be looked after my Malakoff for the majority of the decade. 

The first set of boats to be built in the new facility would be a Catamaran for industry-giants Cooke Aquaculture. The 80,000 square feet of space would build two boats for the giants, as well as a ferry to serve in the Western Isles for Calmac - the MV Carvoria would become the lifeline for Kerrera in the West of Scotland. 

Away for the hustle and bustle of working life, Malakoff would look to do their bit for the community in Shetland - becoming Team Shetland's team sponsor for the Island Games through the years. From the 2013 successes in Bermuda through to Jersey in 2015 and more recently, Gotland and Gibraltar, where the team returned brimming with medals. This included two golds for talented Katie Dinwoodie and Seamus Mackay. 

It wasn't just the sport where Malakoff would play their part with the local community, involvement in annual boat weeks would too become an occurence, with tours of the boat building facilities as well as mini boat building for children. 

TIMELINE

1856
10 May

The Beginning

The first advertisement for Laurence Goodlad’s Malakoff boat-building establishment features in the Shetland Times in February 1881 and it boasts very moderate prices for paints, oils,...

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1900
20 September

The Turn of the 20th Century

Laurence Odie's carpenters shed is destroyed by a fire, all while William Moore arrives in Shetland from Orkney. After working as a blacksmith for Irvine's of Boddam, Moore arrived in...

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1942
16 July

The World Wars

The Malakoff yard and William & Jack Moore played a role in both wars. During the First War, the yard was given an Admiralty contract to supply coal to vessels. During the Second War, there...

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1952
3 September

Decades of Change

The 50's and 60's would see a lot happen. A massive range of upgrades and changes to leadership and directors would set the Malakoff up for tackling a massive array of projects.  As...

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1975
22 March

The Impeding Oil Boom

A huge decade of expansion, business development and hugely improved facilities would follow once again as the Malakoff would go from strength-to-strength. With the aforementioned shift...

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1986
7 November

A Decade of Rapid Expansion

It would only be the 80's before both forms were formally amalgamated and the official name of the Malakoff would come into play. The company would become Malakoff & Wm Moore Ltd in...

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1992
19 April

Further Expansion & Voe Boats Introduced

The 90's was, yet again, a huge decade for the company as the boatbuilding facilities would see massive expansion and there would be the the introduction of the revolutionary voe boats.  In...

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2003
25 July

A New Era Dawns

A turbulent start to the early noughties would eventually turn out good for Malakoff.  The floating dock at Holmsgarth that was operated by Malakoff would stop operations in 2001, after 12...

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2013
8 October

Boat Building Progress & Giving Back

In a decade that saw huge advancements to the boat building services offered by Malakoff Limited, the company would also give back to the Shetland community.  It would be one of the most...

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