A center of activity for energy-related services, the shipyard facility boasts a dry dock with a 7,700 long ton lifting capacity. Meeting ABS Floating Dry Dock rules and regulations, the dry dock allows the company to provide barge and boat repair, conversions and upgrades for oil and maritime companies both regionally and internationally. Located on a 36-acre yard site with convenient access to the Gulf of Mexico, the facility is equipped with 1,200 feet of bulkheaded waterfront property and offers 24-hour scheduling capability.

The Alvarado dry dock operates as a means of lifting existing vessels out of the water for the purpose of repair and as a launching device for new build vessels. The construction of the dry dock, designed and built with 100% skilled labor from Veracruz, highlights the company's ability to develop large scale projects from conception to completion.

The dry dock is a single hull design and measures 270' long with a 130'6" beam and 112'6" width between wing walls. It is an all welded steel construction with twenty-eight ballast tanks arranged four abreast, two on either side of centerline, in seven rows. The outboard tanks extend into the adjacent portion of the wing wall. The dry dock is fitted with a safety deck which, with all tanks filled, floats the dry dock at its designed deep draft water line.

Flooding and de-ballasting operations are controlled remotely from a ballast control room located on the wing wall top deck with remote controls of the ballast system. The control room also contains remote indication of ballast tank levels and remote draft indication.

The dry dock is electrically powered and can be fed from a dockside electrical supply. A backup generator is fitted to power the dry dock during temporary power outages or for instances where the dock is pulled away from the dockside for special operations.

Systems installed on the dry dock include a ballast system with stripping capability, a fire main/wash down system, compressed air system, fuel system, cutting gas system, oxygen system, electrical power/lighting system, and a cathodic protection system.

The dry dock is designed to meet the American Bureau of Shipping “Rules for Building and Classing Steel Floating Dry Docks” issued in 1977.