The maintenance of vessels in liner services has to be done in convenient time on a suitable yard with free capacities. More urgent is the need in case of a damage or failure of equipment onboard. So it is no wonder that ship repair yards can be found all over the world. For the Bremerhaven based “Lloyd-Shipyard” our experts have evaluated economic and market relevant data for the decision process to indicate an appropriate location in the Caribbean area. According to the density of ship traffic a repair yard was dimensioned, lay-outed and the amount of investment was determined.