Outfitting platform

An outfitting platform, or fitting-out quay, is the berth where a hull is completed after float-out or launch: machinery commissioned, piping and electrical systems finished, accommodation fitted, and the ship prepared for trials. The heavy structural work is done; this stage installs and tests the systems that make the hull a working ship. Yards push as much outfitting as possible upstream into pre-outfitting and module assembly so the quay time, which is expensive and ties up a berth, is as short as possible. The sequence ends with harbor acceptance tests, dock trials, and the move to sea trials.