Feature: Navalroche shipyard eyes the LPG boom

Feature: Navalroche shipyard eyes the LPG boom

Portugal’s Navalrocha shipyard is eyeing new work in the LPG product carrier and small-scale LNG markets following a busy first half year. Naval Rocha Commercial Director, Sergio Rodrigues (left) said the yard, located in the heart of Lisbon Harbour on the north bank...
Two ship sections loaded out in a week

Two ship sections loaded out in a week

Den Breejen Shipyard just outside Rotterdam, the Netherlands, specialises in building luxury river cruise vessels and ferries. It maintains two machining halls, which are used during construction of larger vessels to manufacture ship sections, which are then welded...
New welding wire comes to market

New welding wire comes to market

Welding and cutting technologies maker ESAB is launching Coreweld 69 LT H4, a metal-cored welding wire for high-strength steels. Benefiting from very low diffusible hydrogen, this new wire achieves a yield strength of 690 MPa or greater and excellent sub-zero...