by Satzuma-Creative | Jan 10, 2017 | News
Grand Bahama Shipyard enjoyed a busy 2016 performing repairs, refurbishments and retrofits on vessels from all segments of the commercial maritime industry. The Caribbean’s largest shipyard worked on 49 commercial vessels and 20 cruise ships throughout 2016....
by Satzuma-Creative | Jan 5, 2017 | News
Italian ferry company Moby S.p.A has chosen Wärtsilä to carry out the repowering of its passenger ferry MV Moby Zaza, the last in a series of repowering projects that started with MV Moby Corse and continued with MV Moby Kiss. The scope of the agreement covers...
by Satzuma-Creative | Jan 4, 2017 | Archive
Hydrex Underwater specialists have assisted an excavation vessel hemorrhaging oil from a stern tube seal entangled with steel wire to pass safely through the Panama Canal. A 156m long, Dutch-owned vessel was unable to make the canal transit until the propeller shaft...
by Satzuma-Creative | Jan 4, 2017 | News
Wärtsilä has signed a ten-year maintenance agreement with MOL LNG Transport Europe Ltd., covering two LNG carriers. The service agreement includes all scheduled engine maintenance activities, workshop services and online remote support. Wärtsilä’s Condition...
by Satzuma-Creative | Dec 30, 2016 | Archive
With implementation of the IMO’s Ballast Water Convention coming in September 2017 the problem for yards is looking like one of supply, not demand. It should be welcome news, but it is also bringing its own headaches. There should be a goldrush of retrofit business...