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MarineShaft displays DryDock magazine at SMM
DryDock magazine being displayed on MarineShaft’s stand at SMM. MarineShaft are featured on the cover
What’s lurking below?
Vessel owners, operators and charterers reacting to a sharp reduction in demand due to COVID-19 are soon to face an additional operational challenge in the form of accelerated hull fouling as more and more vessels lie idle at anchor or provide floating storage for...
First global standard for ship hull cleaning essential for marine ecosystems
BIMCO, the world’s largest shipping association, has moved a step closer to finishing a global set of guidelines needed to protect the marine environment from invasive species and reduce CO2 emissions. Currently, there is no common global standard for cleaning ships’...
MarineLINE continues working on chemical and product tankers during Covid-19
In an interview with PCE-International, David J Keehan, President of Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC), presents some of the challenges his company has faced during the Covid-19 crisis, and how APC has risen to continue to meet customer and employee expectations. “The...
Force Majeure resolution during the Coronavirus pandemic
Over the last weeks, many companies may have issued or received force majeure notices suspending performance where permitted by force majeure clauses in the relevant contracts based on the COVID-19 outbreak. As the crisis continues with deepening business disruption,...
Strict COVID-19 measures enables work to continue at A&P
A&P Group has deployed a strict programme of Covid-19 measures to ensure it can maintain its support to the maritime community as it emerges from the pandemic. Over the last eight weeks, A&P has deployed a number of stringent measures at all three of its UK...
Business as usual at Multimarine
“Multimarine Shipyards has been fully operational during the COVID-19 lockdown,” says Pavlos Phokas, Commercial Director at the yard. . During the period between March-April-May, Multimarine completed three important drydocking projects (Bourbon Diamond, Nor Naomi,...
Namdock has resumed full operations
“Namdock has resumed full operations with effect from Tuesday 5 May 2020, in accordance with the inception of stage 2 of the lockdown, which has seen the partial easing of restrictive measures thanks to the recent flattening of the infection curve,” explains Heritha...
Restart your business with BV – a service for passenger ships
Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection and certification (TIC) services has developed a new service and a new label – ‘Safeguard’ - to help businesses world-wide resume operations with appropriate health and safety standards. ‘Restart Your Business...
Share your company’s experiences of what you are doing to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic
What is your company doing to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic? Share with SeaFirst your company's experiences of how you maybe looking to new markets, or offering new products or services, to aid your company's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Have an opinion...
Evac Evolution ballast water management system chosen for Irish Lights vessel
The Evac Evolution ballast water treatment system (BWMS) will be installed on the ILV Granuaile, an aids to navigation vessel operated by the Commissioners of Irish Lights. The vessel’s primary function is to place and service 150 offshore buoys, which warn mariners...
Simultaneous repairs in South and Central America
During one week in early April, Metalock Brasil carried out simultaneous repairs on three vessels in three different countries in South and Central America. On an oil tanker, moored in Cristóbal, Panama, a Metalock cold stitching technician inspected an auxiliary...
New exhaust gas cleaning systems (marine scrubbers) partnership
Damen Shiprepair Harbour & Voyage (DSHV) has signed a joint partnership cooperation with Verolme Special Equipment for the provision of services to exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS), widely known as Marine Scrubbers. The agreement arose from a mutual...
SMM 2021: A new impetus for maritime transformation
Every two years SMM brings together industry stakeholders from around the world. Because of the Coronavirus crisis, the leading international maritime trade fair has been postponed until 2-5 February 2021. Not surprisingly, the effects of the pandemic were the main...
Don’t start at the finish
No matter how good your work is overall, the end result will never be better than the weakest link. Only by optimising each and every layer can you ensure that the final outcome will be an absolute long-term success says Colin Mason, Technical Manager CCS Any quality...
The latest issue of DryDock’s sister magazine, PCE-International, is ready to read online
The latest issue of PCE-International (DryDock's sister magazine) can be found here:- PCE-International Lifting the Lid features exclusive comment from Hempel, PPG, Wacker, Cornelius Group and AkzoNobel on their what they are doing during the COVID-19 pandemic In...