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Drydocks World positions itself to power the future of maritime repair
As global shipping faces rapidly shifting demands and mounting pressure to decarbonise, Drydocks World is positioning itself as a key player in the transition
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
An integrated steam solution for supporting sulphur-compliant fuel use
Seaspan Ship Management has selected Alfa Laval to help resolve steam balance and redundancy issues connected to sulphur-compliant fuels. The comprehensive solution – an integrated steam boiler plant comprising oil-fired steam production, waste heat recovery, advanced...
The need for innovation in antifouling coatings
The settlement of marine species on ships’ hulls results in economic penalties and may cause environmental damage. The accumulation of biofouling leads to increased hull roughness, which has a direct impact on fuel consumption and consequently the emission of air...
Lobbying the IMO on behalf of offshore workers
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is playing a key role in two industry groups lobbying the IMO to support a recommendation for Governments and national authorities to facilitate the movement of offshore energy sector personnel during the...
Oresund DryDocks in Sweden continues working through the COVID-19 pandemic
Oresund DryDocks in Sweden has continued to work through the COVID-19 pandemic. “We have been working with business as usual since the outbreak in February,” states Magnus Malmström, CCO of Oresund Drydocks AB. “We are working at full capacity, according to the size...
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...
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...
Wärtsilä Fuel Efficiency Boosts four KOTC VLCCs
The technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to upgrade the performance of four vessels owned by Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC), by retrofitting Wärtsilä Fuel Efficiency Boost solution to the ships’ main engines....