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MacGregor maintenance services go the extra mile
As a worldwide supplier of cargo- and load-handling solutions, MacGregor understandably counts safety as a core value for the design, development, and operation of every system it offers.
Indian Coast Guard take ACO biological wastewater management system
Reliance Defence and Engineering (RDEL) has contracted ACO Marine to supply a comprehensive wastewater management package for installation to a new coastguard training vessel building for the Indian Coast Guard. RDEL, which in January 2016 acquired Pipavav Defence &...
FEATURE: Getting retrofits right
Retrofits are never easy, but getting them right through your selection of partners is critical to keep a vessel profitable. Regent Seven Seas Cruises is a six-star-plus cruise line. Its vessels boast the highest standards for their guests, plus the latest in...
FEATURE: Is now the right time for your Cargo Boost?
With dwindling margins, overcapacity and idling ships plaguing the industry, MacGregor believes that there is no better time to ensure that a vessel’s cargo system is able to carry all the available containerised trade that it can. Declining revenues, plummeting...
Nor-Shipping says event week marked watershed
Nor-Shipping believes that its 2017 outing marked a watershed moment for the leading global maritime event week, with strong visitor numbers, more international participants than ever before, and a speaker programme that will help set the industry agenda for years to...
Face the Facts: Drydock interviews Nicholas Warren of Burgess Marine Ltd
Burgess Marine is the UK’s largest independent ship repairer; the company is at the forefront of the specialised marine engineering industry, having earned a worldwide reputation as experts in all aspects of structural repairs and renewals, as well as mechanical...
Ferry contract for Damen’s Swedish repair yard
Damen Oskarshamnsvarvet has won a contract for the refit and repair works of a Swedish ferry from Trafikverket (the Swedish Transport Administration). Awarded after a public tender process, the contract refers to the Castella, a 77-metre long Ro-Ro ferry. Damen...
ABB to undertake major modernizations of Canadian Coast Guard ships
ABB will modernize 10 out of 14 Medium Icebreakers and High Endurance Multi Task Canadian Coast Guard ships to extend operational life of the vessels by another 20 years. These ships undertake major search and rescue operations and are instrumental in keeping northern...
DRYDOCK interviews Michael Coomber, Managing Director of Rivertrace
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MAATS Tech completes £22m state of the art cable laying vessel project
MAATS Tech Limited, the marine engineering consultancy specialising in bespoke carousel and deck handling systems, is celebrating the successful completion of the NKT Victoria, a world-class cable lay vessel (CLV). The ship was delivered by the Kleven Shipyard to NKT,...
New Modular Approach for retrofitting scrubbers from Damen
Damen Green Solutions (DGS) in partnership with Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) and AEC, the scrubber supplier, is trialling a new technique for retrofitting scrubbers. Designated the Modular Approach, this new process is designed to cut the time that a vessel...
Hydrex repair prevents unscheduled drydock in Rotterdam
When the classification society told the owner of a 144m tanker that cracks in the welding seams of both rudder cover plates required immediate repair to prevent the pintle nut from corroding, an unscheduled visit to drydock seemed the only option. Hydrex Underwater...
ACO Marine supplies 100th Clarimar waste water system
ACO Marine has supplied its 100th Clarimar MF wastewater treatment system in a development that confirms market acceptance of a new technology introduced little more than two years’ ago. ACO Chile will supply the 100th unit, a Clarimar MF-3, for retrofit installation...
Cammell Laird reaches nine-month milestone on RRS Sir David Attenborough build
Cammell Laird shipyard announced today, MAY 30, at the Nor Shipping Trade Fair in Oslo that it has reached the nine-month milestone in its project to build the UK’s new polar research ship the RRS Sir David Attenborough. The Merseyside-based engineering services giant...
Tropical ships adopting seawater lubricated shafts
Thordon Bearings’ Jacksonville-based distributor Coppedge Marine has secured an order with Tropical Shipping for the award-winning COMPAC seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearing system. The COMPAC systems destined for two 300TEU environmentally-compliant box ships...
MacGregor readies the market for fibre-rope crane reality
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has announced that it is now building one of the most advanced fibre-rope cranes on the market. The MacGregor FibreTrac crane will have a 150-tonne safe working load capacity and will be ready for testing during the first quarter of 2018....