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Southern European ship repair
Navantia, Astican and Navalrocha have all been occupied with cruiseships and ferries in the first quarter of 2024
Africa focus at NorShipping
African economies are growing, and becoming more connected to the world economy than ever before. Still, many companies have not discovered the great business opportunities on offer In Africa. In 2017, Nor-Shipping, one of the world’s leading maritime events, will put...
Hull biofouling more environmentally damaging than Ballasting?
The entry into force of the Ballast Water Convention this September will not prevent the transfer of invasive aquatic species (IAS) unless there is mandatory legislation in place to prevent biofouling on ships’ hulls, according to a recent report delivered to the IMO....
Detyens gets $13.6 million contract to overhaul USNS Medgar Evers
Detyens Shipyards of Charleston, South Carolina, is being awarded a $13.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for a 60-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and dry-docking of USNS Medgar Evers. Work will include clean and gas-free tanks, voids,...
Sewage treament units get approval for Great Lakes
ACO Marine has received Transport Canada type-approval for its advanced Maripur NF and Clarimar MF wastewater management systems. “We are delighted to have received approval from Transport Canada. Certification delivers added assurance to Canadian shipowners that our...
Grand Bahama celebrate a good year and healthy order book
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. Scope of...
Feature: Replacing oil with water
Leaking stern tube seals are a regular source of business for underwater seal repair companies, however they represent an unwelcome headache for ship owners. The problem has afflicted most ship owners at one time or another, often with expensive denial of port entry...
Repowering of Italian ferries continued
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...
MOL sign up for Condition Based Monitoring from Wärtsilä
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 Based...
Underwater stern tube seal renewal averts Panama Canal delay
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...
Feature: Ballast water Goldrush
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...
Alfa Laval PureBallast gets U.S. Coast Guard type approval
Alfa Laval has received U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) type approval for the third generation of its ballast water treatment system, PureBallast. The approval allows ship owners who deballast in United States waters to make a confident choice of treatment technology. The...
Rapid propeller replacement announced for boat owners
Teignbridge, the largest propeller and sterngear manufacturer in Europe, have announced a new “Rapid Replacement Propeller Service” for boat owners. The service guarantees registered owners replacement propellers in a fixed period, from as little as 7 days. Owners can...
100th U-design Alfa Laval PureSOx scrubber going to Grimaldi Group
The Grimaldi Group has placed orders for seven hybrid Alfa Laval PureSOx systems with U-design scrubbers. The second of these systems is also the 100th U-design scrubber to be sold by Alfa Laval. The Grimaldi Group, which is the parent company of Atlantic Container...
Rotterdam Offshore Group completes modification and recommissioning of Boskalis ‘Ndeavor’
ROG, based in the Waalhaven, Rotterdam recently completed the conversion of the MPV (Multi Purpose Vessel) Ndeavor of Boskalis. The vessel was built in 2013 and is 99m in length with a beam of 30m, her gross tonnage is 7413T. The vessel had been equipped for the last...
Grand Bahama celebrate busy 2016 for Cruise retrofits, refurbishments and repairs
Grand Bahama Shipyard Limited, the largest and most respected shipyard in the Caribbean, performed work on 20 cruise vessels during 2016. Scope of works included significant propulsion and technical systems overhauls, hull treatment, accommodations and public spaces...