Ship Repair News
Foreship UK superb 100+ project milestone
Foreship UK has completed its 100th project, marking a significant milestone in the expansion of the naval architecture and marine engineering firm’s UK presence since launching in 2022
Keep maritime moving
The COVID-19 crisis has been unprecedented in its impact on the maritime industry. Customers needed to continue survey operations as well as newbuilding projects. Solutions were required to help the industry get moving again, but in a way that gave all stakeholders...
MAN 32/40R-DF successfully passes Type Approval Test
MAN Energy Solutions has announced the successful conclusion of the Type Approval Test (TAT) for its dual-fuel retrofit kit for its MAN 32/40 engine type. The TAT took place at the company’s Augsburg, Germany works from September 15th to 18th, 2020 with the...
Elcometer Limited acquires Sagola SA
Three years after the successful launch of their new Abrasive Blast Equipment Division, Elcometer, world leaders in the supply of equipment to the coatings industry are pleased to announce their acquisition of Sagola SA, a leading manufacturer and supplier of paint...
Dales Marine Services successfully awarded ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certification
Dales Marine Services Ltd (Dales Marine), a leading ship repair and maintenance company based in Scotland, announces that it has recently secured ISO 14001 – Environmental Management and ISO 45001 – Occupational Health & Safety Management certification. With over 30...
Great Expectations
Besiktas Shipyard was established in 2007 in Yalova, Turkey. It boasts three graving and floating docks, the largest of which is 382m, and covers an area of 200,000 sqm. The yard can accommodate 15 ships at the same time including Suezmax tankers, Capesize bulk...
A Coatings Industry First!
NEW! Online Coating Surveys course accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry and Lloyd’s Register Corrodere Academy are pleased to present the first training of its kind anywhere in the world: Coating Surveys course accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry,...
Waiting for Armageddon
Harland & Wolff has a new owner who plans to challenge the traditional drydock model and offer something a bit different. John Wood, Group Chief Executive Officer for H&W, has enjoyed a distinguished career within the oil and gas sector, holding senior posts with BAE...
A 164-year-old paddle steamer repair by MarineShaft
A 164-year-old paddle steamer is ready to ply the Norwegian lake waters after a repair carried out by MarineShaft. It was in November, last winter - before corona closed the borders – that MarineShaft sent service engineers to Norway to inspect the repair work needed...
A milestone LPG conversion
BW LPG, the Isle of Man Ship Registry, Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, MAN Energy Solutions, and DNV GL, celebrated the first flag acceptance of a conversion to LPG as fuel for a VLGC. With the successful acceptance BW LPG will begin the conversion of 12 vessels to dual fuel...
Cruise & Ferry update
With a cruise sector comeback now on the horizon, shipowners are striving to ensure that their vessels are equipped for a new set of challenges. If the industry is to make a successful recovery, it will require radical rethinking across the board, says Oslo-based...
A ship repair market review from Clarksons Research
The Covid-19 pandemic and its unprecedented disruption to the world economy has become the dominant theme as 2020 has progressed, explains Stephen Gordon, Managing Director of Clarksons Research. Covid-19: Deepening economic impact With economists now expecting global...
CSSC Marine Service completes first WinGD X-DF engine major overhaul in nine days
CSSC Marine Service Co (CMS), the worldwide equipment service subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), has completed the first ever major overhaul on two WinGD X-DF engines in only nine days. The twin 6X62DF engines overhauled by CMS belong to the first...
Automated flying robots
Robotic inspection and measurement systems have great potential for performing tasks safely, better, and faster than humans explains Robert Dahlstrom, CEO Apellix. Of specific interest in drydocks are aerial robotic systems for contact-based measurements and...
Servicing ships remotely via augmented reality glasses
After a successful pilot, system integrator Bakker Sliedrecht and gas shipping company Anthony Veder intend to enter a partnership to provide ships with remote service through augmented reality glasses (AR-glasses). Via a computer, service engineers of Bakker...
Read the latest issue of DryDock magazine
The biggest story in the world currently remains Coronavirus, and the impact it is having on every part of our lives. DryDock, has all the ship repair news and comment from around the world, including:- We are certainly living in strange times, and COVID-19 has...