Ship Repair News
Hypermotive and Honda bring hydrogen power to the maritime sector
Hypermotive X-M1 combines cutting-edge hydrogen technology with a deep understanding of the pressures of maritime operations in a clean, innovative system
No lockdown at Lisnave
“In respect of the present pandemic scenario, we can say that our shipyard is operating almost at the same level as before Covid-19, except for some contingency measures and a minor reduction in activity,” says Luis Braga, Commercial Director at Lisnave. “We are...
SMS is very much open for business
“All our yards are open – we took that decision based on our proximity to UK trade hubs, ports and harbours,” says Nick Warren, Commercial Director at SMS, in the UK. “A percentage of the workforce has been furloughed, but that’s not for health/risk reasons, that is...
Running at full capacity at Davie
Davie in Canada is still working and has not had to reduce capacity during the Covid-19 pandemic . When it comes to maintaining worker/client safety, Alex Vicefield, Chairman of Davie Shipbuilding told DryDock; “All the measures one would expect, such as checking...
ABS first in industry to offer majority of annual class surveys remotely
In an industry first, ABS is now able to conduct almost all classification annual surveys remotely on eligible vessels, after moving to further expand its remote offerings. Launching 10 additional remote survey options today, ABS now offers the most comprehensive set...
Wärtsilä’s Smart Support Centre delivers fast remote service response
Wärtsilä has announced the launch of its global Smart Support Centre service. This service is aimed at improving asset uptime via remote access for customers of Wärtsilä’s Voyage business, thereby substantially reducing the need for physical service attendance....
MB92 gradually resumes activity
MB92 Group has announced that they have re-started activity at both of their facilities in Barcelona and La Ciotat. Operations, which resumed on the 14th of April, are to be escalated gradually and involve extremely strict procedures to protect all people entering and...
Spotlight on cruise & ferry repairs
Before the coronavirus hit, the cruise and ferry repair season was in full swing with ship repair and refit works in Damen, Navantia and Palumbo shipyards, and with outfitters Trimline, SD Marine Services and SMS. Cruise Ship Repairs Completed at Damen Shiprepair...
Feature: Busy Baltic region
There was plenty of activity in the Baltic before the coronavirus, with Remontowa repairing 25 ships in the first month of the year. BLRT Grupp has completed the modernisation of the largest floating dock in the region, and Damen Oskarshamnsvarvet is undertaking a...
Feature: The power of wind
There is a considerable amount of interest at present into alternative ways to reduce ship emissions. These range from using alternative fuels, power generation through solar power, and wind assisted propulsion.“The recently held European Shipping Week was a good...
Five year anniversary of the world’s first methanol powered commercial vessel
Methanex Corporation, Stena Line, and Wärtsilä are proud to mark five years of successful operation of the methanol-fuelled ferry Stena Germanica. This was the first ship in the world to run on methanol as a marine fuel, signifying a major milestone in the continued...
Supporting the passenger ship green revolution through propulsion system optimisation
The need for the shipping industry to do its fair share in reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has become very evident and widely accepted following the installation of binding CO2 reduction targets by the IMO. Adding to that, the Global Sulphur Cap...
Namdock leads the west coast of Africa in BWT installations
Namdock, on the west coast of Africa in Walvis Bay, Namibia, say they are leading the area in the provision of ballast water treatment system installation services. Claus Zeilinger, Assistant Technical Superintendent of Carpentry and Electrical at Namdock says:“We...
Opinion: The Coronavirus conundrum
As the world waits with bated breath to find out just how bad the impact of the virus is likely to be on the ship repair industry, we take a look at some scenarios that have been put forward by BIMCO, and get some advice on contractual law from Haynes and Boone. The...
Schottel EcoPeller deployment first
The successful Schottel Rudder EcoPeller (SRE) is set to be installed in a retrofit project for the first time. Two four-bladed EcoPellers (type SRE 340 L CP), with an input power of 750 kW each, will be featured in a double-ended ferry from the Norwegian ferry...
Unique drydock solution
Integrated subsea and offshore solutions provider Unique Group has entered a new partnership with floating drydock innovators, Tugdock. The partnership will provide Unique's Seaflex brand buoyancy bags for the Tugdock systems and also by representing the product...