Ship Repair News

The Abel Matutes ship is the largest ferry in the Baleària fleet. Built in 2010, it operates on several Spanish routes, including some of the country’s busiest. Working to a tight deadline, the ship’s engine needed to be replaced swiftly at the same time as other...

Thordon Bearings has received an order to supply a water-lubricated propeller shaft bearing solution to Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard for installation to MSC Seashore, the third Seaside Class cruiseship to which Thordon’s COMPAC system has been specified. As part...

As of 1 October, Martin Wiese is leading the protective and industrial business areas for worldwide coatings manufacturer Hempel. These two business segments deliver around half of Hempel’s total turnover and this senior appointment is key to Hempel’s continued drive...

A programme of engine health checks on generators on an OSV operated by oil and gas subsea support services firm Marine Platforms, has been completed by diesel power specialist Royston. Engineers from the company’s operation in Lagos undertook the work on the four...

Full details have been released of the industry-leading conference agenda framing the debut of Cruise Ship Interiors Expo Europe (CSIE), which takes place at the Fira Barcelona on 4-5th December, 2019. Over two days, the speaker programme will bring together 30 of the...

Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding of Shanghai has awarded TMC Compressors of the Seas (TMC) a contract to supply the marine compressed air system to the Liza Unity FPSO. Under the contract, TMC will provide a large compressed air system consisting of frequency-controlled...

ROYSTON RISES TO FAST TURNAROUND CHALLENGE ON OSV OVERHAUL New work to overhaul engines on an offshore support vessel (OSV) operated by United Offshore Support (UOS), has been completed by diesel power specialist Royston. Engineers undertook the 30,000 running hour...

As part of its European growth strategy, the GAC Group has opened its first office in the Republic of Ireland, providing a wide range of shipping services to vessels at the country’s ports as well as in Northern Ireland. GAC Ireland provides ship agency services at...

Heavy-lift jack-up vessel Innovation, one of DEME’s DP2 installation vessels, left Damen Verolme Rotterdam shipyard in early September 2019 following a major refit. Innovation spent several months in the Verolme shipyard undergoing renewal of its aft leg sections and...

BIO-UV Group, the manufacturer of the BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system, has acquired a 100% stake in Scotland-based Triogen Holdings and its subsidiary Suez Purification and Disinfection Systems from Suez Water Technologies & Solutions. Triogen supplies water...

Remote diagnostic contract ABB has won a contract to supply ABB Ability Remote Diagnostic Systems for Marine to eleven Sovcomflot vessels operating in the Arctic and Russia’s Far East, helping optimise safety and performance through 24/7 remote support. Sovcomflot’s...

Thordon Bearings has successfully completed the commissioning of a set of water-lubricated SXL propeller shaft bearings to what is widely considered the world’s largest all-carbon sports fisher. Four SXL bearings were retrofitted to the 39.5m (129ft) maxi sportfish...

Since 2002, diamond mining operations in Namibia have taken place in larger volume offshore than onshore, as gemstones washed into the Atlantic Ocean over millions of years are dredged and processed. It’s an expanding market, generating over a hundred million carats...

Between July and October this year, ACO Marine, a division of the US$1 billion ACO Group, was awarded contracts to deliver Lipator grease separators for newbuild and retrofit installation to several vessels. Unusually, the contracts were placed via system integrators...

ABB has entered new market segment with order to install Azipod® electric propulsion on board two dry bulk carriers from Germany’s largest bulk carrier company Oldendorff Carriers Two self-unloading dry cargo transshipment units will be the first bulk carriers in the...