Ship Repair News

In just five weeks over the course of November and into December, Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam has completed extensive annual repair and maintenance programmes on three cruises ships ahead of their winter season. The Magellan, Marco Polo and Astor are operated by the...

In a merger that creates industry’s largest global provider of engineered heavy lifting and transport services, Mammoet has confirmed that its acquisition of ALE has been completed, and the businesses will now operate as one company under the Mammoet brand....

Gentium and Damen Shipyards Group have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Industry of Bangladesh in Dhaka to establish and develop a shipbuilding and ship repair industry in Bangladesh. Representatives of the Netherlands Embassy in Bangladesh,...

L.I.N.K. Global, one of the oldest established international network of independent forwarders, has signed a cooperation agreement with ShipParts.com, the rapidly expanding marine e-commerce platform, in which both parties will explore a myriad of mutually beneficial...

As of January 1, Arnout Damen will become the new CEO of Damen Shipyards Group. At the same time, the shipbuilding company is switching to a divisional structure to serve the market more effectively and efficiently. Arnout Damen takes over from René Berkvens, who has...

The past 40 years have witnessed a focus on fuel efficiency that is unparalleled in the history of shipping. In the early 1980s, high fuel prices and the impact of a global economic downturn triggered a drive to reduce fuel costs. Today’s market is not dissimilar but...

Just as the Drydock Magazine celebrates its 40th anniversary, Thordon Bearings also marks a significant milestone. It is 40 years since the Canadian company retrofitted its first water-lubricated tailshaft bearing to a Great Lakes operating vessel: the 1954-built...

The shipping industry is constantly evolving, making it an exciting and vital business to be part of. At the beginning of the 20th century, Chevron Marine Lubricants was supplying coal fuelled vessels, ‘guiding sailors to safety’ with Ursa® marine oil by Caltex. Not...

When the IMO, last year, set forth an ambitious objective for the shipping industry – to halve the sector’s GHG emissions by 2050 on route to full decarbonisation by 2100 – it became clear we are now entering an era of unprecedented change. Meeting the targets...

The Johan Castberg FPSO will be Norway’s largest to date and will begin production at an exploration field of the same name 140km offshore the country during 2022. The hull for this 295m long vessel is being constructed at a facility in Singapore prior to its...

U.K. based Marine Software Ltd have recently supplied Holyhead Towing Company Limited with MPJWin - Marine Project Manager for Windows software to manage refit specifications for a fleet of ultra-shallow and shallow draft anchor handling tugs, multicats, workboats and...

Damen Shiprepair Oranjewerf is celebrating 70 years of delivering repair, maintenance, conversion and refit services to the maritime industry. Short turnaround times, a wealth of knowledge from its personnel and a dedicated focus on clients’ needs have been the key...

Babcock International, the Aerospace and Defence company, has successfully completed the dry docking of MV Hildasay. The NorthLink freight ferry, which runs between mainland Scotland and the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland, arrived at Babcock’s Rosyth site on...

Marine and energy automation specialist, CMR Group, has successfully completed the delivery of an advanced alarm monitoring and engine control system onboard of DHB Doughty tug. The tug, built in 2000, is part of the fleet of Dover Harbour Board, which administers and...

ICOMIA, The International Council of Marine Industry Associations' superyacht refit group has published its second annual report on the large yacht refit market. The data is sourced from a survey of ICOMIA Superyacht Refit Group (ISYRG) members and supported by AIS...