Ship Repair News

By Alan Haig-Brown From the early 17th to the mid 18th century the Dutch maintained a post on the Chao Phraya River near the ancient Thai capital of Ayutthaya. Today little remains of the old Dutch buildings but a fine new museum has been built on the site, Baan...

Counterfeit parts and poor quality servicing have always been a major problem, and is of particular concern to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). These parts can not only have a significant detrimental effect on the running of equipment, but in some cases can...

Damen Verolme Rotterdam (DVR) has completed a major refit of the Stena Drilling-owned 5thgeneration, semi-submersible drilling rig Stena Don. The vessel arrived at DVR in October 2018 and departed for her new contract off the UK’s Shetland Islands in February 2019....

An Alfa Laval Smit Combustion system (FU type) is now installed at the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre in Aalborg, Denmark. The system, which adds inert gas production to the centre’s already comprehensive range of full-scale vessel applications, will ensure that...

Work on overhauling diesel engines on one of the most advanced diving support vessels in the world, has been completed by power specialist Royston. Engineers undertook the 30,000 running hour major service on the generator engines onboard the 140m long Subsea 7 Seven...

After the most extensive upgrade in Hurtigruten’s 125 years of history, MS Finnmarken will reemerge as a brand new premium expedition cruise ship. From 2021 the fully refurbished MS Finnmarken will explore handpicked destinations along the rugged Norwegian coastline...

Guadalquivir shipyards in Spain report two new repairs for February. The first reefer-type ship arrived, a refrigerator, to the dry dock of the Seville shipyard. The "Green Magic", with Nassau flag and built in 1990, has 135.7 meters in length by 16.33 in beam. It has...

Wijnne Barends, the Netherlands’ oldest active shipping company, has chosen the Sonihull8 ultrasonic anti-fouling system to protect two of its vessels. The ships, Lady Ariette and Lady Anne Beau are both 88m long 2,544 GT general cargo ships that were built in 2016 at...

Power specialist Royston has completed an extensive overhaul of diesel engines on a Britannia Aggregates’ owned and operated dredger, which extracts sand and gravel from the seabed. Engineers undertook the service work onboard the 100m, 3,610 gross tonnage Britannia...

19 months after the contract was awarded, Europe’s first conversion of a dredger to dual-fuel capability combining LNG and MGO is close to completion. This is the first conversion of its kind to take place in Europe. Damen will deliver a turnkey package that included...

RIMS BV have received a further two certifications from DNV GL and the Indian Class Register, for the use of Remote Inspection Techniques (drones) during surveys of enclosed spaces. New regulations issued by IACS, ensure a certain quality standard to service suppliers...

Developers Maindeck have just released a mobile inspection app, built in close cooperation with the industry and the first of its kind in the industry. It gives access to all Drydock project information on the go, and lets users upload images, comments and progress...

Cruise Ship Interiors Expo Miami is a free-to-attend event catering exclusively to the cruise interiors industry. Industry experts from Norwegian Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Seabourn, and Studio DADO will speak at the conference. The inaugural expo will take...

Bahrain yard ASRY have announced that Ballast Water and Scrubber Installations are on the rise. As expected, with deadlines looming, the number of enquiries and orders regarding installations of ballast water treatment systems and sulphur scrubbers has risen sharply....

Survitec has received DNV GL Z-17 certification as a class-approved service provider for all DNV-GL classed vessels operating various brands of safety and survival equipment, including lifeboats, liferafts, marine evacuation systems (MES) and fire-fighting equipment...