Ship Repair and Drydocking News

Carnival Corporation signs LTSA with MAN PrimeServ

MAN Energy Solutions, MAN Energy Solutions USA and Carnival Corporation have signed a service agreement (LTSA) for five of Carnival’s Vista Class cruise ships powered by MAN 48/60CR type engines

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Greek engineer Eleni Boviatsi has a PlayStation setup as her workstation to remotely control Jotun’s greatest innovation

Azipod propulsion ticks all the boxes in the growing retrofit market

ABB’s market-leading Azipod electric propulsion system has become a commercially attractive retrofit option for existing vessels as shipowners seek ways to comply with new emissions regulations.

Big Data predicts vessel performance

International Marine Coatings has published a new whitepaper which reveals the high degree of accuracy of its predictive Intertrac Vision tool to real life vessel operations by correlating to the speed loss of a globally trading VLCC vessel over a five-year docking period, in line with the principles of the ISO 19030 standard.

PPG unveils ultra low-friction, premium copper-free antifouling coating

Unique surface technology delivers significant emissions savings

Eastern Pacific Shipping makes first wind propulsion move with bound4blue eSAILs

Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) to install three bound4blue eSAILs on Pacific Sentinel in Q4 2024

Multimarine Services Ltd and the Columbia Group sign a Memorandum of Agreement

Multimarine Services Ltd and the Columbia Group sign a Memorandum of Agreement to explore wide-ranging cooperation opportunities in the energy and offshore renewables space

Seatrium renews Favoured Customer Contract (FCC) with GasLog LNG and STASCO

Seatrium has renewed its long-term Favoured Customer Contract (FCC) with GasLog LNG STASCO to provide ship repairs, refurbishment and upgrading for their LNG carriers from 2024 to 2029, with an option for further renewal.

John Barnard joins Gibdock as Commercial Director

Gibdock, a leading ship repair yard, is proud to announce the appointment of John Barnard to its team.

LR supported by Greek shipping leaders launches Maritime Emissions Reduction Centre in Athens

Capital Group, Navios Maritime Partners, Neda Maritime Agency, Star Bulk and Thenamaris get behind initiative for a global Maritime Emissions Reduction Centre.

ASRY receives United States Ambassador

The Chairman of the Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard Company (ASRY), His Excellency Aymen bin Tawfeeq Almoayed, has recently received the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain

Bardex Corporation expands staff and facilities

Bardex has over the past several months welcomed 18 new hires and will be expanding two of its sites.

Shipowners save $8 billion and 41 million tonnes of CO2 with Intersleek 1100SR, AkzoNobel performance data reveals

The world-leading biocide-free, foul release coating revolutionised the coatings industry when it was launched by AkzoNobel in 2013, and has been applied to more than 3,000 vessels since then.