Ship Repair News

Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply the engines and exhaust gas cleaning systems for a new 104 metres long exploration cruise vessel. The ship is being built at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co shipyard in China for Sunstone Ships Inc of Miami, USA....

Hempel is launching its new cargo hold coating – Hempadur Ultra-Strength Fibre 47510. The coating promises up to 40 per cent reduction in cargo holds maintenance costs. The coating is designed to withstand harsh conditions of cargo holds, hatch covers and hatch...

Shell Marine has officially launched Shell Alexia 140, a two-stroke engine cylinder oil whose exceptionally high base number aims to deliver the ultimate protection for the most modern efficient engines against cold corrosion issues and the means of optimising oil...

Wärtsilä are renewing the current propulsion generators on 1100 Class High Endurance Multitask Vessels operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. These vessels serve for buoy tending, search and rescue and icebreaking in each of the three Region of the Canadian Coast...

Offshore Towing Inc (OTI) has successfully completed the extensive refurbishment of its 1974-built 9000hp-class tug Zion Falgout at the Conrad Deepwater shipyard, in Morgan City, Louisiana, U.S.A. The milestone project involved the retrofitting of TG100 seals in what...

When a semi-submersible offshore platform completed an oil & gas project offshore Veracruz, Mexico, twelve seals on its two sterntube assemblies needed to be replaced. The unit left the field and was berthed alongside in August when a Hydrex team was called in to...

On 3 October at Kherson state plant “Pallada” the floating composite dock "ERENEOS" (7,100 TLC) was launched from dry dock. After carrying out of tests the floating dock will be towed to Cyprus to port Limassol for servicing of ships for shelf development of...

After the rudder of a 132-meter dry cargo vessel was severely damaged during a heavy storm it came loose and was swinging dangerously from side to side during sailing, hitting the ship's propeller. The ship was unable to sail any further. A Hydrex diver/technician...

ABB has added ‘Fleet Intelligence’ to its ABB Ability Collaborative Operations software, to provide customers with a single overview of ship system maintenance needs. Fleet Intelligence addresses a common shortcoming in ship efficiency, where data from manufacturer...

After the announcement earlier this week that BWT systems manufacturer OceanSaver had filed for bankruptcy, IMS group has now signed a purchase agreement to acquire all intellectual property, certificates and assets.OceanSaver has been a well-recognized supplier of...

Holland’s ROG Ship Repair have completed a project to cover the moonpool on the 89,184 dwt, 248.1 m long FPSO Aoka Mizu (Japanese for Bluewater), owned and operated by Holland’s Bluewater Energy Services. The FPSO was being towed from Europe to the Middle East after...

Bringing ship husbandry into a new age was the message of a briefing to maritime journalists at the Antwerp headquarters of underwater repair specialists Hydrex and sister company Subsea Industries, manufacturers of the Ecospeed coatings. "Ship care is at the point of...

A maritime sector boom in the East Anglia port of Lowestoft has led Burgess Marine to announce further growth in the area. Acquisition of new shipyard Burgess Marine, the UK's largest independent ship repairer and marine engineering services provider, acquired the...

Britain’s largest independent ship repairer and marine engineering services provider Burgess Marine today proudly announces that in partnership with Portsmouth City Council it has opened a new ship repair facility within Portsmouth Commercial Port, UK. Burgess Marine...

The Bow Thruster is a vital piece of equipment for the manoeuvrability of the vessel (Its cost is around USD 400,000). The fault in one of the teeth of the conical gears in the vertical shaft of the M.V. Monte Rosa`s Bow Thruster led to the exchange, not only of the...