Ship Repair News

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...

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...

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...

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...

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed a five-year frame agreement with Teekay Shipping Ltd including spare parts, maintenance, training and project support for Teekay's 115 vessels. The agreement was signed during the second quarter of 2017. According to the...

CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy to install new and retrofit existing gates on the transition pieces (TPs) at the Gode Wind and Borkum Riffgrund offshore wind farms, located in the North...

UK-based Coldharbour Marine, a manufacturer of ballast water treatment systems based on unique inert gas technology, has reached an agreement with Greece’s TMS Tankers to retrofit its GLD™ BWT System. TMS Tankers is a member of the Athens based TMS Group operating...