Ship Repair News

Global ship repair, conversion and marine specialist A&P Group has appointed its first Group HSEQ Manager. Kevin Peart is promoted from his role as Quality Manager at A&P Group’s Falmouth facility and now assumes responsibility for Health, Safety, Environment and...

MacGregor has launched a new crane compensation system for offshore ship-to-ship load transfers, offering substantially larger operating windows as well as safer and faster load transfers. "This robustly-tested technology can offer considerable commercial advantages...

Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has announced a reorganisation at three Dutch yards within its group. Staff members of Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR), Damen Shiprepair Van Brink (DSVB) and Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen (DSVl) were informed that the overall number...

Sydney City Marine has completed its first maintenance docking of a Damen vessel since the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Damen Shipyards Group last year. The works signify the successful cooperation between Damen Services in the Netherlands, the...

LISNAVE achieved good positive results although 2016 was a difficult year for the shiprepair activity - strongly affected by the crisis in the maritime transportation sector, which suffered a sharp reduction in freight rates as a consequence of the increase of the...

Odense Maritime Technology A/S in Denmark say that using Roxtec's online design tool for cable and pipe transits saved them up to 80% time. Chief Process Officer Niels Ammundsen at OMT explains how important the web-based application Roxtec Transit Designer is in...

Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam has completed maintenance works on cruise vessels Marco Polo and Magellan. Both vessels are operated by British based Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV), part of the Global Maritime Group. The works represent the on-going business relationship...

Following the agreement made between the Government of Curaçao and Damen Shipyards Group in September last year, Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has taken over the management of the Curaçao Droogdok Maatschappij (CDM) as of February 1st, 2017. The location will...

Client consultation and a full internal technical review have prompted Vestdavit to refine lifting speed vs power options available across its entire davits range. The boat handling specialist has been focusing on how best to optimise equipment hoisting and lowering...

Roxtec Services has received official approval for inspection and maintenance services of cable and pipe transits after an audite by Lloyd’s Register. Roxtec Services, part of Roxtec Group, offers services for marine and offshore industries including onsite...

Global ship repair, conversion and marine specialist A&P Group has announced the appointment of its new Managing Director. David McGinley, formerly of Babcock International Group’s Marine and Technology division, takes the helm of A&P Group after 13 years working at...

Albwardy Marine Engineering and Damen Shipyards Sharjah have officially brought both brands together under one umbrella – Albwardy Damen. The United Arab Emirates-based shipyard will continue to construct newbuild steel and aluminium vessels as well as provide the...

Wärtsilä has signed a five-year maintenance agreement with Estonia based AS Tallink Grupp for their new RoPax ferry M/S Megastar on the Tallinn - Helsinki route across the Gulf of Finland. Megastar starts operation on 29 January 2017. The ferry is powered by Wärtsilä...

The world’s largest jack-up vessel Seajacks Scylla, has recently visited the Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG) terminal in the Waalhaven, after her first successful assignment on phase 1 of the Veja Mate Offshore Windpark project. During the vessels stay at the Waalhaven...

Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG) has has started to upgrade their facilities in the Waalhaven, Rotterdam. ROG has acquired the neighbouring land and buildings to their existing premises allowing the significant expansion of their quayside, storage as well as office...