Ship Repair News

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has opened a a training academy for customers at a new facility in Arendal. It specialises in advanced simulation training and has a purpose-built virtual reality (VR) showroom. The academy provides a risk-free environment where the users...

Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has recently completed works in Vlissingen and Brest on two major vessels in the fleet of dredging and marine construction specialist Jan de Nul Group. One of these is the Vole au vent, a 140-metre jack-up vessel built specifically...

Abu Dhabi Ship Building, provider of construction, repair and refit services for commercial, and naval vessels, welcomed shipyard industry agents from across the world for its first ever Agent Conference in Abu Dhabi. The conference saw eight agents, who represent...

After two years of intensive discussions and information-gathering, EBH Namibia, the Namibian ship repairer on the West coast of Africa, won the contract to maintain and repair five tugs being operated from the port of Soyo by the international ship towage, support...

Becker Marine systems say they are expanding operations in the US. For more than two years, Becker Marine Systems has been represented by a branch office in Houston. During this time, the Hamburg-based ship supplier has succeeded in positioning itself on the vital...

A major expansion has been copmpleted at Alfa Laval's Test & Training Centre in Aalborg, Denmark for gas technology testing. The expansion, which extends the testing space to five times its original size, makes it the world’s most advanced test centre for...

After ten years and more than 100,000 operating hours dredging up silt, sand, rocks and stones in some of the toughest marine environments imaginable, the Thordon Composite bearing installed on the Al Mirfa’s dredge cutter head shaft has emerged unscathed. In drydock...

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...