Ship Repair News

Returning customers and a new client saw Gibdock prominent in the repair schedules of German ship managers in the first half of 2016, with sterling’s post Brexit depreciation also sharpening the Gibraltar yard’s competitive edge for the rest of the year. Seven...

The gas carrier Coral Medusa, owned and operated by the Anthony Veder Group, has completed her intermediate survey at Damen Shiprepair Harlingen. The intermediate survey was scheduled and executed while the ship was under gas vapours from her last cargo. Damen...

Mike McMahon is a Master Mariner who has worked in the Marine Service Industry for over 27 years, the last 20 years as a Ship Repair yard agent. His time at sea was served on Chemical Carriers so tankers has always been his strongpoint. Now at the age of 62 he looks...

Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar has delivered five vessels as part of an eleven-vessel order for New Port Project (NPP). Built entirely at the Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard in Ras Laffan Industrial City, the vessels were launched and delivered to NPP after...

Weld-free sealing solutions manufacturer Roxtec have announced that their seals have been chosen by the Poltramp Yard S.A. in Świnoujście, Poland for the BoDo Constructor – a newly built offshore cable laying barge-pontoon. Poltramp Yard say they needed to seal the...

Norway-based boat system and davit-handling specialist Vestdavit has secured a breakthrough order for its unique MissionEase multi-boat handling solution for mission bays, under contract to offshore support vessel owner Esvagt. Multi-boat handling on the high seas...

A recently completed 2015 Dry Docking Performance Benchmarking Study provides eye-opening metrics on dry docking practices, and cost and schedule outcomes. Asset Performance Networks study involved ship management organisations based out of Southeast Asia and Europe....

Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply the re-gasification system for an FSRU (Floating, Storage, Re-gasification Unit) conversion project that Höegh LNG plans to carry out on a modern LNG vessel. The contract was signed in August. The Wärtsilä re-gasification system...

SMM organisers say more than 2,150 exhibitors from all parts of the world will be presenting their latest products and services at this year's show. Some 50,000 trade visitors from the whole of the world are expected in Hamburg for the start of SMM in less than two...

Grand Bahama Shipyard, the largest shipyard in the Caribbean providing retrofit, refurbishment or revitalization to cruise and commercial vessels, has announced a strengthened executive team with four new appointments. The appointments follow investment in workshop...

The Technical Review Committee of LRQA has approved the issue of OHSAS 18001: 2007 & ISO 14001: 2015 certificates to COLOMBO DOCKYARD PLC, making it the very first organization in Sri Lanka to receive, from LRQA, a certification to ISO 14001: 2015. As a major ship...

Nakilat, the shipping arm of Qatar’s liquefied natural gas sector, has entered into a contract with Global Eagle Entertainment Inc.’s (NASDAQ: ENT) Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) service line to provide marine VSAT services for vessels in its fleet of liquefied...

More news from Damen Ship repair - their Vlissingen yard recently completed a broad scope of maintenance and repair works on the Van Oord-owned Split Hopper Barges Jan Blanken and Jan Leeghwater. The vessels, both with 2,853 m3 hopper capacity, left the yard on...

Damen Shipyards Sharjah (DSS) in the United Arab Emirates has won a contract to build a shallow draught, self-propelled Jack-up Pontoon 3526 for the UAE-based contractor Aqua Diving Services Ltd. Once delivered, it will be used primarily to deliver offshore support...

Simultaneous attention to four offshore support vessels at Gibdock demonstrates that the Gibraltar yard is now a regional hub for this specialized repair, maintenance and renewal work, operating as a base for mobilisation and de-mobilisation projects. Gibdock achieved...