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NewsRetrofits spice up German yard work
Routine dockings in quite a few German yards of late have been complemented by complex scrubber, ballast water plant and LNG retrofits as owners move to meet new environmental regulations, reports Tom Todd
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NewsGerman yards stay active on a wide front
German repair yards went into the New Year with a varied and interesting spread of work, but, as Tom Todd writes, it is the smaller facilities which are again drawing most of the attention.
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NewsCruise ship repair follows special jobs
As the first cruise ships dock for regular seasonal overhauls in the big German yards, the impression of a relatively quiet summer is hard to dispel, but appearances may have been deceptive, reports Tom Todd
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NewsHurtigruten overhaul hat-trick for BREDO
German repair yard Bremerhavener Dockbetrieb (BREDO) has bagged routine repair and overhaul contracts on a trio of Norwegian ferries to prepare them for the coming season, Tom Todd reports.
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NewsGerman repair flurry is cross-board
Repair activity in widely diversified German yards this summer has involved a famous sailship, a cruise liner, luxury yachts and offshore installation vessels, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsGerman yards eye offshore but pallet remains broad
Eyes may be sharply focussed on offshore in German yards but the repair and conversion pallet remains as wide and flexible as ever – and has to be if even small work is to be won against stiff competition all round, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsGorch Fock repairs take longer, cost more
The German Navy has revealed that the condition of its sail training ship ''Gorch Fock'' is worse than first thought and that repair could take at least a month longer than planned and cost four times more than estimated.
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NewsYards home-in on repair as newbuild work sags
A lack of newbuilding is again nudging larger German shipyards into repair, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsSpecialist conversions shine at German repair yards
Specialist conversions, some of them unusual, have been among the highlights of recent activity at German repair yards, particularly the smaller facilities, writes Tom Todd.
