Repair & Conversion

Ship repair company Newport Shipping Group has introduced a credit facility enabling owners to stagger the cost of repairs over a year or longer.

Saudi Arabian ship owner Bahri has secured favourable terms for drydocking and repairs with Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) in 2019 under a fleet repair framework agreement.

AtZ Marine Technologies has added stabiliser repair and maintenance to its comprehensive portfolio of marine engineering solutions as an added service for owners and operators.

Gibraltar yard Gibdock has completed two repair jobs in quick succession underpinning its reputation for delivering high standard maintenance and repair services on time and on budget.

In 2019, a Norwegian sail-training ship will be able to cruise out of Bergen harbour without emitting any greenhouse gas emissions, thanks to a hybrid power system from Rolls-Royce.

Singaporean shipyard group Sembcorp Marine pointed to value growth in its ship repair business as slow rig and platform businesses contributed to a slum in turnover and net profit in 2017.

Underwater repair specialist Hydrex has noted an increase in work on pipes and overboard outlets of ships that have had exhaust gas cleaning systems (or ‘scrubbers’) fitted.

Seafox’s largest self-propelled DP2 jack-up rig has left the Damen Verolme Rotterdam (DVR) shipyard following a four-month refit to prepare it for work on next generation windfarm projects.

AEGIR-Marine has become the first brand-independent service provider in The Netherlands to receive DNV-GL approval for its propulsion system repair and maintenance workshop.

Wärtsilä’s QuantiServ unit has developed a repair technique that it predicts can almost double the lifespan of pistons in two-stroke engines.

A cement carrier has left Damen Shiprepair Oranjewerf following a full maintenance programme and significant upgrade to its cement carrying capacity.

ABB has begun work to modernise and extend the life of a fleet of Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) icebreaker ships.

MAN Diesel & Turbo has signed a framework agreement for technical collaboration with the China Classification Society (CCS).

Hatch cover and roro equipment specialist Cargo Care Solutions (CCS) has opened a hydraulics workshop near its Rotterdam headquarters in response to demand by ship owners.

The biggest crane ever used on an offshore wind vessel will be installed on Van Oord’s ‘Aeolus’ as the market – and the wind turbines themselves – grow ever larger.

Gibdock, the Gibraltar-based shiprepair facility, has carried out an extensive package of work on a 12,049dwt, 160m con-ro container ship to a very tight time scale.

China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has launched CSSC Marine Service Co by opening a new logistics centre in Shanghai’s Yangshang free trade zone.

African shipyard, Elgin Brown & Hamer Namibia (EBHN), has completed a repair job on its widest and heaviest vessel yet, an oil product tanker with a collision-damaged bulbous bow.