Repair & Conversion

A new marine services company under Hyundai Heavy Industries has signed two memoranda of understanding that position it to stake a claim in the lucrative market for retrofitting environmental technologies.

Danish naval architect, OSK-ShipTech, has introduced 3D laser scanning as a to minimise risk and maximise precision in a market where owners are looking for the fastest and most accurate retrofit and…

Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam has completed maintenance work on Cruise & Maritime Voyages’ two cruiseships, ‘Marco Polo’ and ‘Magellan’.

GE has secured a contract to replace existing controllers with new generation PECe digital propulsion controls for Carnival Group’s Dawn Princess cruise vessel

The second of two ships specially designed to transport offshore wind farm components is nearing completion at Holland Shipyards, reports Dag Pike.

ABB’s project to convert two HH Ferries’ vessels into the world’s largest emission-free ferries is gathering pace after Öresund Dry Docks was selected to carry out the work.

Engineering group Harris Pye has secured a contract to convert six vessels belonging to an undisclosed Chinese LNG group for low-sulphur diesel oil.

Louis Cruises vessel ‘Thomson Majesty’ has undergone a two-week repair and renewal project at Gibraltar shipyard Gibdock.

Hydrex Underwater Technologies says that its new alternative underwater habitat for rudder repairs is saving shipowners thousands of dollars in emergency drydocking costs.

Gibraltar’s vessel repair expert, Gibdock, has turned around a fast 11-day renewal project on a 142m Seatruck Ferries ro-ro vessel reasserting its market position in the short sea vessel repair market.

The Anthony Veder vessel ‘Coral Medusa’ has been repaired while under gas vapours from her last cargo, at Damen Shiprepair Harlingen.

The Korean Register of Shipping (KR) has investigated a widening conversion of an 8,600 teu containership for one of its customers, expanding capacity to 10,000 teu.

‘Maersk Weymouth’ has returned to Falmouth to pick up the crane jib which had been lying on the quayside at Duchy Wharf following the collapse of its forward deck crane boom a…

Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz (EJA), Sembcorp Marine’s Brazilian subsidiary, has successfully completed the yard’s first vessel repair project.

Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm) has announced that it is currently undertaking a major modification and maintenance project on the jack-up vessel Sea Installer.

Netherlands-based system integrator, Alewijnse Marine Systems, has won a significant contract to refit the key electrical systems on board RV Belgica, an oceanographic research vessel owned by the Belgian state.

The Fallpipe vessel ‘Flintstone’ has departed from Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam following a six-week programme of maintenance and repair, along with the completion of its first special survey.

Cargo access specialist Cargo Care Solutions has emphasised the benefits of greater planning in maintenance of hatch covers during drydocking to reduce costs and meet growing logistical challenges.

Damen has completed maintenance and surveys to reactivate four bulk carriers recently acquired at auction by CN Bulkers, a joint venture between Universal Shipping & Trading & NedNor.