Repair & Conversion

Drydocks World in Dubai reports activity in all its core business areas in 2011 with the repair business picking up momentum during the course of the year.

Fincantieri has been awarded an extensive refit and refurbishment project for the newly acquired Saga cruiseship, the 37,301gt ‘Bleu de France’, built in 1981 by Bremer Vulkan in Germany for Hapag-Lloyd Cruises…

The Korean-owned Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI) shipyard, located 40 km south of Constanta harbour in Romania, is returning to the shiprepair and conversion business after a four-year break during which it…

South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) is interested in establishing a shipyard next to Richards Bay Coal Terminal to service cargo ships that operate in southern African waters.

In 2010, one of the oldest Polish steel construction companies, Energomontaz-Polnoc of Gdynia, acquired the drydock SD I from the bankrupt Gdynia Shipyard to provide ship conversion and repair services under the…

A&P Group reports a variety of projects planned over the next few months at the company’s three yards undertaking ship repair and conversion tasks across a number of sectors including defence contracts,…

The acquisition in June 2010 of the Maltese shipyard by the Italian shiprepairer, Palumbo Group, has significantly enhanced the capabilities of the Naples-based company and will have a big impact on the…

The Norwegian Bergen Group Halsnøy (BGH) has completed an extensive six-month refurbishment of the 11,368gt seismic vessel Oceanic Phoenix (ex. Geowave Master) owned by Master and Commander, managed by DOF Management and…

Gibraltar-based Gibdock continues to make inroads into the Mediterranean cruise ship repair and refurbishment market by completing a drydocking contract for UK-based niche cruise operator Saga.

Despite the continued shipping recession Bahrain’s Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY) showed a strong first half year performance in 2011, demonstrating the yard’s resilience.

Earlier this year, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) received an order from the Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) for conversion and installation work of a ballast water treatment system on NYK’s…

UK-based engine repair specialist Foretract Engineering reports that during 2010 the company noted a steady increase in demand for its marine stud removal service.

A&P Group’s Falmouth shiprepair yard in England recently won a multi-million pound contract to construct 100 tonne blade racks for two self-propelled jack-up vessels owned by Seajacks International.

Following a quiet year in 2010 for large tanker repairs at Bahrain’s Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY), the first quarter of 2011 has seen operators of ULCC/VLCCs return to the Arabian…

Ship repairer Dales Marine Services started the year at the double, with simultaneous dockings at both its Aberdeen and Leith facilities, on Scotland’s east coast.

The 2,592-passenger (lower berths) Grand Princess recently returned to service, after the most extensive refurbishment in Princess Cruises’ history, emerging from the Grand Bahama Shipyard as a rejuvenated ship.

The Royal Navy’s patrol vessel HMS Clyde will remain in the South Atlantic to protect the Falklands Islands until 2018, following a six year contract extension with BAE Systems to deliver 24/7…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in Japan has created a new unit to deal specifically with installations of ballast water treatment systems, as well as necessary ship modifications, in vessels already in service.