Repair & Conversion

A fourth generation of Miko Salvage Patches has been introduced following upgrades to the successful design of the ‘Hat-Shaped Patch’.

Grand Bahama Shipyard is generally known for its cruiseship repair and upgrade activities and, with about 25 cruise ship dockings every year, GBSL can indeed be considered the biggest in that specific…

Bringing the latest developments worldwide – repair and maintenance are more important now than ever before

Falmouth-based Armada Marine Hydraulics has recently developed its new ‘Total Hydraulic Management Service’ (THMS). This has involved Armada working with some of the biggest names in ship management and a growing team…

In June 2010, the Cadiz-based Crosscomar received an urgent call from PGS Geophysical in Norway. The seismic vessel Ramform Sterling had been contracted to do a job in the Far East which…

The A.P. Møller owned shipbuilding yard Odense Steel Shipyard in Lindo, Denmark, has been taken over by Fredericia Shipyard which will operate the facility as a shiprepair yard under the new name…

First use of an advanced blasting technology has enabled Gibdock to redeliver three Danish-owned containerships that required full hull blasting and coating ahead of schedule.

Keppel Offshore & Marine has secured two contracts totalling S$170 million from repeat customers for the conversion of an FPSO vessel and repair of a semisubmersible (semi) drilling rig respectively.

Bahrain’s ASRY has had a bust start to 2010, although the value of repair work has been down as owners continue to feel the effects of the continued global recession.

During the months of May and June, both the Navantia shiprepair yards of Cadiz-San Fernando and Fene-Ferrol were kept busy with a good cross section of vessel types including several units of…

The repair of one of Germany’s best known and popular cruise ships – Deilmann Reederei’s nostalgic, 22,496 gt ‘Deutschland’ - dominated the summer headlines at Blohm & Voss Repair, writes Tom Todd.

Earlier in 2010 Dales Marine Services of Aberdeen drydocked its first vessel at Leith since taking a long-term lease of the facility and completing an upgrade programme.

Harland and Wolff’s dry docks continue to be busy during 2010 with a series of five maintenance and repair contracts from leading Irish Sea ferry operator StenaLine.

Subsea Industries reports that its Ecospeed coating has recently been applied to the rudders on a number of different ships, in different trades.