Repair & Conversion

Gibraltar shiprepair yard Gibdock reports completion of a complex containership crane refurbishment job, which called for strict certification of welding procedures by Lloyd’s Register, which approved all materials used.

MAN Diesel & Turbo’s PrimeServ division in Frederikshavn, Denmark, has, in close cooperation with shipowner and constructional engineering company NCC, performed a propulsion equipment upgrade for the 900 m³ sand and gravel…

Underwater repair specialist Hydrex of Belgium reports that it has recently carried out a number of propeller repairs to tanker ships in various locations.

Alnmaritec, based in Northumberland, UK, a company which is best known for the design and build of commercial workboats, has recently launched its Wimbourne Quay Repair Centre.

Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Netherlands-based Holland Shipyards reports that it has begun work on the first of two ships which have been purchased by Chevalier Floatels for conversion into staff accommodation and transport ships for…

Offshore vessel conversions top the news at Germany’s two biggest repair yards at the start of the year while some other facilities also went into 2013 with useful conversion and overhaul work…

US paints supplier PPG Industries says that its PSX One advanced marine coating, introduced last year, is protecting what is known as “the world’s greatest naval ship”, the ‘USS Iowa’, which has…

Engine repairer Wetering of Rotterdam says that it has carried out one of its most challenging projects ever, in terms of complexity, engine size and component size.

Dutch propeller repairer MPR says it has completed a near-impossible repair on a propeller for a naval client.

EPG Shipyard of Gdynia, Poland has been contracted by Hays Ships of Aberdeen, UK, to carry out modification and repair on one of its geophysical survey ships.