Repair & Conversion

Lisnave has reported ship repair activity in line with expectations during the first three months of 2010 despite the ongoing global economic and financial situation. The yard has repaired 22 ships from…

Keppel Shipyard has secured two contracts totalling $160 million to convert a FPSO vessel for Single Buoy Moorings (SBM), and a livestock carrier for an affiliated company of Hijazi & Ghosheh.

International Paint’s latest introduction is Intershield 803 Plus, a cargo hold coating specifically designed to address the key issue of impact damage from the loading of dry bulk cargoes.

Ghana’s first FPSO vessel FPSO Kwame Nkrumah MV21, successfully converted by Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard for MODEC, is on track for its landmark assignment offshore Ghana’s Jubilee Field following its official…

The Danish company Wencon, which is primarily known for providing epoxy-based repair kits for emergency repairs onboard merchant ships, focused during 2009 focused on finding, training and certifying marine-oriented workshops in a…

Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard has so far this year secured major longevity, upgrading and damage repair contracts worth S$130 million ($90 million).

The cable laying vessel Nexans Skagerrak has departed the Mersey following a successful multi-million pound conversion by Birkenhead based shipyard, Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders.

A&P Falmouth in the UK has taken on a major contract to convert an 87m long deep-sea seismic vessel, previously used for obtaining information from the sea bed, into a geotechnical survey…

During the first four months this year, the Gibraltar shiprepair yard Gibdock has been busy with all docks and repair berths being full while also undertaking work afloat out at anchorage and…

International coatings producer Hempel has recently opened its new manufacturing facility today in Buk, Poland.