Repair & Conversion

Norwegian shipping company, Ivan Ulsund Rederi, commissioned MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division MAN PrimeServ to conduct a retrofit project on a fishing trawler operated by the company.

Vassilis Vassiliou, ship-repair broker at Interyards in Greece, reflects on the evolving challenges the ship repair sector has overcome since February

A range of repair and retrofits projects have been completed amid the challenging conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic

SAFEEN, Abu Dhabi Ports’ maritime services arm, has appointed Singapore-based Rocktree to design and manage the conversion of a post-panamax bulk carrier into a transhipment vessel.

Hamworthy Pumps has entered into a service provider agreement with a local service centre in Canada, PumpsPlus. The deal, which will strengthen aftersales activities, is intended to be the first of a…

Rolls-Royce has sealed a major deal to supply complete MTU propulsion systems for five new Type 31 general-purpose frigates for the UK Royal Navy.

Scandlines hybrid ferry Deutschland is back in service after the installation of new azimuthing thrusters in Poland - part of a four-ship, €13 million “green alternative” upgrade, writes Germany correspondent Tom Todd.

Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm) is converting a platform supply vessel (PSV) into a fish feed carrier for fish feed distributor Eidsvaag.

CSSC Marine Service Co (CMS), the worldwide equipment service subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), is to deliver a retrofit solution to prevent engine starting problems that may occur on some…

Technology group Wärtsilä will engineer, supply, and install complete battery hybrid packages to two offshore supply vessels owned by the Norway-based operator Atlantic Offshore.

Peter Morsbach, Director Projects at Høglund Gas Solutions, discusses some of the issues that can arise during LNG retrofits.

Kongsberg has been contracted to provide a ‘full picture’ upgrade for a Tidewater Marine offshore supply vessel (OSV), Bailey Tide.

Germany’s 37-year old polar research icebreaker Polarstern is at Lloyd Werft for its 70th visit since 1982 and although a successor will soon be built, it will continue calling for a while…

Corvus Energy has completed the installation of a 5.5MWh battery energy storage systems (ESS) for each of the two Ro-Pax cruise ferries owned and operated by the Italian Grimaldi Group.