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Regional traffic provides a steady workload for west Mediterranean repair yards. Location gives Barcelona’s Union Naval Barcelona (UNB) a solid market, explains technical commercial manager Julian Saez. There is plenty of traffic…

Two LNG carriers have been brought out of extended lay-up to lift gas from Nigeria, and have provided substantial work for yards in France and the USA. Southern, owned by Argent Marine,…

Engine manufacturers have addressed the problems encountered with the stuffing box/piston rod interface on new long-stroke two-stroke engines. Concerns over performance of the stuffing box/piston rod combination in two-stroke engines can be…

This issue of Ship Repair included the Shiprepair Directory which lists repair facilities, country-by-country and port-by-port under 16 ocean areas. The information is given for each company: full name and postal address;…

Major repairs to container vessel Aconcagua, now CSAV Shanghai, have been completed at Daewoo Heavy Industries Okpo yard. The 195m loa, 2,171 TEU container vessel Aconcagua sustained extensive damage to the midbody…

Despite a downturn in trading and continued poor freight rates, container ship owners are ordering new tonnage, expanding services and introducing new routes. Evergreen’s fleet continues to grow. Last year, the Taiwanese…

With its announcement that it has signed letters of intent for a further five newbuildings P&O has also altered shipbuilding’s future. Although the order itself is significant, of greater importance is that…

The second register, the Asian crisis, and domestic shipping reforms have provided benefits and challenges for Korean owners. At the end of last year, the Korean Shipowners Association’s members owned and operated…

Korean shipyards refute European accusations that ships are being sold too cheaply, and that IMF funds are being used to bail out ailing yards. Despite heavy criticism from European shipbuilders, the Koreans…

Over the next few years shipowners could find themselves having to contend with a patchwork of environmental legislation. Shipowners are accustomed to their existing fleet escaping the vast majority of new legislation…

A multi-purpose, state-of-the-art diesel electric cable layer has started work for the first time, in the Baltic, playing a key role in the SwePol power cable project. Van der Stoel Cable, a…

US shipyards hope that a major initiative launched this summer will help them improve efficiency and productivity. While shipyards in Japan, Korea and, to a lesser extent, Europe, continue to invest heavily…

Cable ship conversions to Tyne

Cable ship conversions to Tyne

Kvaerner has sold another of its yards, and been ordered by the EU to repay Euro41.5 million ($42.5 million) of state aid. Marconi Electronic Systems has agreed to pay £2.25 million ($3.55…

With most sectors of the shipping industry in crisis, Drewry Shipping Consultants argue that secondhand vessels bought now could prove to be bargains. Its analysis of market potential through to 2003 shows…

After finding that incorrect use by the shipowner was usually the reason for claims of damage to tank coating, German shipbuilder Aker MTW Werft is issuing checklists to purchasers of its chemical…

The International Commission on the Regulation of Shipping, a new body that will seek to reform the rules governing the shipping industry, has been launched by the ITF. The three-man commission is…

MEPC 44 will look at the issue of ship scrapping in March 2000 with the aim of developing safety and environmental measures, and safeguards for ship dismantlers. The proposal from Norway follows…

Daewoo Heavy Industries is continuing to secure itself a foothold in the luxury passenger newbuilding field by winning a contract to build two fast cruise ferries for a European operator. Moby Lines,…

P&O’s Princess Cruises has announced that it has signed letters of intent for four new cruise ships (see design feature) which will, along with the three ships it already has under construction,…

Following in the wake of Princess Cruises’ new order, Carnival Cruise Lines has announced that it has decided to exercise its option to build another 84,000g cruise ship at Kvaerner Masa-Yards Helsinki…

Following the two-ship order placed at Kvaerner Floro by Odfjell in June, the Norwegian yard, which is part of the stricken Kvaerner Group, has received more much-needed good news. Navale Francaise has…