Repair & Conversion – Page 14
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NewsFerry interior refurbishments for UK company
Trimline, a Southampton, UK, based marine interior refurbishment specialist, has announced a contract with Condor Ferries to customise its new high-speed passenger and vehicle ferry.
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Yet another FPSO conversion at Jurong
Sembcorp Marine subsidiary Jurong Shipyard of Singapore has been contracted by regular customer MODEC Offshore Production Systems to complete the repair, life extension and conversion of a VLCC into a (FPSO vessel.
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SYM increases worldwide services portfolio
Spain-based group SYM reports that it has reorganized its technical services in three distinct areas in response to increased workflow and its customers’ needs.
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NewsNew repair facility in Abu Dhabi
Nico International says that its new dry-docking and repair facility in Abu Dhabi Port Company’s Freeport carried out afloat and dry docking jobs on over 30 vessels in its first two months of operation.
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NewsOman Drydock completes LNG repair contract
Oman Drydock Company (ODC), which claims to be the largest ship repair yard in the Middle East, has completed work on the ‘Ibra LNG’, owned by Oman Shipping Company (OSC).
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NewsModular ship accommodation from new UK partnership
Contractor MPE Interiors, of Birkenhead, UK, reports that it has been named as the preferred installer of fast-fitting modular ship accommodation in a new partnership.
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NewsCruise, dive support and ballast work for Damen Shiprepair
Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam has been awarded a repair and maintenance contract from MSC Cruises, with respect to the 2010-built, 293m ‘MSC Magnifica’.
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NewsVaried work stamps German repair sector
Big ships and engine swaps have been in the news in the German repair sector of late while research ships have made their periodic yard rounds and scrubber installations continue to keep some facilities busy; Tom Todd reports.
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NewsNobiskrug tackles Poseidon engine swap
Tom Todd reports that Nobiskrug Werft in Rendsburg on the Kiel Canal was completing a full engine exchange on the veteran multi-purpose German research ship ''Poseidon'' in December.
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NewsScrubber installations keep GDD busy
Scrubber installation work on five 17,400dwt Transfennica con-ro ships has become a lucrative new sector for German Dry Docks during the second half of this year, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsASRY continues to attract new clients
Arab Ship Repair Yard (ASRY) of Bahrain has recently appointed Resolute Maritime Services as its Greek agent. This has resulted in increased activity from the Greek market at ASRY including leading Greek owner Maran Tankers Management which sent a VLCC for docking.
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NewsYard coins ‘retro-upgrade’ term for offshore job
Damen’s Shipdock Amsterdam yard describes a recent repair and conversion job on two offshore supply ships a ‘retro-upgrade’ – combining a general upgrade with retrofitting of anti-roll stabilising tanks.
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NewsSeaKing Electrical invests in “high impact” electrical engineering software
Birkenhead, UK based SeaKing Electrical, which focuses on marine electrical engineering, says that it has invested in new engineering software, as used in the nuclear and military markets .
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UK yard invests in upgrades
UK shipyard McTays says that it has invested more than £1million at its Birkenhead yard, including upgrading a slipway to accommodate vessels up to 2,000dwt and 90m in length.
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NewsROV hull cleaning service comes to Europe
Dubai-based GAC EnvironHull says that Gothenburg is the latest port to be added to the network of bases offering using its HullWiper ROV-operated hull cleaning service.
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NewsGermans lose Scandlines conversions
The biggest surprise at Blohm + Voss Repair so far this year has been the decision by Scandlines not to convert its two unfinished ro-pax ferries Berlin and Copenhagen at the Hamburg yard after all, writes Tom Todd.
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German yard co-operation praised
Yard personnel co-operation has come in for praise at Germany’s Privinvest group of companies after a ship repair job at Lindenau Schiffswerft proved more difficult than originally thought, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsRetrofits spice up German yard work
Routine dockings in quite a few German yards of late have been complemented by complex scrubber, ballast water plant and LNG retrofits as owners move to meet new environmental regulations, reports Tom Todd
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NewsIsland ferry gains more accommodation
UK consultant Burness Corlett Three Quays (BCTQ) was responsible for design and technical management of a recent major refurbishment project on a small ferry, which the company had designed originally over 20 years ago.
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NewsFlaminia back in service as 'eco ship'
The German container ship ''MSC Flaminia'', heavily damaged in an accident in 2012 , is now back in liner service as an ‘eco ship’ after repair and modifications, reports Tom Todd.
