Repair & Conversion – Page 15
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NewsUnderwater blade replacement keeps ship out of drydock
In April, underwater repair company Hydrex carried out bow thruster blade replacements on a 270m container ship in Barcelona.
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NewsCrane ship upgrade in Dubai
Drydocks World of Dubai reports that earlier this year it finished the major repair and refurbishment of National Drilling Company’s (NDC) self-elevated crane vessel ‘Al Ghweifat’.
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NewsFinnish yard completes cruise ferry conversion
Earlier this year Turku Repair Yard, part of BLRT Grupp and Finland’s largest repair yard, completed a six-week-long conversion project on a Tallink Silja passenger ferry.
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NewsTwo tankers at Damen Brest
Damen Shiprepair’s French yard in Brest was booked for the dry-docking and repairs of two shuttle tankers managed by Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers.
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NewsElectrical upgrades for wind ship
The wind turbine installation vessel ‘MPI Resolution’, while drydocked at Damen Shipyards’ Arno Dunkerque yard, saw a significant overhaul to the electrical systems carried out by system integrator Alewijnse Marine Systems.
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NewsDamen fits new feet to wind farm vessel
Damen Shiprepair and Conversion reports that its Damen ARNO Dunkerque yard has recently completed an interesting upgrade to the world’s first purpose-built offshore wind turbine installation and maintenance vessel.
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NewsGas tanker work and new floating docks for Qatar yard
Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-Kom) of Qatar reports that it has recently drydocked and repaired the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) dual fuel diesel electric LNG carrier ''Aseem''.
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NewsVaried work on tanker and ferries
UK-based marine metal fabrication specialist IPS Marine Fabrications has completed a series of contracts for three ship operators.
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NewsGermans in running for conversions
Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven and Blohm & Voss Repair in Hamburg were reported in the running for two major conversions planned by Scandlines as ''The Motorship'' went to press, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsOffshore and cruise dominate spring repair
Offshore vessels in all their complex variety, along with seasonal cruise ships, dominate an active repair and conversion scene in Germany this spring, reports Tom Todd.
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Repair alliance pays off
The heads of the two Petram Group shipyards in Bremerhaven’s Kaiserhafen, German Dry Docks (GDD) and Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB), say their new repair alliance is paying off, reports Tom Todd.
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NewsGerman yards stay active on a wide front
German repair yards went into the New Year with a varied and interesting spread of work, but, as Tom Todd writes, it is the smaller facilities which are again drawing most of the attention.
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NewsOffshore refit for Damen Shipdock Amsterdam, and Damen expands in Sharjah
Ship repair and conversion yard Shipdock Amsterdam, part of Damen Shipyards Group, has received a contract to carry out a propulsion upgrade of the 3D Seismic Vessel ‘Polarcus Naila’.
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NewsQuantifying coating effectiveness for fuel savings
The Hull Roughness Analyzer instrument from Dutch company TQC is reported to have been nominated for the Corrosion Innovation of the Year Award 2014, in connection with the NACE even in the USA in March this year.
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NewsCorrosion repair system fights underwater pitting
Subsea Industries of Belgium, known for its Ecoshield coating system, has introduced Ecofix, a product for filling and building up a corroded and pitted steel surface to its original form prior to recoating with Ecoshield.
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NewsOman Drydock Company upbeat for the future
The Oman Drydock Company (ODC), one of the Middle East’s newest and biggest shipyards, says it had its strongest year of trading in 2013.
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News4,000 ships repaired at ASRY
Bahrain-based ASRY says that it recently repaired its 4,000th ship, a landmark achieved after 36 years of operation.
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NewsOffshore focus amid staple work keeps German yards in business
Big repair projects neared completion at leading yards mid year as the spotlight stayed on offshore, but cruise, merchant and special ships also continued to prove their staple worth, reports Tom Todd.
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NewsAnother AIDA order for Lloyd Werft
A second cruise ship from AIDA Cruises was scheduled to dock at Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven in October. The ''AIDAcara'' called 7 October to 13 October following ''AIDAbella'' which was at the yard in April.
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NewsDredger converted to cable layer
Energomontaz-Polnoc Gdynia (EPG Shipyard) of Poland has begun the conversion of Jan de Nul’s stone dumping vessel ‘Willem de Vlamingh’ into a cable layer.
