Repair & Conversion – Page 20
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NewsMajor renewables contract secures jobs at Falmouth
A&P Group’s Falmouth shiprepair yard in England recently won a multi-million pound contract to construct 100 tonne blade racks for two self-propelled jack-up vessels owned by Seajacks International.
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NewsLarge tankers return to ASRY
Following a quiet year in 2010 for large tanker repairs at Bahrain’s Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY), the first quarter of 2011 has seen operators of ULCC/VLCCs return to the Arabian Gulf yard in large numbers.
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NewsAt the double for Dales Marine
Ship repairer Dales Marine Services started the year at the double, with simultaneous dockings at both its Aberdeen and Leith facilities, on Scotland’s east coast.
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NewsGrand Princess transformed at Bahamas yard
The 2,592-passenger (lower berths) Grand Princess recently returned to service, after the most extensive refurbishment in Princess Cruises’ history, emerging from the Grand Bahama Shipyard as a rejuvenated ship.
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NewsNew contract to support patrol vessel
The Royal Navy’s patrol vessel HMS Clyde will remain in the South Atlantic to protect the Falklands Islands until 2018, following a six year contract extension with BAE Systems to deliver 24/7 support services to the ship.
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NewsDedicated unit to retrofit BWT systems
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in Japan has created a new unit to deal specifically with installations of ballast water treatment systems, as well as necessary ship modifications, in vessels already in service.
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NewsH&W kicks off 2011 with bulging order book
Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries’ ship repair and conversion order book saw eight vessel dockings between December 2010 and early March 2011.
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NewsFickle future for shiprepair industry says Gibdock CEO
Commenting on the shiprepair market as a whole, Joe Corvelli, CEO of Gibdock in Gibraltar, states that it has been fickle over the last year and the situation will remain the same for the foreseeable future.
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NewsMore conversion work at Gibdock
Norway’s Solstad Offshore has returned to Gibdock for the conversion and drydocking of the 84m long, 4,500dwt PSV ‘Normand Vester’.
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NewsJurong to convert LNG carrier into FSRU
Jurong Shipyard in Singapore has secured a contract worth about $16 million from Golar LNG Energy to convert the LNG Khannur to a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) to be renamed West Java FSRU.
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NewsJurong delivers its largest FPSO conversion
FPSO PSVM, one of the world’s largest floating production storage and offloading vessels successfully converted by Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard for contractor MODEC, was recently delivered to BP Exploration (Angola) Limited and Block 31 partners.
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Teekay signs shiprepair contract with Sembawang
Singapore-based Sembawang Shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, has signed a long-term alliance contract with Teekay Marine Services, Canada, to provide ship-repair, refurbishment, upgrading and related marine services for its fleet of 137 ships.
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NewsSTX Finland signs maintenance contract for pipelay ship
STX Finland and Saipem have signed a contract for major overhaul and maintenance of the semisubmersible pipelay vessel ‘Castoro Sei’. The work on the ship, providing employment for as many as about 1,000 people, will be completed by STX’s Turku shipyard.
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GL introduces extended dry docking
A new ‘extended dry docking’ (EDD) option for container vessel, general cargo ships and multi-purpose dry cargo vessels has been introduced by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) to acknowledge longer lasting coatings.
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NewsDW-Dubai gets first FSRU conversion project
Drydocks World - Dubai is carrying out its first floating storage re-gasification unit (FSRU) conversion job, known as the FSRU Livorno project.
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NewsBredo uses cast-off sections as LWB consolidates
German repair facility Bremerhavener Dock (Bredo) is using a relatively slack period to save costs and complete a novel repair-related project in a deal which appears to have done everyone some good.
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NewsGulf repairers face new competition
Middle East ship repair is set for a major shake-up, with sweeping management changes at Drydocks World Dubai (DWD) and new repair docks coming on stream which will raise regional capacity by a significant margin.
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NewsLarge-scale coating removal with environmental benefits
UK company Mac’Ants Group has announced a new system for stripping coatings from ships and other large structures which is claimed to be both effective and to reduce waste material for disposal by up to 90%.
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NewsGerman yards show pallet versatility
Container and other specialist merchant ships have dominated what has been a busy year so far for versatile Blohm + Voss Repair.
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NewsLNGs are Navantia
Navantia Shiprepair in Spain undertook a total of 30 LNG projects in 2010, with 28 LNG at the Fene-Ferrol yard and two further LNG projects at the Cadiz yard.
