Repair & Conversion – Page 23
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NewsGibdock completes busy start to the year
During the first four months this year, the Gibraltar shiprepair yard Gibdock has been busy with all docks and repair berths being full while also undertaking work afloat out at anchorage and off port limits.
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NewsPaint manufacture moves to Poland
International coatings producer Hempel has recently opened its new manufacturing facility today in Buk, Poland.
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NewsLNG repairs at Navantia Ferrol
Navantia Shiprepairs Fene-Ferrol (NSFF), the specialist LNG repair centre of the Navantia naval group, ended up with its best LNG year ever in 2009 with a total of 23 LNG projects undertaken at the northern Spanish facility. This makes it arguably the most successful yard handling this ship type.
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NewsWide spectrum of work at German repair yards
Blohm + Voss, due for a change in ownership soon, has reported booming repair and overhaul business, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsAustal expands European service hub
Austal has announced an expansion of its European service presence with the establishment of a maintenance hub in the Strait of Gibraltar.
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NewsAnother busy year ahead for Dales Marine
The Aberdeen-based Dales Marine Services on Scotland’s east coast is looking forward to another busy year.
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NewsGrimaldi extends Cargotec maintenance contract
Cargotec has secured two new MacGregor Onboard Care all inclusive contracts.
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NewsArtemis goes back to Lloyd
Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven will upgrade the 44,588 gt cruise ship Artemis (ex Royal Princess) for the third time in April prior to her last season for P&O Cruises and handover to Artania Shipping in 2011.
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NewsKeppel BrasFELS to upgrade three Noble drillships
Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiary Keppel FELS Brasil, has secured contracts from Noble Corporation to upgrade and repair three of Noble''s Brazil-based drillships for $456 million.
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NewsFast underwater ship hull cleaning
Hydrex Spain recently performed cleaning work with its own developed equipment on two large container vessels at anchorage 2km off the coast of Algeciras.
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NewsCammell Laird lengthens cable layer
Birkenhead-based Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders won a major contract to lengthen a cable laying ship for Nexans AS of Norway, a subsidiary of the international French based Nexans Group.
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NewsPermanent rudder repairs without drydocking
Hydrex has developed a new method enabling permanent repairs of rudders without drydocking the ship.
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NewsBusy Jurong
Jurong Shipyard in Singapore, a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, has recently been busy.
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NewsENVC facing uncertain times
Despite the global financial crisis, Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (ENVC) in Portugal had, in terms of ship repair results, its second best year ever in 2009.
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NewsASRY signs RFA cluster repair agreement with A&P Group
Bahrain’s ASRY has signed a ‘heads of agreement’ with the UK’s A&P Group to become the repair yard of choice in the Arabian Gulf for two clusters of Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) vessels, involving five ships.
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NewsPalermo yard tackles cruise ship repairs
During 2009, Fincantieri of Italy carried out five repair jobs on cruise vessels and two conversions with most of work carried out at the company’s Palermo shipyard which concentrates on ship repairs and conversion.
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NewsQuiet start to year at B+V
The sale of Blohm + Voss to the Abu Dhabi MAR Group is likely to be a done deal by the time this issue of The Motorship appears and the historic transfer appeared to be proceeding smoothly as the Hamburg yard went quietly into the new year.
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NewsMighty Mo makeover
The historic World War 2 US battleship Missouri has recently undergone a three-month $18 million refurbishment in dry dock at Pearl Harbour. Nick-named the Mighty Mo, the 273m long battleship, with a displacement of 54,899 tons, was last dry-docked in 1992 at Long Beach Naval Shipyard.
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NewsSpecial ships keep German yards busy
Research vessels feature strongly in the current workloads of several German yards busy with small ship repair, refurbishment or conversion, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsAntarctic cruise ship refurbished
Polar expedition vessel Plancius owned by Oceanwide Expeditions in the Netherlands was recently converted and refurbished.
