Repair & Conversion – Page 10

  • KSS Line's 84,000m3 LPG carrier 'Gas Star' will be among the first scrubber retrofit candidated under the Hyundai Global Services deal
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    Hyundai eyes scrubber and BWMS retrofit market

    2017-02-20T11:08:00Z

    A new marine services company under Hyundai Heavy Industries has signed two memoranda of understanding that position it to stake a claim in the lucrative market for retrofitting environmental technologies.

  • The scanner can complete scans while the vessel is still in operation Photo: OSK-ShipTech
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    OSK ShipTech employs 3D scanning

    2017-02-08T13:16:00Z

    Danish naval architect, OSK-ShipTech, has introduced 3D laser scanning as a to minimise risk and maximise precision in a market where owners are looking for the fastest and most accurate retrofit and conversion solutions.

  • Work on 'Marco Polo' included replacement of the main engine jacket with a new jacket fabricated at Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam
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    Damen Shiprepair serves cruiseship duo

    2017-02-06T09:58:00Z

    Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam has completed maintenance work on Cruise & Maritime Voyages’ two cruiseships, ‘Marco Polo’ and ‘Magellan’.

  • GE has won a contract to upgrade the propulsion system for the Carnival Group’s 'Dawn Princess' cruise vessel
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    Carnival upgrade contract for GE

    2016-12-13T15:10:00Z

    GE has secured a contract to replace existing controllers with new generation PECe digital propulsion controls for Carnival Group’s ''Dawn Princess'' cruise vessel

  • Sister ship 'Rotra Mare' will share the bow ro-ro loading ramp and retractable roof featured on first in series 'Rotra Vente'
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    Second turbine transport vessel nears completion

    2016-12-13T08:41:00Z

    The second of two ships specially designed to transport offshore wind farm components is nearing completion at Holland Shipyards, reports Dag Pike.

  • Dry-docking of 'Tycho Brahe' will begin in April
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    Ferry electrification powers ahead

    2016-12-07T16:37:00Z

    ABB’s project to convert two HH Ferries’ vessels into the world’s largest emission-free ferries is gathering pace after Öresund Dry Docks was selected to carry out the work.

  • Harris Pye has seen a spike in boiler conversion requests since the introduction of US, European and Chinese ECAs, says David
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    Harris Pye secures low-sulphur conversion contracts

    2016-12-06T12:35:00Z

    Engineering group Harris Pye has secured a contract to convert six vessels belonging to an undisclosed Chinese LNG group for low-sulphur diesel oil.

  • The 41,000gt 'Thomson Majesty' underwent a two-week repair and renewal at Gibdock between winter and summer schedules
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    Gibdock completes Thomson Majesty repairs

    2016-11-29T10:20:00Z

    Louis Cruises vessel ‘Thomson Majesty’ has undergone a two-week repair and renewal project at Gibraltar shipyard Gibdock.

  • Mobdock allows inspection teams to perform their tasks underwater in a clean, dry environment
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    Reducing rudder repair costs

    2016-11-07T11:36:00Z

    Hydrex Underwater Technologies says that its new alternative underwater habitat for rudder repairs is saving shipowners thousands of dollars in emergency drydocking costs.

  • Gibdock has completed a 11-day renewal project on the Seatruck Ferries container/ro-ro vessel 'Clipper Point'
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    Gibdock delivers for Seatruck

    2016-11-01T15:41:00Z

    Gibraltar’s vessel repair expert, Gibdock, has turned around a fast 11-day renewal project on a 142m Seatruck Ferries ro-ro vessel reasserting its market position in the short sea vessel repair market.

  • An intermediate survey, propeller shaft and rudder overhaul and repainting were undertaken while 'Coral Medusa' was under gas
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    Damen Harlingen repairs LNG carrier under gas

    2016-09-01T16:36:00Z

    The Anthony Veder vessel ‘Coral Medusa’ has been repaired while under gas vapours from her last cargo, at Damen Shiprepair Harlingen.

  • Korean Register studied the comparative merits of adding 28,8m to the vessel's length, or 5.2m to its beam
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    Korean Register studies widening conversion

    2016-07-22T07:17:00Z

    The Korean Register of Shipping (KR) has investigated a widening conversion of an 8,600 teu containership for one of its customers, expanding capacity to 10,000 teu.

  • News

    Keppel secures FPSO and cable layer work

    2016-07-11T10:41:00Z

    Keppel Offshore and Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M)''s wholly owned subsidiary Keppel Shipyard has secured four new contracts worth a total of S$120m.

  • ‘Maersk Weymouth’ was seriously damaged when its forward deck crane boom collapsed
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    Maersk Weymouth returns for crane jib

    2016-07-06T17:45:00Z

    ‘Maersk Weymouth’ has returned to Falmouth to pick up the crane jib which had been lying on the quayside at Duchy Wharf following the collapse of its forward deck crane boom a year ago.

  • The 'Normand Cutter' during its three-week stay at Gibdock
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    Propulsion overhaul for Solstad CSV at Gibdock

    2016-06-30T07:57:00Z

    Gibdock shipyard in Gibraltar has completed a three-week drydock programme for Solstad Shipping’s 127m construction support vessel (CSV) ‘Normand Cutter’, including an overhaul of its propulsion system.

  • Rare lock gate overhaul at LWB.
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    Which way repair after German yard changes?

    2016-05-20T09:50:00Z

    The dust is settling after yet another corporate reshuffle in German shipbuilding, but it remains to be seen if the latest changes will also benefit the repair and conversion sector as well as newbuilding, writes Tom Todd

  • The Olympic Gemini at EJA’s quayside
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    Sembcorp Marine Brazil yard completes debut repair

    2016-05-19T10:38:00Z

    Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz (EJA), Sembcorp Marine’s Brazilian subsidiary, has successfully completed the yard’s first vessel repair project.

  • Sea Installer is currently at Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam for crane upgrade
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    Crane upgrade for Sea Installer

    2016-05-04T12:08:00Z

    Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm) has announced that it is currently undertaking a major modification and maintenance project on the jack-up vessel Sea Installer.

  • Alewijnse has won a contract to refit the electrical systems on board the Belgian research ship, Belgica
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    Alewijnse wins Belgian refit contract

    2016-04-21T13:29:00Z

    Netherlands-based system integrator, Alewijnse Marine Systems, has won a significant contract to refit the key electrical systems on board RV Belgica, an oceanographic research vessel owned by the Belgian state.

  • The unexpected and large scale of the machining work required made the 'Flintstone' repair job challenging to carry out
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    Fallpipe vessel repair

    2016-04-19T16:32:00Z

    The Fallpipe vessel ‘Flintstone’ has departed from Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam following a six-week programme of maintenance and repair, along with the completion of its first special survey.