Repair & Conversion – Page 7
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News$85m investment to expand yard capacity at Ancona
Fincantieri has signed an agreement to develop the port of Ancona with the Port System Authority of the Central Adriatic Sea (ADSP).
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NewsTersan to acquire Havyard Leirvik
Tersan Shipyard, the Turkish shipbuilder, has agreed a deal to acquire the assets of Havyard Leirvik from Eqva, the Norwegian company formerly known as Havyard.
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NewsWorld-Class Training Ship Raises US Profile
Giving first form to a programme of considerable significance for the US maritime industries as a whole, the cadet training ship Empire State recently made her debut in New York. The $315m newbuild from Philly Shipyard marks a step change not only in design capability and engineering technology but also in the structure used for government shipbuilding contracts.
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NewsIndian Yard Books Diesel-Electric Series
Progressive Indian shipbuilder Chowgule has landed a further, major order from north Europe for new-generation short-sea tonnage. Acting in concert, Boomsma Shipping of the Netherlands and Germany’s Leonhardt & Blumberg Shipmanagement have placed a firm contract covering four 8,500dwt diesel-electric dry cargo vessels, with the prospect of an eventual eight-ship series.
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NewsSteel-cutting for RoRo sailing vessel
Neoline Armateur has reached a historic milestone with the steel-cutting of its very first sailing RoRo cargo vessel
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NewsHyundai Glovis Plans World’s Largest Car Carriers
Hyundai Glovis, the shipping and logistics specialist of the Hyundai Motor Group, is set to order an extensive series of pure car/truck carriers (PCTCs) of record-breaking capacity.
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NewsTailor-Made Service Vessels For Largest Wind Farm
A major programme of investment in support vessels tailored to the long-term needs of the offshore wind sector on the UK Continental Shelf is being rolled out by the Aberdeen company North Star Renewables.
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NewsDavie concludes Helsinki shipyard acquisition
Group Davie, the privately-owned Canadian shipbuilder, has concluded the acquisition of the assets of Helsinki Shipyard Oy.
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NewsWorkload Builds At Revived Spanish Yard
A growing production programme testifies to the resurgence of the former Hijos de J.Barreras shipyard in Spain’s Galicia region under the name Astilleros Ria de Vigo.
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NewsJapan Shows Mettle In Bulker Refinement
New, further optimised versions of series-produced Dunkirkmax-type bulk carriers have recently been delivered by Japan Marine United (JMU) and compatriot Namura Zosensho. The latest iterations, yielding interlinked improvements in efficiency and environmental performance, testify to Japanese shipbuilders’ continuous refinement of designs that sustain global commodity flows.
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NewsPoland welcomes three new Damen tugs
Poland’s largest towage company has swelled its fleet with the delivery of three new Damen ASD Tugs
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NewsDredger Deal Plays To Dutch Strengths
Diesel-electric power using Azipod propulsion units has been specified for a trailing suction hopper dredger booked by Royal IHC in the Netherlands from the Boskalis Group. The contract signals the re-opening of the Krimpen aan den IJssel shipyard, upstream of Rotterdam, which had been temporarily closed last year due to a shrinking orderbook.
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NewsBoxship Signals New Chapter For German Fleet
Signalling a self-professed new era for the Hapag-Lloyd fleet and the German deep-sea liner trades, the first of the company’s ultra-large containership (ULCS) newbuilds was formally christened in Hamburg on 2 October.
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NewsVard signs offshore wind CSOV deal
Vard has signed a deal with the Windward Offshore consortium for the design and build of two hybrid commissioning service operation vessels
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NewsWallenius Wilhelmsen confirms 4+8 MeOH-fuelled PCTC order
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has confirmed the order for four 9,300 car equivalent unit (ceu) vessels from Jinling Shipyard in China. The dual-fuel vessels will be capable of operating on methanol, and will be ammonia-ready. The order includes individual options for a further eight vessels.
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NewsFinnish-Built Dredger For New Polish Canal
Purpose-designed for a new waterway in northern Poland, the 63m trailing suction hopper dredger Ursa was launched last month by Finnish shipbuilder Tyovene.
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NewsDamen inks Combi Freighter deal with Belgian shipper
Damen Shipyards has signed a contract with Belgian shipping company Fast Lines Belgium for the delivery of two Combi Freighter 3850s
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NewsConstruction of a new assembly hall begins at BAE Systems’ Govan yard
BAE Systems has announced that construction has begun on a new assembly hall at Glasgow’s Govan shipyard. The building hall project forms part of a wider £300m capital expenditure plan implemented on the strength of the contract for five Type 26 Royal Navy frigates.
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NewsInvestment Flow Starts At Belfast Yard
Work to upgrade Harland & Wolff’s Belfast shipyard was implemented last month, readying the company for a return to full-scale shipbuilding. The project to improve and enlarge the existing fabrication halls signifies the roll-out of £77m ($93m) investment in infrastructure at the group’s Belfast and Appledore yards, unlocked by the contract to construct three 40,000t naval replenishment vessels.
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NewsSix new Damen tugs for Antwerp-Bruges
The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has placed an order with Damen Shipyards for six new tugs as part of its ongoing fleet renewal programme
