Divers Deliver Underwater Repairs

01 Feb 2003

Underwater ship maintenance specialists UMC International's Plymouth UK team has carried out a diagnostic underwater inspection of a reefer ship during a call to the Torbay anchorage. The ship was experiencing vibration and the owners wanted to know why. 

Mobdocks Beat Drydock for Thruster Repair

01 Feb 2003

Antwerp based underwater contractors Hydrex won the SMM/Lloyds List 2002 Award for 'Innovation in Naval Shipbuilding and Marine Technology' last autumn in Hamburg. A significant factor in their victory was the innovative double-Mobdock system, which has again been deployed to repair a container vessel while it was in port loading and unloading its cargo.