Mustang Building Repair Reputation

01 Jan 2006

One of the UK's leading workboat builders has made great strides into the vessel repair, maintenance and conversion sector since acquiring new and larger premises in 2004. With 80 and 750 ton slipways, Mustang Marine of Pembroke Dock in South Wales now lays claim to the largest such facility on the UK's west coast and is able slip vessels of up to approximately 700 tons and 50m in length. 

German Yards Tackle Repair and Maintenance

01 Jan 2006

Germany's small shipyards have been busy with conversion as well as routine repair and maintenance of late as they, like many bigger European yards, have continued to benefit from good fortune in the shipping sector. The 65.5m LOA Irish Marine Institute's research ship Celtic Explorer has paid its first visit to Bremerhaven for re-equipping at the specialist Motorenwerke Bremerhaven (MWB). 

Diedrich re-engines 'Spiekeroog11'

01 Jan 2006

The small Schiffswerft Diedrich yard in Oldersum, Germany was expecting to complete one of its most complex re-engining projects ever late this month. Owners Nordseebad Spiekeroog on the East Frisian island of the same name off the German North Sea coast paid a reported ?650,000 for the extensive work on the 670 passenger, 495 grt ferry Spiekeroog 11.