Marine Construction News – Page 171
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NewsStudy of Nicaragua’s ‘second Panama Canal’
A consortium consisting of Royal HaskoningDHV and Ecorys has won a contract to conduct a pre-feasibility study into the construction of a canal through Nicaragua, all the way from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean.
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NewsMore offshore contracts for Jan de Nul
Jan de Nul reports that new projects with a total value of more than €500m have been added to its orderbook in the last month.
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NewsBoskalis acquires port contract in India
Royal Boskalis Westminster has acquired a contract with port operator Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) for deepening and widening the port and access channel of JNPT in Mumbai, India.
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Repair yard in respiratory health study
Drydocks World – Dubai has joined hands with the Occupational Health and Environmental Respiratory Department of Imperial College London to conduct research which will focus on the respiratory health of Drydocks employees.
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Repeat business is key for A&P Falmouth
A huge car carrier which has dominated the skyline at Falmouth Docks during August left the port late last month to signal the end of another successful ship repair contract for A&P Falmouth.
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Qatar yard keeps busy with LNG shiprepair
With seven LNG carriers drydocked at the facility recently, Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) is one of the leading shipyards for LNG repairs, leveraging on Qatar’s position as top LNG exporter.
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News'Meteor' stays fit with regular maintenance
Veteran German research ship ''Meteor'' has been back at engine specialist Motorenwerke Bremerhaven (MWB) for routine overhaul which Maritime Journal was told cost about €1m.
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NewsShipdock and Spliethoff combine forces
Shipdock has reached an agreement with Spliethoff, the Amsterdam based ship owning company, for the largest exhaust gas scrubber unit installed so far on board a commercial vessel.
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NewsScheldepoort wins second jack-up conversion
Scheldepoort Repair & Conversion Yard has been awarded a contract to convert the jack-up drill rig Shelf Explorer into offshore hotel accommodation, which will then be known as Atlantic Amsterdam.
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NewsBlast of the past in historic restoration
Established in 1988 in the historic Gloucester Docks UK, T Nielsen & Company has grown to become a leading specialist in repairing, restoring and building traditional ships and rigging.
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NewsCoating protects rudder of icebreaker tug
The rudder and the ice belt of the harbor icebreaker tug Jääsalo were recently coated with Ecospeed in Naantali, Finland.
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NewsGerman yards benefit from small ship work
In Germany, an influx of small ship conversion and overhaul has kept front-running Schiffswerft Diedrich busy and revived spirits at troubled former tanker newbuilder Lindenau Schiffswerft.
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NewsMobile propeller balancing and repair
MPR BV in the Netherlands has developed new mobile measurement and balancing equipment for CPP blades of up to 6.5 tonnes per blade.
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NewsPlanned maintenance avoids failure at sea
A major way to avoid vessel failure at sea is developing and implementing a proactive maintenance strategy. Stuart Melling, manager for marine and crane service at ABB Ltd, looks at some of the latest techniques.
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New boat on job for German cable project
Braveheart Shipping baptised its Javelin 22.22 Guardian last month and straight after the ceremony the vessel was en route to its first job on the TenneT export cable project.
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NewsChallenging design for new Antwerp HQ
Construction work on Antwerp Port Authority’s new headquarters, which will start in September, will be kept on a tight rein.
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NewsRhine-Danube Canal heads for 20th anniversary
Germany’s historic Rhine-Main-Danube (RMD) Canal, which links two of Europe’s mightiest river complexes and two halves of the European continent, celebrates its 20th anniversary in September.
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NewsIHC launches Iraqi dredging duo
Dutch specialist shipbuilder IHC Merwede has launched the 500 m3 grab hopper dredger Dohuk and the 3,500 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger Karbala in two ceremonies at the company’s Krimpen aan den Ijssel yard.
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NewsOld PLA survey ship gets back on the water
Havengore was the Port of London Authority’s main vessel from its launch in 1956 until the early 1990’s but was then left on a buoy at Gravesend to deteriorate.
