Shipyard News

‘HMS Brocklesby’, one of the UK Royal Navy’s eight Hunt Class minehunters, has had her engines renewed after 33 years of service.

Parkol Marine Engineering, based in Whitby, UK has recently applied a thermal sprayed zinc coating to a new whitefish trawler, the ‘Resilient LK195’, to protect it from corrosion.

When Pacific International Drilling West Africa’s (PIDWAL) drillship ‘Pacific Bora’ suffered damage to the starboard aft hull off the coast of Nigeria, PIDWAL called for assistance from the Harris Pye Engineering Group.

According to US-based manufacturer of Wheelift transporters, Doerfer Companies, there’s a shift happening in shipyards. The company claims that more companies are using its high-capacity transporters as an alternative or supplement to…

Dorchester, UK-based, Tritex NDT has launched its new Multigauge 5300 GRP Thickness Gauge which has been specifically designed for marine surveyors to check for osmosis, blistering and delaminations in GRP (fibreglass) hulls.

Irish boatbuilder Safehaven Marine has delivered P&O Maritime’s first fast pilot boat, a 14m Barracuda, part of a two boat order for 2016. P&O Maritime are a repeat customer, having previously purchased…

Abels Shipyard in Bristol, UK is close to completing work on converting a harbour ferry into a medical ship to operate in South America.

Holland Shipyards were given just 4 ½ months to carry out a major refit on the fisheries research vessel ‘Tridens’ which is owned by the Dutch government department Rijkswaterstaat. The ‘Tridens’ is…

German specialist for motor oils and additives Liqui Moly claims to have the ultimate range of products for fighting the curse of rust in the fuel tank and fuel lines of vessels.