Shipyard News

Authorities at the Danish ports of Copenhagen, Kalundborg and Fredricia have recently granted permission for GAC EnvironHull’s diver-free, underwater HullWiper solution to be used within their ports and outside of holding areas.

“To start with we went to our commercial marine boatbuilders and asked them to forget what they were doing today, but rather what they wanted to achieve,” said Martin Jackson of Marine…

A north German shipyard group has exploited its location and logistics flexibility of late by switching one small repair job between yards and also bagging major cruise ship work over stiff competition…

UK-based ship interiors specialist MPE has completed a fit-out of the Norwegian-owned tug supply vessel ‘Sentinel Ranger’. MPE, headquartered on the banks of the River Mersey in Birkenhead, undertook the work at…

US headquartered TE Connectivity has announced its new Amplimite IP67 D-subminiature connectors. Designed to also meet MIL-DTL-24308 specifications, the new connectors have an environmental sealing that has been successfully tested at a…

Gibdock, the Gibraltar ship repair yard, says it is strengthening its impact within the German ship owning market.

Oceanographic research vessel ‘Marion Dufresne II’ is celebrating her 20th anniversary in 2015 and has recently finished a major refit that will extend her life for a further 20 years. Electrical system…

Solent Refit, the Southampton water, UK-based refit yard has plans to develop berths for larger vessels alongside its floating pontoon. Currently the yard can berth vessels up to around 60 metres but…