Shipyard News

A secure future in small ship repair and maintenance has been promised by the new owners of Lindenau Schiffswerft in Kiel-Friedrichsort, now part of the ADM Germany (Privinvest) group.

A team from Royston Limited has completed the first stage of a 30,000 hour engine overhaul of the Subsea 7 owned Rockwater 1 dynamically positioned dive support vessel.

A diver/technician team mobilised to Rotterdam in February to remove the bow thrusters of a 300m containership which needed to be overhauled.

Italian shipyard Nuovi Cantieri Apuania (NCA) has been acquired by a yacht building company and will switch its focus from ship building to refit and repair.

Marine services provider Wärtsilä has signed a five year maintenance agreement with Finnish ship owner, Viking Line.

The latest and largest Meercat was launched last month at Portchester UK before being transported to its new workplace in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, where it will be used for servicing offshore navigation…

Lindenau Schiffswerft in Kiel, now facing a more secure future as the latest member of the Abu Dhabi Mar Germany Group, completed overhauls on several special vessels as the year turned.

All tide access under bridges along the River Thames in London for a recent contract required the removal of the wheelhouse of Coastal Launch Services’ multicat type vessel Jessica S.

The 46m German ocean rescue cruiser Hermann Marwede has undergone major changes during a longer than usual annual overhaul at the Tamsen Maritim shipyard in Rostock.

Acting on the suggestion of the insolvency administrator, Berthold Brinkmann, P+S WERFTEN decided in favour of the Lürssen Group (Bremen) as the buyer of the Peene shipyard in Wolgast at a meeting…