Shipyard News

Ireland’s Safehaven Marine has just launched Gatares Uno, a new Interceptor 48 pilot vessel for the Port of Algeciras in Spain.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The rudder and the ice belt of the harbor icebreaker tug Jääsalo were recently coated with Ecospeed in Naantali, Finland.