Shipyard News

Aberdeen based ship repair and maintenance specialist, Dales Marine Services, has expanded its operations on Scotland’s east coast with the lease of a dry dock at the Port of Leith and a…

A major incident was narrowly avoided following an early morning collision between two trawlers off the island of Senja in the Arctic north of Norway.

In early 2009 the Stockport UK headquartered Delta Power Group signed a contract with the French Ministry of Defence, the DGA (Direction Generale de l’Armement), for five pilot boats for operation in…

Striking the right balance between too much caution and over-optimism when it comes to ferry maintenance can be tricky, especially when faced with the kinds of service that run around the Shetland…

A small tender being built at the Damen Gorinchem yard in the Netherlands has just been fitted with a pipe antifouling device. It may seem commonplace, but Richard Woolley of Cathelco told…

Christmas celebrations were put on the backburner as staff from incident response specialists Braemar Howells worked round the clock to prevent a potential environmental disaster off the UK coast at Falmouth in…

It is nice to have a few positive signs amongst the economic gloom, and so the news that at least one company on Scotland’s east coast is doing rather nicely is welcome.…

‘RV Actinia’, a new research vessel for Scotland’s University Marine Biological Station, Millport (UMBSM) has been completed by Seaway Marine of Macduff.

Ireland’s Safehaven Marine has just launched ‘Izurdia’, an Interceptor 42 pilot boat for the Port of Bayonne in France.

The arrival of the tug SD Reliable at Portsmouth Naval base at the end of November represents a significant milestone in the contract between Damen Shipyards and Serco Marine Services for the…