Shipyard News

Anglian Sovereign the latest new vessel for Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd was formally christened on Wednesday the 27 August. The event was a significant one for both the company and many of…

Passenger vessels servicing the tourism and holiday industries are plentiful in Englands West Country and Voyager Yachts is strategically well positioned to supply the trade from its boaty-yard on the River Tamar…

How the UK Port of Falmouth would react in the event of an oil spill was put to the test when Falmouths Marine Response Centre held a tabletop exercise on 30 July…

When the new tug Svitzer Bristol arrived at Avonmouth on 15 July it represented the first tangible step in a plan to upgrade the tugs fleets of Svitzer Marine Ltd. The new…

Simek A/S delivered the second of two newbuild Multifunctional Anchor Handling/Tug/Supply/ Service Vessels earlier this month to P/R International Offshore Services ANS , a company 100% owned by Farstad Shipping ASA .…

By their very nature the Multi-purpose work vessel is becoming a common tool for many operators concerned with port maintenance, dredging, and marine civil engineering. In most respects the configuration of such…

An extensive refit of Shetland Islands Councils pilot launch Sullom Shoormal has been completed by VT Halmatic and, following successful sea trials, the craft was returned to service at the end of…

When the failure rate of the shaft line rope guards protecting external shaft bearings on British Royal Navy vessels was running at an unacceptably high rate, BMT Defence Services Ltd was asked…

When UKD Sealion was delivered to UK Dredging Ltd it had already completed one of the most extensive sea trials likely to be undertaken by this type of vessel. This Damen Multi…

One of the largest crane vessels in the world was recently in need of its general five year survey, which would normally have to be done in drydock.