Shipyard News

With over 50 years behind him in ship & boatbuilding and civil engineering, Alastair Brown, Commercial Manager of Alnmaritec boatbuilders in Blyth, Northumberland, UK has announced his retirement at the end of…

Victaulic, the US-headquartered manufacturer of mechanical pipe-joining systems, will be demonstrating a selection of time- and cost-saving piping solutions at Europort, Rotterdam, 3 – 6 November.

Finnish headquartered Deltamarin launched its new DeltaLinx ferry design during the BaltExpo 2015 exhibition in the beginning in September in Gdansk, Poland.

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…

Tugs & Towing recently reported delivery of the last of a five-tug order from Sanmar Shipyard for Smit Lamnalco specifically modified for LNG terminal operations, let’s take a closer look.

A specialist team based at the Tees shipyard of A&P Group, a UK provider of ship repair, conversion and marine services, is proving more in demand thanks to its ability to take…

With its rakish, modern looks and super-efficient hull form, one UK workboat designer believes his new nine metre vessel could be set to win support across a number of industry sectors.