Shipyard News

Virgin Atlantic Challenger II, which broke the Atlantic crossing record in 1986, is back in Britain after an absence of 27 years.

One small classic workboat is on the way to complete restoration and another is now in safe maintenance hands after ship lovers in Germany stepped in to save them both .

Aberdeen based standby vessel operator Atlantic Offshore Rescue has commissioned what will be the UK’s most powerful emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV).

Birkenhead UK shipyard and engineering firm Cammell Laird has completed a £2.7m contract to update and lengthen the MV Hoy Head car ferry for Orkney Islands Council.

Portchester UK based boatbuilder BWSeaCat Ltd has launched the first in class Specialist Survey Vessel ROV1101 for Norway based clients Robert Sorheim and John Terje of ROVas.

The naming of Service Support Vessel DP Gezina last week at Holland Shipyards’ premises in Hardinxveld – Giessendam introduced a vessel which is perhaps the first of its kind in the offshore…

A lot of hard thinking has gone into Scarborough UK based Mainprize Offshore’s new vessel, the MO1, which is due to be put in the water at the end of June.

Since acquiring Sobrena in early 2012, Damen Shiprepair Brest has serviced 50 vessels from leading shipowners and managers.

Germany’s ever active Ems-based small ship and boat yard Diedrich was this month completing its second complex ferry conversion job inside a year which has involved a main engine swap.

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…