Shipyard News

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…

Lindenau Schiffswerft in Kiel, now facing a more secure future as the latest member of the Abu Dhabi Mar Germany Group, completed overhauls on several special vessels as the year turned.

All tide access under bridges along the River Thames in London for a recent contract required the removal of the wheelhouse of Coastal Launch Services’ multicat type vessel Jessica S.

The 46m German ocean rescue cruiser Hermann Marwede has undergone major changes during a longer than usual annual overhaul at the Tamsen Maritim shipyard in Rostock.

Acting on the suggestion of the insolvency administrator, Berthold Brinkmann, P+S WERFTEN decided in favour of the Lürssen Group (Bremen) as the buyer of the Peene shipyard in Wolgast at a meeting…

Redbay Boats has been building boats for the past 35 years and building RIBs for 20 years, making them one of the more experienced RIB builders.

Twelve cylinder liners from the Solstad owned vessel Normand Progress have been given a precision overhaul at the Newcastle UK workshop of Royston Limited.

In its second major conversion job of the year, north Germany’s versatile small ship specialist Schiffswerft Diedrich is carrying out the almost total conversion of the 36.33m long low draught passenger ferry…

Built in 1968 and owned by Poole Harbour Commissioners in the UK, the C H Horn has kept the waterways of Poole Harbour clear for over 40 years.

A historic dry dock in North Devon UK has accepted its first vessels for more than 60 years.

US headquartered mechanical pipe-joining systems specialist Victualic is supporting sea cadets in Hellevoetsluis, the Netherlands, as they repair and refit the Zeefakkel, which suffered serious fire damage in an arson attack in…

Shipdock Harlingen in the Netherlands has been awarded a contract by Sliedrecht based dredging company De Boer for dry dock work on the trailing suction hopper dredger Amazone.

Nobiskrug Shipyard in Rendsburg has completed this year’s routine maintenance work on one of Germany’s best known workships, the 69.2m multi-purpose Arkona.

Alnmaritec, based in Northumberland UK based Alnmaritec is best known for the design and build of commercial workboats.

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