Shipyard News

Veteran German research ship Meteor has been back at engine specialist Motorenwerke Bremerhaven (MWB) for routine overhaul which Maritime Journal was told cost about €1m.

Shipdock has reached an agreement with Spliethoff, the Amsterdam based ship owning company, for the largest exhaust gas scrubber unit installed so far on board a commercial vessel.

Scheldepoort Repair & Conversion Yard has been awarded a contract to convert the jack-up drill rig Shelf Explorer into offshore hotel accommodation, which will then be known as Atlantic Amsterdam.

Established in 1988 in the historic Gloucester Docks UK, T Nielsen & Company has grown to become a leading specialist in repairing, restoring and building traditional ships and rigging.

The rudder and the ice belt of the harbor icebreaker tug Jääsalo were recently coated with Ecospeed in Naantali, Finland.

In Germany, an influx of small ship conversion and overhaul has kept front-running Schiffswerft Diedrich busy and revived spirits at troubled former tanker newbuilder Lindenau Schiffswerft.

MPR BV in the Netherlands has developed new mobile measurement and balancing equipment for CPP blades of up to 6.5 tonnes per blade.

A major way to avoid vessel failure at sea is developing and implementing a proactive maintenance strategy. Stuart Melling, manager for marine and crane service at ABB Ltd, looks at some of…

Havengore was the Port of London Authority’s main vessel from its launch in 1956 until the early 1990’s but was then left on a buoy at Gravesend to deteriorate.

Scotia Charters has increased the environmental survey capabilities of its 80 foot vessel Scotia W, which improves its suitability for operating in the offshore renewable energy sector.

Drydocks World and Maritime World in Dubai has implemented several new initiatives and deployed new highly advanced environmental friendly technologies.

The self propelled, self elevating, jack-up barge GMS Endurance is receiving some major changes and upgrades at Shipdock before embarking on a two year well maintenance project in the UK’s southern North…

The success of A&P Group’s long-term relationship with Serco Ltd Marine Services is being celebrated, with a total of eight ships docked in Falmouth in 2012.

Dutch shipbuilding and repair company Damen Shipyards Group has taken over the shares of Swedish ship repair and maintenance yard Oskarshamnsvarvet in Oskarshamn.

Mechanical pipe joining systems producer Victualic is supporting Sea Cadets at Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands as they repair and refit the Zeefakkel, which suffered serious fire damage in an arson attack last…

The recent addition of a new dry docking facility on the Thames at Greenwich has received the endorsement of Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, and that of Councellor Chris Roberts, Leader of…

Clements Marine recently repaired a propeller for the Damen built tug Fenlander, which is operated by Wisbech Harbour Authority in the UK.