Shipyard News

Turkish tug builders and tugowners Sanmar Denizcilik Makine ve Ticaret Ltd, of Istanbul, celebrated in fine style at the flag change ceremony for the first vessel of their new Sanmar Eskort 80…

The protective coatings specialist Pyeroy Group has won a new contract to refurbish a 50 year old dock side crane as part of the £ 100 million Rochester Riverside regeneration project along…

November was a busy month for the former Norwegian Cruise Lines vessel ' Norwegian Crown' which sailed from New York to Hamburg to come off charter and be redelivered to owner Fred…

Damen Marine Services (DMS) in the Netherlands have broken new ground with the delivery of the first of a series of unique pusher tugs. DMS Blackbird is purpose designed to form part…

Among several recent news items emanating from the rapidly changing Fairplay Towage group of Hamburg is the delivery of the new tug Fairplay 30, the most powerful to date. The new vessel…

A maritime rags to riches story is coming true for both a Scottish dry dock and its new manager.

The first Ministry of Defence warship to be recycled in the UK for more than a decade has been towed into the Port of Liverpool.

Maritime engineering and service solutions provider MacGregor has been involved in an unusual conversion of a Panamax bulk carrier into the dynamically positioned deepsea pipe-laying vessel Audacia for Swiss based Allseas Group…

A clean bottom is an important asset. It allows optimum speeds, faster passage times and reduces fuel costs by minimising drag.

A& P Tyne is out hunting for a substantial piece of work to fill the gap left by the sinking of Scottish C& M Group, and with it the Ice Maiden contract.

The 700 passenger, 20,000gt cruise ship Discovery, owned and operated by the UK based Voyages of Discovery, had to cancel a scheduled cruise from Harwich in Essex recently when engineers were called…

Classification society Bureau Veritas has developed guidelines intended to reduce the number of accidents to seafarers and surveyors during the inspection and maintenance of ships structures. The guidelines will help yards to…

With marine activity in the Gulf skyrocketing, the Bahrain based Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) has again broken all previous records during the first quarter of the year.

For over fifteen years Maritime Journal has reported on new vesselsentering service with the Holyhead Towing Company Ltd and the work that theydo. Over that period we have seen a range of…

Blockages in seawater engine cooling systems caused by bio-fouling continue to create problems for operators in terms of increased fuel usage, crew attention and premature pipework renewal. As a result, Cathelco Ltd…

The 12.8m buoy tender Seiont IV has been delivered to its owner, Caernarfon Harbour Trust, after completing successful trials off Macduff in Scotland and sailing through the Caledonian canal and down the…

Pembroke Dock based Mustang Marine has delivered a new 16m aluminium pilot cutter to the Port of Tyne Authority. Collingwood was completed in time to appear on the floating pontoon at Seawork…

Rochester based Coastal Bulk Shipping Ltd. (previously known as R. Lapthorn and Company Limited) own and operate a fleet of 13 coastal and short sea dry bulk vessels, familiar visitors to UK…

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh officially rededicated the Queen Elizabeth Dock at A& P Falmouth in the UK last month, fifty years after he first opened the dock in 1958.

An innovative automated hull and surface cleaner that could take the pain out of regular cleaning and reduce maintenance downtime for a number of vessels came all the way from Norway to…