Shipyard News

Seawind Barclay Curle launched and delivered the multi-purpose workboat ' Inish Davar' this month for client Waterways Ireland, which is a cross border initiative established by the Dublin and UK governments to…

The ship repair and maintenance industry has been through some significant changes over the past few years. Increasingly, the larger scale vessel repair projects, involving significant steel renewals on bulk carriers, tankers…

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International classification society RINA has joined forces with UK based coatings testing company Bodycote to launch a global Corrosion Prevention and Coatings (CPC) programme. The heart of the programme will be a…

For a week in mid-October the brand new Trinity House Vessel ' Galatea' was host to a wide variety of visitors from the world of shipping and the maritime press. Among the…

Many multi-purposework vessels have been described in these pages and all have one thing incommon. They are constructed to fulfil the special needs of their operatorsbusiness and each vessel reflects, as near…

Irish Seafreight only specialists Seatruck Ferries have taken over Celtic LinksDublin-Liverpool route. In addition, capacity available on Seatrucks fast growingWarrenpoint-Heysham route is about to increase substantially, with the additionof the large newbuilding…

Following a year of hard work off Angola, theanchor-handling tug Warlock returned to Europe earlier this year to work inthe North Sea on behalf of Delft based Allseas Engineering BV. Owned by…

A& P Tyne Ltd, part of A& P Group, has recently completedthe conversion of a newbuild Offshore Support Vessel into a pipe-laying vesselfor Subsea 7. In line with the original schedule, the…

A& P Falmouth has successfully completed the conversion of RFA Sir Tristram, ahead of schedule, and within budget. The former Falklands landing ship will now take on its new role as a…

James Fisher (Shipping Services) Ltd undertook to apply International Paints innovative underwater coating system Intersleek 900 whilst their vessel ‘ Galway Fisher’ was under refit at A& P Falmouth Limited in May.

The National Trust’ s hardworking ferry, Brownsea Enterprise, has been refurbished at nearby Salterns Boatyard in Poole UK, a project that has returned the 33 year old ferry to pristine condition above…

Earlier this month the cruise ship ‘ Thomson Spirit’ collided with another cruise ship, ‘ Ocean Majesty’ , on the Geirangerfjord in Norway, damaging a lifeboat and the davit for a tender…

It was at Seawork 2006 where Captain Glen Covell, Harbour Master at St Mary’ s in the Isles of Scilly, first approached Mustang Marine to inquire about an Ocean Dynamics RIBworker which…

One of the most interesting boats on the floating pontoon at Seawork International 2007 will be the Holyhead Marine, 15m MOD Police Patrol Boat.

Seawork exhibitor South Boats Special Projects Ltd has launched two newbuilds, the 4thand 5th South Catamaran 36/11m MkIIs and the 39th and 40th 11m vessels built by the company.