Shipyard News

Williams Shipping Marine Ltd celebrated the arrival of thelatest addition to its fleet with christening and blessing ceremonies forWillendeavour at its Empress Dock facilities in Southampton UK earlier thismonth.

The Marine Division of the Gateshead UK basedPyeroy Group has been awarded the painting contract for the RFA Lyme Bay aspart of the completion works now being undertaken by BAE Systems at…

Southampton UKbased MSC has reported another major contract with long standing clientsP& O Ferries.

The14 year old Hamburgexcursion ferry Wolfgang Borchert isbeing lengthened, widened and modernised for a new lease of life, at the same localshipyard where it was built in 1993.

Isle of Wight based boat builders Cheetah Marine has made steady progress since founder Sean Strevens built a first GRP planing catamaran for his own use as a commercial fisherman in 1989.

On 19 January Van Wijngaarden Marine Services BV of Sliedrecht in the Netherlands formally named ‘ Giessenstroom’ , the first new Damen Shoalbuster 3009 seagoing tug, at the Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld facility.…

The ship, owned locally, was 9.5m wide and of 2,000 dwt. It was the biggest vessel ever handled out of the water by Kötter. Tackling it was made possible by the leasing…

The Pioneer Sailing Trust was established in1999 with the purpose of restoring back to sailing condition the last remainingfirst class Essex skillinger smack, named Pioneer. The 70 long smack,originally built in 1864,…

German Rhine conversion shipyards have demonstrated some acumen by attracting one complex job from local owners and snapping another away from rivals in France.

One of the four 40 ton swing-up Azimuth thrusters of an offshore crane barge servicing rigs off Gabon had malfunctioned and needed to be removed from the barge for repairs. Thrusters are…

Plymouth UK based boat builders Ecocats picked up a significant award earlier this month when it carried off the Sustainable Products and Services gong at the Cornwall Sustainability Awards 2006. The Awards…

Seabus, nearing completion at the Voyager Boatyard in Cornwall UK, is the latest passenger vessel to be built by the experienced yard. The 64m vessel is equipped to carry up to 100…

Ireland’ s Mooney Boats Ltd has built a versatile MCA Category 1 offshore workboat which will be equally at home potting, angling, carrying cargo, transferring crew, conducting hydrographic surveys or participating in…

On the 11th of October the Dover Harbour Board formally introduced and christened their new pilot and harbour patrol launch. The vessel was named Dovorian by the wife of Dover Harbour Boards…

Any new tug arriving to reinforce the escort tug services around the UK is newsworthy but when it represents just part of a massive fleet rebuilding programme it is doubly significant. Svitzer…