Shipyard News

Dutch sterntube seals specialist AEGIR Marine and Belgian underwater repair specialist Hydrex have signed a contract for exclusive cooperation for underwater seal repairs.

A 26,000 ton bulk carrier had been involved in a serious grounding and Hydrex was called out to do an inspection off the coast of Cyprus. The owners wanted a clear picture…

A 36 year old German river passenger vessel has been restored to much of its former glory and modernised during conversion which has seen the retention of its Detroit Diesel engines and…

Reflecting continued good fortune in small inland repair and conversion facilities, Germanys Koetter Werft has announced expansion while completing two conversions and booking a third project for later this year.

Full scale tests at Dunstons Ship Repair in Hull UK have confirmed the advantages of using 100% recycled glass as a new grit blast medium for cleaning steel and preparing metal for…

Earlier this year the Irish Governments 32m sail training vessel Asgard II was brought to the Brooke Marine Facility at Lowestoft for an extensive refit ahead of its busy season of summer…

Contractors working on Wightlinks Our Lady Pamela passenger catamaran used two knuckle boom lifts from the AFI Aerial Platforms rental fleet to ensure that they could easily access all parts of the…

Reading based Marine Ventures Ltd returns to Seawork as UK distributor for the Swiss-made pipe couplings of Straub Werke AG , which have had such an impact on pipe joining practice in…

The Port of Corks new pilot boat will be among the selection of workboats on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2006.

The new Shoalbuster 2208 Baloe has been delivered to Dutch tug owner Sleepvaartbedrijf Herman SR BV of Zwijndrecht by Damen Shipyards of Hardinxveldt.

An important phase in the modernisation of floating plant for British Waterways (BW) is rapidly coming to fruition at the shipyard of Manor Marine in Portland, Dorset (a trading company within MPI…

One of the largest crane vessels in the world is the Saipem 7000.

It is not only vessels which require repair and maintenance, the yards which maintain them are subject to the same degradations brought on by continuous exposure to salt, seawater and humidity. The…

Portsmouth UK based ship support company Fleet Support Limited (FSL) has successfully completed the annual docking programme for Wightlinks three Lymington based Solent ro-pax ferries.

News of the recent arrival of the new Adsteam Harty and Adsteam Warden to the fleet of Adsteam Medway came with confirmation that Australian owned Adsteam Marine is to invest heavily in…

The small Schiffswerft Diedrich yard in Oldersum, Germany was expecting to complete one of its most complex re-engining projects ever late this month. Owners Nordseebad Spiekeroog on the East Frisian island of…

One of the UKs leading workboat builders has made great strides into the vessel repair, maintenance and conversion sector since acquiring new and larger premises in 2004. With 80 and 750 ton…

Germanys small shipyards have been busy with conversion as well as routine repair and maintenance of late as they, like many bigger European yards, have continued to benefit from good fortune in…