Shipyard News

During the recent drydocking of the historic warship HMS Warrior , the Warrior Preservation Trust requested that Selman Marine Design Ltd carry out an ultrasonic hull survey from the waterline to the…

Damen Shipyards have delivered Adsteam Ferriby , the first of their new compact shiphandling tugs to arrive in Europe. The new ASD Tug 2411 entered service with the fleet of Adsteam Marine…

The harbour tug Sea Helper is the first vessel of its class to be designed by Macduff Ship Design. Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland commissioned Macduff Ship Design to produce the design, contract/tender…

The delivery of the new Voith escort tug Velox represents a number of firsts for the owner, designer, shipyard and propulsion system manufacturer. Handed over to Ostensjo Rederi of Haugesund on 15…

Community involvement is at the heart of a valuable and ongoing vessel restoration project at Canary Wharf in Londons Docklands. The SS Robin is the worlds oldest complete steamship, having been built…

In December 2004 a crowd of 50 people including ship owners, representatives of newbuiding yards, the Belgian and other national navies as well as government representatives gathered in anticipation at the Zeebrugge…

An Egyptian multi-millionaire has paid 136,200 for the German survey ship veteran Wittesand , built more than half a century ago as a dredger supply boat on the Weser.

Shipyards used to repair and convert existing vessels are set to become more efficient and environmentally friendly with the help of a grant for ? 2,151,000 from the EUs Framework Programme .

The Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) of Bahrain has consolidated outstanding results from the first half of the year with a successful third quarter in which business and sales figures were…

A&P Tyne has successfully re-delivered the FPSO Haewene Brim to Hollands offshore specialist Bluewater following an extensive upgrading to its process plant alongside a hull maintenance refit. The contract was won in…

A 30,000dwt, 200m long bulker needed urgent crack repairs when it arrived in the Brazilian port of Portocel in September.

A West Country UK shiprepair and conversion yard is continuing to invest in the future of high quality skills by welcoming its latest intake of new apprentices to the yard. The 13…

URS - Towage & Salvage Union Ltd of Antwerp are by no means strangers to the Spanish shipyard of Astilleros Armon SA , in Navia. The last eight shiphandling tugs, six Voith…

The marine division of Gateshead UK based protective coatings specialist Pyeroy ismaintaining the regions links with one of the last Royal Navy vessels built on the Tyne.

Hugo Walls earliest recollection of fuel system contamination dates to a Readers Digest article he read in the 1960s about a Second World War cruiser trying to raise steam to escape Valetta…

The new multi-purpose launch Polmear is now in service with the The Fowey Harbour Commissioners . Built principally to serve the nearby port of Par, the new vessel replaces an earlier dual-purpose…

It is proving to be another eventful summer for the Arab Ship Repair Yard (ASRY) in Bahrain. In the week following seawork ASRY was awarded the ISPS Code Certificate bythe Bahrain Security…

The second new vessel this year for Cattewater Harbour Commissioners of Plymouth attended seawork2004 on its delivery voyage from the Great Yarmouth UK based boatbuilders Goodchild Marine Services Ltd . Following on…