Shipyard News

The new Afon Alaw is one of only two tugs currently scheduled for completion in a British shipyard this year.

VT Halmatic Ltd has started the New Year with another substantial step forward in their pursuit of a larger share of the steel tug and workboat market with the completion of the…

The Southampton UK headquartered A&P Group has revived the disused yard it took over in Birkenhead so successfully that the facility has been awarded prestigious European Shiprepair & Conversion Specialist 2003 accreditation…

Barry Towage & Offshore SA, a new Portuguese tug operator with headquarters in Madeira, has taken delivery of the advanced seagoing tug Braveheart.

When the auctioneers hammer crashed down in the Maltese Court, AKA Maritime Ltd became the owner of the 72m research and survey vessel Ocean Alert.

Anglian Sovereign the latest new vessel for Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd was formally christened on Wednesday the 27 August. The event was a significant one for both the company and many of…

Passenger vessels servicing the tourism and holiday industries are plentiful in Englands West Country and Voyager Yachts is strategically well positioned to supply the trade from its boaty-yard on the River Tamar…

How the UK Port of Falmouth would react in the event of an oil spill was put to the test when Falmouths Marine Response Centre held a tabletop exercise on 30 July…

When the new tug Svitzer Bristol arrived at Avonmouth on 15 July it represented the first tangible step in a plan to upgrade the tugs fleets of Svitzer Marine Ltd. The new…

By their very nature the Multi-purpose work vessel is becoming a common tool for many operators concerned with port maintenance, dredging, and marine civil engineering. In most respects the configuration of such…

Simek A/S delivered the second of two newbuild Multifunctional Anchor Handling/Tug/Supply/ Service Vessels earlier this month to P/R International Offshore Services ANS , a company 100% owned by Farstad Shipping ASA .…

An extensive refit of Shetland Islands Councils pilot launch Sullom Shoormal has been completed by VT Halmatic and, following successful sea trials, the craft was returned to service at the end of…

When the failure rate of the shaft line rope guards protecting external shaft bearings on British Royal Navy vessels was running at an unacceptably high rate, BMT Defence Services Ltd was asked…

When UKD Sealion was delivered to UK Dredging Ltd it had already completed one of the most extensive sea trials likely to be undertaken by this type of vessel. This Damen Multi…

One of the largest crane vessels in the world was recently in need of its general five year survey, which would normally have to be done in drydock.

Damen Shipyards are famous for the wide selection of standard tugs in their product range and the Groups prolific output sometimes makes it difficult to spot a particularly interesting vessel. But the…

Cygnus Instruments have launched their new Cygnus 3 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge with Datalogging.

One of the biggest crane vessels in the world required linear impressed current anode replacement and renewal of the dielectric shield around the anode recently in Rotterdam.