Repair & Maintenance
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Circular shipbreaking launched by Damen
A pilot project to dismantle a small tug and re-use as much as possible has been set up by Dutch tug builder Damen.
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Strela Shiprepair celebrates ‘positive’ first year
Despite being operational for just 12 months, the Strela Shiprepair Yard in Germany is now one of largest in the sector
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Rotec Hydraulics agrees to set up shop at A&P
Seawork exhibitor Rotec Hydraulics has agreed to open a service centre at one of A&P’s ship repair facilities.
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Historic drydock granted full re-opening
A historic drydock has been granted permission to continue repair and restoration operations 150 years after first being built.
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Four common machinery issues in marine
The marine industry has a massive impact on the economy and jobs, and making sure that processes are efficient to avoid downtime impacting output is important.
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Time could soon be up for historic lightship
Unless someone comes forward to save North Carr, time could soon be up for the 100ft historic lightship.
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UK first: Semi-submersible FPF dry docked for decommissioning
Decommissioning work has begun on the first semi-submersible Floating Production Facility (FPF) to be dry docked in the UK.
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Waterjet technology cleans up ship recycling
With 15,000 ships expected to be scrapped over the next decade, technology to recycle them cleanly is going to be important. German engineering firm ANT (Applied New Technologies) has two pilot projects under way that use an environmentally friendly waterjet to make the cuts.
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German floating dock arrives in Jamaica
A 215m floating dock has successfully been towed across the Atlantic from Germany to Jamaica by deep sea tug Titan.
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Scottish ROV inspects Brazilian pipeline
An ROV operated from a control centre in Scotland has successfully inspected pipelines nearly 10,000 km away in Brazil
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First-of-a-kind vessel to be drydocked at H&W
Belfast shipyard Harland & Wolff is carrying out repairs on the first vessel of its kind to be worked on at the yard.
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Aegir-Marine opens office in Turkey
Aegir-Marine has opened an office in Turkey with seven permanent service engineers now stationed there.
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Star and Tarmac Marine in safety equipment service deal
Four suction dredgers are getting the star treatment with a new fire, safety and equipment maintenance package
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Royston completes critical OSV propulsion system overhaul
Marine engineering and propulsion specialist Royston has successfully conducted a vital overhaul of the propulsion systems onboard the OSV Topaz Sophie on behalf of Doha Marine Services.
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Peene-Werft initiates modernisation project
A historic shipyard with a long past including building ships for the Soviet Union has announced it will bring itself up to date with a major modernisation project.
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Damen renews Madagascar maintenance contract
Damen Group has renewed its maintenance contract covering five vessels, built by the Netherlands-based shipbuilder and operating in the Port of Toamasina, Madagascar.
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Approval for remote-controlled workboats
RC Dock has received its first Class approval for new remotely controlled unmanned workboats from RINA
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Semco chosen for jack-up rig maintenance
Semco Maritime has been chosen to maintain Noble’s jack-up rig currently berthed at the Port of Aberdeen
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London ferries on hunt for dry docking
Transport for London (TfL) is looking for help with dry docking, maintaining and classifying two ferries
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SMS unveils 3 early projects for 2023
SMS, which signed a lucrative contract at Seawork last year, wins three significant project contracts in early 2023