Shipyard News – Page 57
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NewsLifeboat refit
The UK’s South Boats IOW Ltd. has announced that its latest Severn Class Lifeboat refit has been completed, trialled and successfully accepted back into service for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).
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NewsScaldis heavy lift vessel ‘Gulliver’
Belgium-headquartered Scaldis and its shareholders have announced that its new DP II heavy lift vessel will sail under the name ‘Gulliver’.
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NewsHamburg ship repairer wins marine engineering award
German ship builder and repairer Reederei NSB has been presented with an award for the best innovation made in the maritime industry in the past year at the European Marine Engineering Conference and Awards in Amsterdam.
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NewsTidal flats newbuild is jack-of-all-trades
North German authorities have taken a new, multi-talented maintenance boat into service to guarantee regular ferry access in the tidal flats between the mainland and the East Frisian Islands.
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NewsEco upgrade for Weser ports fleet
What is believed to be the first LNG driven hopper barge to serve in a European port is joining the fleet of Weser port management company Bremenports after completion in Holland.
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NewsMulti-purpose coastal workboat
In early April, a well-equipped workboat with type designation Alusafe 1500 MPV (Multi-Purpose Vessel) was delivered from Norway’s Maritime Partner AS to the Port Authority of Aalesund.
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NewsBulging order book for Goodchild Marine
Goodchild Marine of Burgh Castle, UK has signed contracts to build a number of pilot vessels and a passenger catamaran. This will secure the jobs of the current workforce and provide jobs for more local boat builders and technicians yet to be recruited.
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NewsVripack's ‘Amethyst’
The Slide Hull design introduced by the Dutch design team of Vripack and mentioned in brief in March ‘MJ’, is claimed to offer significant advantages in both efficiency and seakeeping.
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NewsFrench builder offers wider range
Bord a Bord is a French builder of workboats that specialises in aluminium construction. Located on the North Brittany coast near Brest, Bord a Bord offers one of the widest ranges of small workboats that find application in the international marketplace.
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NewsNew hybrid ferry for Amsterdam
GVB has contracted Holland Shipyards to build a state-of-the-art hybrid ferry for Amsterdam.
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NewsNew Dutch high speed work Tender
After a period of three years building sustainable, high speed workboats out of HDPE (High Density Poly Ethylene), the Dutch boat builder Tideman Boats is now offering a new high-speed professional crew tender.
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NewsDredging support workboat
Netherlands boatbuilder OrangePit has delivered one of its StrongMultiworker 9.5 vessels built under BV classification (sheltered waters), for a European dredging firm.
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NewsStepping off the CAD/CAM island
According to the Netherlands-headquartered makers of Shipbuilder software, the CAD/CAM team in a company can sometimes feel like an ‘island’ in stormy weather.
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NewsSeeadler joins Weser workboat fleet
Weser operator Bremenports has taken into service the €1.4 million eco-friendly sounding and survey boat Seeadler - the latest addition to a fleet of versatile workboats serving the River Weser and the German sister ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven.
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NewsMuseum ship gets €1 million revamp
One of Germany’s best-known veteran museum ships has undergone an extensive €1 million class renewal and overhaul in Bremerhaven and been given a clean new bill of health.
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NewsFerry work keeps Diedrich on top
The repair and maintenance of East Frisian island ferries for regular local customers has been high on the list of works keeping the small German shipyard Diedrich Schiffswerft busy into the spring.
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NewsDecking overhaul
River cruise operator, Viking Cruises, is taking full advantage of an annual deck maintenance programme offered by the Dutch company, Bolidt Synthetic Products & Systems.
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NewsMadera RIBs reborn
Dutch company New Madera RIBs B.V. is a family business that started by taking over Madera Ribs B.V. from Veka Group in December 2014. The company has started by offering a 13.5m inboard- powered yacht tender RIB, but the company says it can be easily extended to a 15m platform ...
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NewsLoch Ness monster discovered
Well, almost. Australian-headquartered vessel designer Incat Crowther has announced a contract to design a 20m catamaran passenger ferry to ply the waters of Loch Ness in Scotland, taking tourists in search of ‘Nessie’, the lake’s famous monster.
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NewsVripack Slide Hull patent
Netherlands-headquartered naval architects’ studio, Vripack has announced its first patent for one of its hull designs; the Slide Hull.
