Shipyard News – Page 73
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NewsVersatile Wildcat variation for Outer Hebrides
Ireland based Safehaven Marine has launched ORCA III, the third of the builder’s GRP Wildcat 53 / 16m catamarans.
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NewsFirst order for Damen Shiprepair Brest
The first ship repair order for Damen Shiprepair Brest (France) was announced last week by the traditional sounding of a bell.
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NewsVariety in German ship maintenance sector
A pair of seismic research ships and a slew of passenger ferries are among the small ships and boats which have been in for repair or maintenance in Germany this spring.
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NewsFirst result of Damen – Mustang arrangement
Wales based Mustang Marine has delivered a new plough dredging vessel to the UK Port of Tyne.
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NewsHarald wants Maud restored in Norway
A recent hearing finally put an end to speculation by granting an export permit to a Norwegian group for Roald Amundsen''s ship, Maud, after the permit was refused last December.
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NewsClyde has as many attachments as a penknife
When Land and Water Plant Ltd had to find a replacement for its ageing river tugs the company knew it needed something as neat and flexible as a Swiss Army knife to help maintain variable, and often debris filled, rivers and estuaries.
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NewsMerger adds muscle for Mustang Marine
Milford Haven Port Authority (MHPA) announced a new partnership on Tuesday as it merged its ship repair business (Milford Haven Ship Repairers) with international boat builders Mustang Marine.
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NewsSeaward keeps a ‘Watchful’ eye on growth
The new Seaward 29 Watchful was custom built at Cowes UK by Seaward Marine Ltd to the requirements of the Crouch Harbour Authority for use as a general purpose launch.
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NewsFerry refit filmed for BBC screening
Three of the huge P&O car ferries that take millions of holidaymakers abroad every year have had their annual refit at A&P Tyne ship repair yard in the UK.
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NewsVersatile Voe Earl sails into service from Hardinxveld
Based at Lerwick, Shetland, Delta Marine Ltd operates tugs and workboats, chartering vessels to the dredging and marine civil engineering industries.
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NewsSailship work points up German know how
Repair and maintenance work on two of the best known sail training ships afloat is once again calling upon hard to beat traditional know how in an otherwise struggling German shipbuilding industry.
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NewsNew tug delivered for Waterways Ireland
Waterways Ireland has taken delivery of its third vessel from Mooney Boats Ltd of Killybegs, also in Ireland.
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NewsSS Shieldhall still defying the odds
Visitors to the Seawork exhibition will not be strangers to SS Shieldhall, the largest surviving 1950’s seagoing steamship operated by volunteers in the UK, or their efforts to keep the vessel alive.
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NewsLightweight underlay keeps RFA ship trim
Southampton based marine outfitters Trimline was contracted recently to carry out some refurbishment on RFA Black Rover, a fleet tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
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NewsCustom refit of a boat for the Pope
When the Pope visited Venice earlier this year no exceptions were made to the rule that no vehicles are allowed in Venice, which ruled out the Popemobile for transport.
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NewsSpecial overhauls keep German yards busy
A demand for maintenance and repair on a string of special vessels, mainly research ships, kept prominent small German shipyards busy as the old year waned and in some cases into this new year.
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NewsThird generation work vessel for HvS
HvS Dredging Support BV of Harlingen has taken delivery of its next generation of multipurpose work vessel, which is undoubtedly the most sophisticated yet.
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NewsDeepWater Horizon spill begets OSRV surge
The recent DeepWater Horizon incident has brought into sharp focus the requirement for current, up to date contingency planning, the correct mix of anti-pollution equipment and well practised recovery techniques and crews.
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NewsMustang delivers SMB for Royal Navy
Mustang Marine has completed the handover of the Survey Motor Boat (SMB), James Caird IV, for operation from the Royal Navy’s newly commissioned Antarctic patrol ship, HMS Protector.
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NewsNew kid on wind farms at a port near you
The first of a series of new Spanish built 20m wind farm support vessels for Norfolk based Tidal Transit Ltd will soon be showing itself off on a delivery tour of UK east coast ports.
