Shipyard News – Page 77
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NewsVessel Launch: Two newbuilds from Neptune
The ‘MPR 1’ has just been delivered by Neptune Shipyards BV to a new company, Marine Projects Rotterdam BV, enabling a focussed approach to wind farm developments.
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NewsWorld’s oldest steamship flying high
SS Robin, the last remaining steam coaster in the world, was airlifted by two massive 600 ton cranes in a highly technical and challenging operation recently.
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NewsBow thruster repair team follows vessel
Due to a malfunctioning bow thruster whilst in the Port of Rotterdam, a 334m LOA container ship had to use the services of a tug boat for port maneuvering, so its owners requested Antwerp based Hydrex to take care of the removal, transportation and reinstallation of the unit. The operation ...
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NewsThe BRAtt has arrived in style!
On 17 May delegates and visitors to the ITS 2010 Tug & Salvage Convention in Vancouver awoke to find the first prototype BRAtt training tug moored outside the Westin Bayshore Hotel.
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NewsThird catamaran for Sinbad Marine Services
Sinbad Marine Services, based in Killybegs, Co. Donegal, has just taken delivery of yet another new catamaran built by local boatyard Mooney Boats Ltd. This is the third catamaran built by Mooney Boats for Sinbad Marine Services in the past two years. This vessel is an addition to ...
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NewsBelgians convert police boat into survey vessel
GEMS International NV in Bruges is taking a former 28.5m LOA German police boat into service after its conversion into a geophysical and hydrographic survey vessel at Belgium’s IDP Shipyard in Ostende.
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NewsWartime respect replaces Belfast’s rusting masts
The veteran World War Two cruiser, HMS Belfast, is to have its rusting masts replaced courtesy of a former ally she fought to support, Russia.
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NewsRopax conversions orders keep rolling in
Cargotec has received new conversion contracts from Stena RoRo for two RoPax vessels fitted with MacGregor cargo access equipment. These new orders are a continuation of four other Stena conversion contracts that Cargotec secured earlier in April.
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News‘Old lady’ turns out to be historic pilot boat
It’s become more than a project, and seems almost a mission. Rafal Zahorski of Magemar is restoring the ‘MV Bembridge’, a task that has seen him trawl the lengths of the UK for its original equipment.
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NewsNew wind farm support vessel for Excel Marine Services
From it’s yard on Hayling Island UK, the Aluminium BoatBuilding Co Ltd has recently delivered ‘Vulcan’ to Excel Marine Services Ltd of Whitstable in Kent UK.
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NewsMustang delivers a line boat for Briggs Marine
Mustang Marine (Wales) Ltd has delivered ‘Thorney Bay’, a newbuild 10m line landing boat, for Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd.
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NewsAlnmaritec supplies new research boat for University of Plymouth
Alnwick UK based specialised commercial workboat builders Alnmaritec Limited was chosen as the supplier of a new research and survey boat for the University of Plymouth.
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NewsSafehaven Marine brings its first wind farm support vessel to Seawork
Ireland’s Safehaven Marine has launched ‘Island Tiger’, the first of the company’s new Wildcat 53/16m GRP Wind Farm Catamarans.
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NewsCorrosion protection for wind farm installation ship
Chesterfield UK based hull corrosion protection systems manufacturer Cathelco is supplying an ICCP hull corrosion protection system for a new type of jack-up vessel which can bring fully commissioned topsides to offshore energy sites, handling everything from loading to positioning.
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NewsCable layer goes to extraordinary lengths
The C/S ‘Nexans Skagerrak’, already one of the world’s most advanced cable ships, has had its capabilities quite literally extended.
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NewsShark skin boat hulls are on the horizon
The multitudes of organisms that attach themselves to hulls are expensive freeloaders, as the extra drag they create on a vessel’s hull means higher fuel consumption and regular drydocking.
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NewsSwansea Dry Docks ‘Open for Business’
Following the successful use of Swansea Dry Docks for the refit and refurbishment of Saga Pearl II, now successfully cruising, and work on MV Julia, which is now plying the Fastnet Ferry Cork-Swansea overnight route, and emergency repair work on the 65m hopper dredger Heron, Harris Pye Group (HPG) has ...
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NewsTriton heralds entry to new workboat markets
BWSeaCat Ltd is perhaps an unfamiliar name with many MJ readers, but 2010 has seen rapid growth for the Fareham UK based company which specialises in the design and build of commercial powered catamarans.
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News'SD Eileen', first of a small but special class of ‘girls’ - by Jack Gaston
One of the most recent deliveries to Serco Marine Services under their contract with Damen Shipyards is the small ASD tug SD Eileen.
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NewsVessel launch: First South Catamaran wind farm vessel for Iceni Marine Services
South Boats Special Projects Ltd have launched and commissioned their fourth new wind farm service vessel of 2010, the 27th of the last three years and the first for Iceni Marine Services Ltd of Great Yarmouth.
