Shipyard News – Page 69
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NewsFrench panache for Thames Estuary pilots
Estuary Services Ltd (ESL) has celebrated the entry into service of two new French designed, British built pilot launches for operation in the demanding waters of the Thames Estuary.
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NewsSpecial boat services keep Germans busy
Germany’s biggest sea rescue ship Hermann Helms and the prominent fisheries protection ship Seefalke are among specialist tonnage overhauled of late and keeping small shipyards busy at both ends of the German Baltic.
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NewsGraf Goetzen turns 100 as overhaul efforts stall
In the 1950s cinema classic African Queen, gin drinking Humphrey Bogart, bible punching Katherine Hepburn and a clapped out river boat join forces to sink a German gunboat in the middle of Africa during WW1.
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NewsConversion of the Ocean Troll
MMS Ship Repair, based in Hull UK, has recently completed a conversion to the Atlantic Offshore Rescue vessel Ocean Troll.
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NewsThird dry dock for Shipyard De Schroef
Shipyard De Schroef of Sas van Gent in the Netherlands has bought an additional dry dock (Dock B) from Shipyard Myklebust of Gursken in Norway.
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NewsNew overhaul for Gorch Fock
Germany’s most famous sail training ship, Gorch Fock, has undergone its latest annual overhaul and it looks as though the work has not cost as much as it did last year.
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NewsDalby Aire answers call of distant windfarms
Alicat Workboats has been building windfarm service vessels since Guardian 1 debuted at Seawork in 2009.
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NewsBremerhaven yards host special ships
Bremerhaven repair yards have seen more than their usual share of special ships of late, among them offshore, seismic and polar expedition tonnage.
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NewsDrawn arc stud welding advantages seen
Birkenhead UK based IPS Marine Fabrications recently completed a metal fabrication and welding contract on the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.
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Rigs conversion boom follows safety changes
Netherlands based Alewijnse Marine Systems has successfully completed the electrical conversion of the jack-up rig Atlantic Amsterdam.
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NewsBack to back dockings optimise efficiency
In a recent dry docking project done by Goltens Dubai three vessels were docked in a sequence, with a one week time span between each vessel.
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Software for EU ship recycling compliance
A new software solution has been developed by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) to streamline compliance with the newly adopted European Union regulation on ship recycling.
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NewsVAC II back in Britain for restoration
Virgin Atlantic Challenger II, which broke the Atlantic crossing record in 1986, is back in Britain after an absence of 27 years.
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NewsFuture secured for classic German workboats
One small classic workboat is on the way to complete restoration and another is now in safe maintenance hands after ship lovers in Germany stepped in to save them both .
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Electrical repair work to ferry fleets
Marine electrical engineering firm SeaKing Electrical has recently completed two commercial ferry projects.
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NewsConversion works deliver powerful ERRV
Aberdeen based standby vessel operator Atlantic Offshore Rescue has commissioned what will be the UK’s most powerful emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV).
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NewsFerry conversion benefits Orkney communities
Birkenhead UK shipyard and engineering firm Cammell Laird has completed a £2.7m contract to update and lengthen the MV Hoy Head car ferry for Orkney Islands Council.
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NewsSee a Specialist Survey Vessel at Seawork
Portchester UK based boatbuilder BWSeaCat Ltd has launched the first in class Specialist Survey Vessel ROV1101 for Norway based clients Robert Sorheim and John Terje of ROVas.
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NewsConverted windfarm ‘floatel’ goes to work
The naming of Service Support Vessel DP Gezina last week at Holland Shipyards’ premises in Hardinxveld – Giessendam introduced a vessel which is perhaps the first of its kind in the offshore wind industry.
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NewsVersatile ‘MO1’ maximises 25m capability
A lot of hard thinking has gone into Scarborough UK based Mainprize Offshore’s new vessel, the MO1, which is due to be put in the water at the end of June.
