Shipyard News – Page 70
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NewsBusy year for Damen
Since acquiring Sobrena in early 2012, Damen Shiprepair Brest has serviced 50 vessels from leading shipowners and managers.
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NewsSmall yard tackles another ferry engine swap
Germany’s ever active Ems-based small ship and boat yard Diedrich was this month completing its second complex ferry conversion job inside a year which has involved a main engine swap.
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New anti-fouling compound
Antifoulings manufacturer Jotun has launched SeaLion Resilient, a high performance marine coating based on epoxy-polysiloxane technology.
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Marine self-polishing antifouling arrives
PPG Protective and Marine Coatings (PPG) has launched SIGMA ECOFLEET 690, designed to deliver self-polishing antifouling for extreme and aggressive fouling conditions.
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DSR completes Becker Twisted Fin series
Last October Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR) won the contract for installing the first Becker Twisted Fin on seven containerships of the fleet of Hamburg based liner shipping company Hamburg Süd.
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NewsSecure repair future tipped for Lindenau
A secure future in small ship repair and maintenance has been promised by the new owners of Lindenau Schiffswerft in Kiel-Friedrichsort, now part of the ADM Germany (Privinvest) group.
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NewsRound the clock overhaul for engines
A team from Royston Limited has completed the first stage of a 30,000 hour engine overhaul of the Subsea 7 owned Rockwater 1 dynamically positioned dive support vessel.
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NewsCompany cats pounce for rapid repair
A diver/technician team mobilised to Rotterdam in February to remove the bow thrusters of a 300m containership which needed to be overhauled.
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NewsItalian yard changes direction
Italian shipyard Nuovi Cantieri Apuania (NCA) has been acquired by a yacht building company and will switch its focus from ship building to refit and repair.
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NewsWärtsilä maintenance deal for LNG ferry
Marine services provider Wärtsilä has signed a five year maintenance agreement with Finnish ship owner, Viking Line.
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NewsNjord Offshore receives its third 21m CTV
Strategic Marine, the Australian run shipbuilder, has now delivered three aluminium crew transfer and service vessels (CTVs) in a series of six for UK fleet operator Njord Offshore from their Singapore shipyard.
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NewsFlexible Meercat can move its own wheelhouse
The latest and largest Meercat was launched last month at Portchester UK before being transported to its new workplace in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, where it will be used for servicing offshore navigation aids and for dredging support.
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NewsLindenau overhaul spate as future is secured
Lindenau Schiffswerft in Kiel, now facing a more secure future as the latest member of the Abu Dhabi Mar Germany Group, completed overhauls on several special vessels as the year turned.
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NewsLow air draft wheelhouse for Jessica S
All tide access under bridges along the River Thames in London for a recent contract required the removal of the wheelhouse of Coastal Launch Services’ multicat type vessel Jessica S.
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NewsTamsen modernises rescue cruiser
The 46m German ocean rescue cruiser Hermann Marwede has undergone major changes during a longer than usual annual overhaul at the Tamsen Maritim shipyard in Rostock.
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NewsGood news for struggling German yards
Acting on the suggestion of the insolvency administrator, Berthold Brinkmann, P+S WERFTEN decided in favour of the Lürssen Group (Bremen) as the buyer of the Peene shipyard in Wolgast at a meeting on Tuesday.
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NewsHigh seas easy in Redbay’s largest RIB
Redbay Boats has been building boats for the past 35 years and building RIBs for 20 years, making them one of the more experienced RIB builders.
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NewsCylinder liners overhauled as part of refit
Twelve cylinder liners from the Solstad owned vessel Normand Progress have been given a precision overhaul at the Newcastle UK workshop of Royston Limited.
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NewsNew conversion job for busy Diedrich
In its second major conversion job of the year, north Germany’s versatile small ship specialist Schiffswerft Diedrich is carrying out the almost total conversion of the 36.33m long low draught passenger ferry Frisia X.
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NewsC H Horn gets a new lease of life
Built in 1968 and owned by Poole Harbour Commissioners in the UK, the C H Horn has kept the waterways of Poole Harbour clear for over 40 years.
