Shipyard News – Page 72

  • The Havengore is sitting pretty again thanks to a challenging restoration
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    Old PLA survey ship gets back on the water

    2012-08-01T07:30:00Z

    Havengore was the Port of London Authority’s main vessel from its launch in 1956 until the early 1990’s but was then left on a buoy at Gravesend to deteriorate.

  • Scotia W is seen with its new upper deck
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    New deck enhances vessel’s renewable capabilities

    2012-07-27T07:30:00Z

    Scotia Charters has increased the environmental survey capabilities of its 80 foot vessel Scotia W, which improves its suitability for operating in the offshore renewable energy sector.

  • In 2011, the yard had achieved 0.55 lost time injury rate per million man hours worked
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    ZERO HARM initiative at Dubai repair yard

    2012-07-27T07:30:00Z

    Drydocks World and Maritime World in Dubai has implemented several new initiatives and deployed new highly advanced environmental friendly technologies.

  • Normally GMS constructs and maintains its vessels at its site in Mussaffah
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    GMS Endurance undergoing major upgrades

    2012-07-26T07:30:00Z

    The self propelled, self elevating, jack-up barge GMS Endurance is receiving some major changes and upgrades at Shipdock before embarking on a two year well maintenance project in the UK’s southern North Sea.

  • Serco’s Tony Jenkin at Falmouth Docks
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    Repair relationship keeps jobs in Falmouth

    2012-07-26T07:30:00Z

    The success of A&P Group’s long-term relationship with Serco Ltd Marine Services is being celebrated, with a total of eight ships docked in Falmouth in 2012.

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    Rigs to hotels refits for Alewijnse

    2012-07-26T07:30:00Z

    Alewijnse Marine Systems is to play a significant role in the conversion of the jack-up drill rigs Atlantic London and Atlantic Amsterdam to offshore hotel accommodation. Both refits started last month.

  • Oskarshamnsvarvet has built, repaired and maintained a substantial part of the Swedish coastal fleet since 1863
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    Damen acquires Swedish shiprepair yard

    2012-07-26T07:30:00Z

    Dutch shipbuilding and repair company Damen Shipyards Group has taken over the shares of Swedish ship repair and maintenance yard Oskarshamnsvarvet in Oskarshamn.

  • Dutch Sea Cadets are repairing and refitting the Zeefakkel, which was damaged in an arson attack
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    Repairs underway on arson hit veteran

    2012-07-12T16:08:00Z

    Mechanical pipe joining systems producer Victualic is supporting Sea Cadets at Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands as they repair and refit the Zeefakkel, which suffered serious fire damage in an arson attack last October.

  • Thames Crafts three dry docks are currently busy with, from left to right, The Westwood, The Harpy, and Waterloo Pier.
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    Dry Docking Expansion Greeted on Thames

    2012-05-21T18:25:00Z

    The recent addition of a new dry docking facility on the Thames at Greenwich has received the endorsement of Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, and that of Councellor Chris Roberts, Leader of Greenwich Council, who voiced his satisfaction with the growth in Greenwich''s marine engineering expertise.

  • The specially adapted barge Falmouth Jubilee extracts oil slops from the tanker Tikhoretsk.
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    More Convenient Slops Stops in the Port of Falmouth

    2012-05-21T18:25:00Z

    The 26,218grt Novoship UK tanker Tikhoretsk became the first vessel to use the brand new 4,500m 2low flash slop reception facility now offered by ship repair and conversion specialists A&P Falmouth .

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    Ship Repair Safety Initiative

    2012-05-21T18:25:00Z

    The 50th meeting of the UK''s Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing Health and Safety Consultative Committee (SSHSCC) late last month at Fleet Support Ltd (FSL) discussed how the industry might work together to tackle five causes of accidents and ill health. These are: work in confined spaces; slips, trips and falls; workplace ...

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    Regional Boom Boosts Bahrain Yard

    2012-05-21T18:25:00Z

    The first six months of this year were extremely busy for Bahrain''s Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) with very high occupancy rates across all the docks. The outcome was that during the second quarter ASRY had its best ever set of results.

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    Opportunity knocks on the Pearl River docks

    2012-05-21T18:25:00Z

    ShipRepair & Conversion 2008 has been co-located this year with INMEX China at the Guangzhou Jinhan Exhibition Centre on 26 to 28 November. Taking place in Guangzhou, INMEX (International Maritime Expo) China is in the epicentre of that country' s pulsating Pearl River Delta, which encompasses Hong Kong, Macao and ...

  • Vibration has ceased and performance has been improved by Fenlander’s recent propeller repair.
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    Prop repair boosts tug’s pushing power

    2012-05-21T18:25:00Z

    Clements Marine recently repaired a propeller for the Damen built tug Fenlander, which is operated by Wisbech Harbour Authority in the UK.

  • The SS Explorer was considered to be advanced for its time and boasted several developments that were new for the era.
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    Explorer looking for a place in the sun

    2012-05-21T18:25:00Z

    A treasure far hidden away at the back end of Leith docks in the UK could find a spot in the limelight.

  • The global economic slowdown has seen shipowners holding back on repair and maintenance.
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    New name, new strategy for Götaverken

    2012-05-21T18:25:00Z

    Damen Shiprepair Götaverken (DSGö) is putting forward a new strategy along with its new name, in order to meet the rising challenges that have come about from the economic crisis.

  • Large organisms like Zebra mussels start off using biofilm as an ‘incubator’.
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    A shield of bubbles keeps the beasties off

    2012-05-21T18:25:00Z

    The USAF ultrasound system that uses fluid dynamics to form a ‘shield’ around a hull to prevent marine growth has been developed by Seawork exhibitor MCPS.

  • Emergency cylinder overhauls on the ‘Normand Installer’ meant a demanding work pattern.
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    Engineers keep emergency repairs going at sea

    2012-05-21T18:25:00Z

    Three weeks of intensive engine repairs, including 24 hour shifts and the creation of an onboard workshop that continued the overhaul while at sea, meant a massive cable lay vessel was able to meet its commitments.

  • The ORC design uses a planing hull to achieve maximum use of available power with the addition of the beak bow.
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    Goodchild’s Fast Pilot speeds to Seawork

    2012-04-25T09:00:00Z

    Norfolk UK based Goodchild Marine Services will debut the first of two new ORC 171.P Fast Pilot Craft built for Estuary Services Ltd (ESL) at Seawork 2012.

  • Falkor is escorted from Germany’s Peters Shipyard for sea trials.
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    Falkor on trials after conversion completed

    2012-04-24T09:00:00Z

    The new oceanographic research vessel Falkor is now undergoing extensive sea trials which will last until Autumn after completing three years of conversion at Germany’s Peters Shipyard.