Shipyard News – Page 82
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NewsMustang's ali pilot flies at Seawork
Pembroke Dock based Mustang Marine has delivered a new 16m aluminium pilot cutter to the Port of Tyne Authority. Collingwood was completed in time to appear on the floating pontoon at Seawork International 2008 in Southampton last month.
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NewsRefit and new name for coastal bulker
Rochester based Coastal Bulk Shipping Ltd. (previously known as R. Lapthorn and Company Limited) own and operate a fleet of 13 coastal and short sea dry bulk vessels, familiar visitors to UK and Europe ports.
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NewsFalmouth Docks repair facility rededicated
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh officially rededicated the Queen Elizabeth Dock at A& P Falmouth in the UK last month, fifty years after he first opened the dock in 1958.
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NewsGet a scrubber on board
An innovative automated hull and surface cleaner that could take the pain out of regular cleaning and reduce maintenance downtime for a number of vessels came all the way from Norway to the Seawork exhibition in Southampton UK last month.
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NewsSuccessfully predicting failure
No, it isn' t quite clairvoyance, but finding faults before they happen is almost as useful. And failing that, finding out what fault has just happened comes a good second. Marine hydraulics supplier MacGregor is utilising a very useful bit of kit that can do both of these things.
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NewsIT predictions for 'Cutty Sark'
The ongoing restoration of the historic clipper ship Cutty Sark at Greenwich UK has received unlikely support from IT experts.
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NewsWhitby lifeboat rescued through Ebay
At 100 years old, it has finally come home. The wooden lifeboat The William Riley of Birmingham and Leamington saved many lives in its time, but until two and a half years ago, it lay neglected, showing its age and desperately in need of saving itself.
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NewsNorwegian cruise ship gets German chop
The 19,089 gt cruise ship ' Braemar' entered the Elbe 17 Dock at Blohm + Voss Repair on 13 May for lengthening and other conversion work.
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NewsWind Farm Service Vessels head South for Seawork
South Boats Special Projects Ltd of Cowes on the Isle of Wight heads to Seawork 2008 with three vessels to display on the floating pontoon. They can be found immediately at the bottom of the main gangway, with ‘ Solway Spirit’ and ‘ MPI Sancho Panza’ on the outside of ...
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NewsFish farm workboat for Irish coastal duties
Mooney Boats Ltd of Co Donegal in Ireland has built the steel hull fish farm support vessel ' Johnny M' , which was designed by Seawork 2008 exhibitor Marine Design International and will be used by a fish farm operator off the west coast of the Emerald Isle.
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News'Africa Mercy' Ship of the Year Nomination
The world’ s largest charity hospital ship, which has been nominated ‘ Ship of the Year’ at this year’ s Lloyds List awards, was converted from a Danish rail ferry.
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NewsPost-Explosion Refit for 'Seamec II'
Following the dramatic explosion of the supply vessel Seamec II last year at the Curacao Dry Dock Company (CDM), Alewijnse Marine Systems has signed a contract to refit the multipurpose vessel.
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NewsMeiderich Tackles Re-engine Projects
Germany’ s Meidericher Schiffswerft (MSW) in Duisburg, still going strong after 110 years in the business, has completed the latest in a series of complex small vessel re-engine projects.
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NewsRefitted 'Cousin Jack' Gets Busy
Falmouth UK based Bay Marine purchased the new vessel ‘ Cousin Jack’ to replace ‘ Redeemer’ last year.
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NewsAt Capacity ASRY Targets Workboats
Following the successes of the last financial year, the Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) is again showing that the demand for its' facilities is still running at record highs.
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NewsHexagonal Cofferdam Meets Spudcan Challenge
UMC International recently took up the challenge to create a dry working environment around the giant support feet (spudcans) of a jack-up oil rig so that repairs could be undertaken on the top surfaces of each foot.
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NewsMobile Dry Dock Called to South Korea
While still under warranty, a three-month old, 260m long container ship developed a worrying oil leak from its stern tube seal. Antwerp based underwater repair specialist Hydrex was called all the way to Pusan, South Korea, flying in all the equipment needed for the job, including a seal specialist engineer ...
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NewsTwo Very Different Tugs for Dutch Owners
All tug owners, especially those with many years of operational experience, have a highly developed insight into the requirements each new vessel must have to fulfil the needs of their own individual business. The two latest completions by Shipyard Gebr Kooiman BV of Zwijndrecht in the Netherlands over the past ...
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NewsFisheries Research Vessel Sets New Standards
Macduff Shipyards Limited have recently completed their most prestigious order to date with the handing over of the Fisheries Research Vessel (FRV) ' Alba Na Mara' . The 27m steel vessel was built for the Fisheries Research Services, an agency of the Scottish Executive, to replace FRV " Clupea" .
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NewsPlating Repair Provides Impact Protection
Dutch dredging contractor Van Oord chose SPS Overlay to provide side shell protection for its trailing suction hopper dredger Volvox Iberia. The work was carried out in Ajman at a yard which is jointly owned by Keppel, an SPS Overlay licensee.
