The US Coast Guard (USCG) cutter Harriet Lane departed the Coast Guard yard in Baltimore on 3 August 2023, after undergoing 15 months of in-service vessel sustainment work. The service-life extension programme for the cutter entailed 113 work items, worth US$21 million, which included a new electrical system and an Mk38 Mod 3 gun weapon […]
Seismic mitigation efforts, which began in February 2023 on the Trident Refit Facility at Delta Pier in Bangor dry dock, have been completed. In January 2023, the US Navy restricted submarines from entering certain dry docks in the Pacific Northwest (both at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility and Trident Refit Facility – […]
thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited have signed a contract for overhaul and modernisation of Indian submarine INS Shankush. The agreement follows a memorandum of understanding between the partners in June 2023 for the construction of submarines for the Indian Navy in India. INS Shankush is the second submarine in a series of […]
Key yards are seeing increased workloads in 2023 The two dominant players in the UK shiprepair sector, A&P and Cammell Laird, have both enjoyed a busy 2023 so far handling a significant number of ship repair projects across their facilities in the North East, North West and South West of England. In the North East, […]
New base in Guinea extends the global outreach of the patented underwater hull cleaning technology HullWiper has a well-established network that provides hull cleaning solutions through the deployment of its proprietary remotely operated vehicle (ROV) at key shipping hubs around the world, including Australia, Gibraltar, Mauritius, Panama, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden and the UAE. One […]
Strong demand from offshore customers is helping maintain high levels of utilisation at the company’s yards in Sharjah and Dubai UAE-based shipyard operator Albwardy Damen reports that its repair teams have been running at full capacity throughout 2023. This follows a very busy 2022 for the company. High oil prices have led to high levels […]
The Spanish shipyard group has further consolidated its position as the leading European cruise shiprepair specialist over the past few years Navantia handled a total of 14 cruise ship projects in 2022, down slightly from 18 cruise ships in 2021. However, the latter was an exceptionally strong year because of the return of cruise business […]
The first six months of 2023 have been well above par for the yard The Drydocks World Dubai (DWD) shipyard has been operating at full capacity since the start of 2023 with a steady flow of orders for ship repairs and vessel upgrades. During the first quarter of the year, DWD received more than 60 […]
Canadian shipyard operator’s prospects are improving rapidly following the resumption of regional cruise operations With the return of regional cruise operations post-pandemic, both Vancouver Drydock and Victoria Shipyards have had the opportunity to work on several cruise ships over the last 18 months. Four cruise ships docked at Vancouver Drydock in 2022. The first of […]
Wärtsilä Underwater Repairs reports a substantial increase in enquiries for scrubber overboard repairs as well as standard repair activities Over the past six months or so scrubber overboard repairs have been the most common type of repairs for Wärtsilä Underwater Repairs, formerly Trident. This was triggered to a large extent by the launch last year […]
SeaTec Services reports increased demand for its propeller polishing and hull cleaning services on the back of the latest IMO environmental regulations UK-based SeaTec Services last year launched its new closed-circuit propeller polishing system, which features technology that captures biofouling and metal particles and removes them safely to the surface for filtering. Over the past […]
Victoria Shipyards, a subsidiary of Canadian Seaspan Shipyards, has completed the conversion of the diesel engine onboard TOTE Maritime’s ro-ro ship North Star so that it can run on LNG as fuel. The vessel recently stayed at the yard for a 10-week program of work to enable the vessel to use dual-fuel technology. While at […]