Both San Giorgio del Porto (SGdP) and Chantier Naval de Marseille (CNM), sister companies within the Genova Industrie Naval group, maintained healthy volumes of business during 2022 The past year at SGdP and CNM witnessed similar trends to 2021, as the yards sustained their recovery after the pandemic. In particular both yards were able to […]
The newly launched Seatrium brings together the established capacity and prowess of Sembawang and Keppel and is likely to be a pioneer in the introduction of smart technology within the shiprepair yard sector, writes Clive Woodbridge For years both Sembawang and Keppel have been major players in the global ship repair business, not just from […]
Portuguese shipyard Navalrocha reports that 2022 to date has been its busiest period since 2017, with success in a number of markets including cruise ships and passenger ferries, general cargo vessels, tugs, tankers and chemical carriers. The yard has also docked a number of naval vessels so far this year. Due to high levels of […]
Oslo-listed BW LPG, the world’s leading owner and operator of LPG vessels, recently completed the conversion of the main engine of BW Malacca to enable dual-fuel running. The last such conversion for a series of 15 LPG carriers commissioned by the company, the ship’s MAN B&W 6G60ME-C9.2 type engine was retrofitted to an MAN B&W […]
With Singapore easing Covid-19 measures earlier this year, Keppel Shipyard reports that its shiprepair and conversion business activities have been picking up in 2022, compared with the same period last year. A spokesman says: “We are continuing to receive strong enquiries for repair, conversions and other major specialised projects.” In particular the yard notes that […]
Greek ballast water treatment system supplier, Erma First, reports that 2022 has been a “real success” for the company. Over the first nine months of the year it has dispatched over 1000 systems, the majority being retrofit projects. Panagiotis Dalianis, commercial director, says: “We have experienced high demand in previous years, but as the date […]
Boosting the US Navy’s ability to maintain vessels whilst they are operational was the goal of an exercise that took place off the coast of California from 22 August to 2 September 2022. The Repair Technology Exercise (REPTX) took place on the US Navy’s Self Defense Test Ship, an asset operated by the Naval Surface […]
One of the biggest projects carried out by the German propulsion system supplier Voith over the course of 2021 involved the 161m offshore construction vessel North Sea Giant which is equipped with five Voith Schneider Propellers (VSPs), each with a diameter of around 4.5m, two located in the bow and three in the stern. The […]
Bahrain shipyard ASRY reports a “huge” increase in demand since the end of 2021. All of its three drydocks now have extensive forward looking order books that extend at least to the fourth quarter of 2023, and in some cases even beyond. This represents a rapid turnaround in prospects for the yard over a relatively […]
Shiprepair & Maintenance: 2nd Quarter 2022
Cruise ships are gradually returning to service to provide substantial volumes of work for the group’s yards in both Palermo and Trieste.
Shiprepair & Maintenance: 1st Quarter 2022
With tanker dockings generally on the rise, Besiktas Shipyard highlights the growing importance of environmental efficiency projects within work scopes
Shiprepair & Maintenance: 1st Quarter 2022
The conclusion of a lease purchase agreement in San Diego gives the company access to the West Coast market in addition to its established position in the US Gulf