The Gryphon FPSO is back in production following a major overhaul of the vessel. Once all the associated fields are fully operational over the coming months, production will ramp up in excess of 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (boepd). Production from Gryphon is expected to continue for the next decade. The Gryphon FPSO, [...]
The shiprepair yard of Tianjin Xingang Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co. successfully repaired the damaged bulbous bow of MV “TONG YUAN”, which was for the first time at the yard. The bulbous bow of MV “TONG YUAN” was damaged seriously and needed the renewal of approximately 15m2 steel plates. In addition to steel renewal, the work [...]
ST Marine announced today that its US shipyard, VT Halter Marine is ready with its shiprepair offering with the arrival of a 12,000 MT Floating Dry Dock, transported by a heavy lift vessel from the Philippines. The dry dock is part of an overall expansion plan to the south yard in Pascagoula, Mississippi where VT [...]
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Since acquiring Sobrena, Damen Shiprepair Brest has serviced 50 vessels from leading shipowners and managers. The yard’s work portfolio includes a large number of Afra/Suezmax tankers and LNG carriers. The latest project concerns the Höegh LNG owned and MOL LNG Transport managed 123,800M3 LNG LIBRA, which is presently at the yard. Jos Goris, Managing Director [...]
The Orkney Ferry ‘Hoy Head’ has re-entered service after an extensive re-fit and modernisation programme at Cammell Laird. Lengthened by 13.8m and fitted with a new propulsion package comprising Volvo D16C-CMH main engines and Rolls Royce US 105 P9 CRP Z drive azimuthing thrusters the vessel achieved an increase in speed to 12.5 knots on [...]
China Shipping Industry Co., Ltd. took part in Sea Asia 2013, held from April 9th, 2013 to April 11th in Singapore, as one of the exhibitors. China Shipping Industry （Shanghai Pudong）Co., Ltd & China Shipping Industry （Jiangsu）Co., Ltd were in charge of the preparations for the exhibition. Although international financial crisis struck the ship repair [...]
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Following the recent substantial upgrade of the Lobith shipyard, which now boasts a complete range of ‘state of the art’ facilities, the yard is well equipped to perform new building as well as refits, conversions and upgrades. However, in response to the rapidly growing (inland) cruising market, Shipyard De Hoop has recently expanded its repair [...]
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The vessel AMBA BHAKTI arrived at CIC Changxing Shipyard for the repair in the middle of March, 2013. It was the third special survey for the vessel and the main project was the routine drydocking, the maintenance of the machinery & the cargo pump and so on. With LOA 243.0 m. and breadth 42.0 m., [...]
Besiktas Shipyard has completed the repair work on STX Changxing Rose, a 2010 built 60.396 GT vehicles carrier owned by Korea’s STX Marine Service Co. During the vessel’s recent voyage, a major fire broke out in the garage decks. The ship arrived to the yard on 16th January after unloading damaged cars in Casablanca. Over 500 [...]
In October 2012 Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR) won the contract for installing the first Becker Twisted Fin® on 7 container vessels of the fleet of Hamburg (Germany) based liner shipping company Hamburg Süd. To complete the project in time, the vessels were routed in such a way that they could each be dry-docked for a [...]
