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Balaena Acquires APCL Group
Balaena has acquired APCL Group, which operates yards in Tyneside (A&P Tyne), Birkenhead (Cammell Laird) and Falmouth (A&P Falmouth and Falmouth Docks and Engineering Company)
Dakar repair activities started by Damen
Damen Shipyards Group and the Senegalese government have formed a joint venture (JV) to operate Damen Shiprepair Dakar on the West African coast
PPG launches PPG InsightsNav analytics tool
PPG introduces PPG InsightsNav analytics tool for marine seastock coatings data
Major transformation into next generation RoRos
Major modernisation work by Western Shiprepair turns Sea-Cargo sister vessels into next generation RoRos
Réunion island’s new ship repair capability
Réunion island’s ship repair capabilities have recently been upgraded with the acquisition of a floating dock able to dry dock vessels up to 4,600 tons and 120m long
Seven strategic steps to optimise fleet maintenance
Successful vessel owners and operators take carefully planned fleet maintenance steps to enable earlier interventions which reduces unplanned downtime, says Jason Smith at ABS Consulting
Drydocks World: The evolution of a ship repair yard
Captain Rado Antolovic talks about the evolution of Drydocks World
Egypt and Gulf yards as strategic hubs for a Northern Sea Route?
As Arctic sea ice retreats, the Northern Sea Route (NSR) is consolidating its position as a strategically significant complement to traditional east-west shipping corridors says Ahmed Ghowel, PhD, MRINA, IEng, PMP
Superior antifouling coating scheme design
Carl Barnes, Head of Marine Consultancy ̶ Safinah explains the need to consider speed, activity and seawater temperature when designing an antifouling coating scheme
