Opinion: After 20 years, underwater cleaning is back. Just make sure your coating is washable.
By Boud Van Rompay, CEO of Hydrex and Subsea Industries Underwater hull cleaning promises to give ship owners lower fuel…
Jack-up Brave Tern completes major crane refit
Brave Tern, the 132-metre jack-up operated by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS, has completed a major crane refit at Damen Shiprepair…
Drill ship urgent underwater repair completed
A team of Hydrex diving/welding technicians was recently mobilised to Dakar, where a 225m drill ship needed urgent repair. The…
CMA CGM SELECTS BIO-SEA BWMS FOR 17 CONTAINERSHIPS
CMA CGM, one of the world’s largest container carriers with a fleet of 454 vessels, has contracted France-based BIO-UV Group…
Bluewater FPSO gets power systems refurb
An engineering team from power specialist Royston has completed the overhaul of engines on a Floating Production Storage and Offloading…
Bespoke exhaust suspension system and hard hull coating for Sir David Attenborough at launch
As the new ship successfully launched, MIT delivered a bespoke exhaust suspension system to Cammell-Laird Shipbuilders in Liverpool who have…
Norwegian Breakaway maintenance completed in Brest
Damen Shiprepair Brest has completed a maintenance programme on cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway. The 326-metre, 146,000 DWT, cruise ship Norwegian…
Grease-free bearings reduce costs on line-haul boat
The grease-free ThorPlas-Blue bearings Thordon supplied and installed to a Mississippi River line haul boat recently have helped reduce the…
Golden Gate Ferry gets washable hull
Subsea Industries’ Ecospeed coating has been applied to Golden Gate Ferry’s M.S. Marin, an aluminum-hulled 750-passenger capacity Spaulding class ferry,…
Zero-emission fuel cell power plant in development
ABB and Ballard Power Systems, provider of innovative clean energy fuel cell solutions, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on…
Drill ship urgent underwater repair completed
A team of Hydrex diving/welding technicians was recently mobilised to Dakar, where a 225m drill ship needed urgent repair. The…
CMA CGM SELECTS BIO-SEA BWMS FOR 17 CONTAINERSHIPS
CMA CGM, one of the world’s largest container carriers with a fleet of 454 vessels, has contracted France-based BIO-UV Group…
Bluewater FPSO gets power systems refurb
An engineering team from power specialist Royston has completed the overhaul of engines on a Floating Production Storage and Offloading…
Bespoke exhaust suspension system and hard hull coating for Sir David Attenborough at launch
As the new ship successfully launched, MIT delivered a bespoke exhaust suspension system to Cammell-Laird Shipbuilders in Liverpool who have…
Norwegian Breakaway maintenance completed in Brest
Damen Shiprepair Brest has completed a maintenance programme on cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway. The 326-metre, 146,000 DWT, cruise ship Norwegian…
Grease-free bearings reduce costs on line-haul boat
The grease-free ThorPlas-Blue bearings Thordon supplied and installed to a Mississippi River line haul boat recently have helped reduce the…
Golden Gate Ferry gets washable hull
Subsea Industries’ Ecospeed coating has been applied to Golden Gate Ferry’s M.S. Marin, an aluminum-hulled 750-passenger capacity Spaulding class ferry,…
Zero-emission fuel cell power plant in development
ABB and Ballard Power Systems, provider of innovative clean energy fuel cell solutions, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on…
Opinion: Preparing for the 2020 Sulphur Cap
Opening Keynote Address on Day 2 of the 2020 Sulphur Cap Conference, Amsterdam, by Don Gregory, Director of the EGCSA…
Opinion: Going green can save the green
Picture: Craig Carter of Thorn Bearings Thordon Bearings are presenting a paper emphasising how the adoption of green technologies can…
Opinion: Coating over a coating problem
Subsea Industries’ NACE coatings inspector Manuel Hof explains why shipowners can no longer afford to gloss over the marine environment…
Opinion: Dinosaurs make way for the future
Keynote speech delivered by Frank J Coles, Transas CEO at the Transas Global Conference in Vancouver Vancouver – 08 March…
Foreship counsels caution on expedition ship rush
Booming demand for expedition ships should not mean that good and safe shipbuilding practices for passenger vessels are compromised, leading…
Guest Editorial: Will the implementation of the Sulphur Cap 2020 be delayed?
by Mr. Kim Yeon-tae, Executive Director, Korean Register Two of the most discussed issues in the international maritime industry in…
Opinion: Lack of due diligence now could prove an expensive mistake in the future
from Andrew Marshall, Coldharbour Chief Executive Many ship operators require a far better understanding of ballast water treatment technologiesand their…
Guest editorial: Using ultrasonics to make safe ships
By Dr. Carl Stephen Patrick Hunter, CEO of Coltraco Ultrasonics The NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) have recently investigated the cause of…
Gibdock secures new ISO certification first
Gibdock has underlined its commitment to Occupational Health & Safety by becoming the first shipyard in the Mediterranean region, and…
Damen Shipyards take over in Romania
To signify its first day of operations at Damen Shipyards Mangalia in Romania, Damen held a modest ceremony at the…
Norwegian Breakaway maintenance completed in Brest
Damen Shiprepair Brest has completed a maintenance programme on cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway. The 326-metre, 146,000 DWT, cruise ship Norwegian…
SMS completes refit on high speed craft in Cherbourg
Southampton-headquartered ship repairer and marine engineering services provider SMS has completed its first ever major high speed craft (HSC) refit…
Wind turbine installer departs Dunkerque
Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (DSDu) has completed an eight-day refurbishment project for the 132-metre DP2, self-propelled, jack-up vessel Sea Installer. Operated…
ABB Turbocharging open in Limassol
ABB Turbocharging and Multimarine Services Ltd (MMS) have agreed an ABB Turbocharging Service Point will open at the MMS shipyard…
New rules drive essential work in Gibdock’s direction
The need for ship owners to comply with new rules on environmental responsibility should not disguise the fact that choosing…
Refit for jack-up MPI Enterprise in Rotterdam
Damen Verolme Rotterdam (DVR) has completed a refit project on the MPI Enterprise, a 120-metre, self-elevating, DP2, wind turbine installation…
