Month: April 2014

In April, underwater repair company Hydrex carried out bow thruster blade replacements on a 270m container ship in Barcelona.

Drydocks World of Dubai reports that earlier this year it finished the major repair and refurbishment of National Drilling Company’s (NDC) self-elevated crane vessel ‘Al Ghweifat’.

Earlier this year Turku Repair Yard, part of BLRT Grupp and Finland’s largest repair yard, completed a six-week-long conversion project on a Tallink Silja passenger ferry.

Damen Shiprepair’s French yard in Brest was booked for the dry-docking and repairs of two shuttle tankers managed by Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers.

Damen Shiprepair and Conversion reports that its Damen ARNO Dunkerque yard has recently completed an interesting upgrade to the world’s first purpose-built offshore wind turbine installation and maintenance vessel.

The wind turbine installation vessel ‘MPI Resolution’, while drydocked at Damen Shipyards’ Arno Dunkerque yard, saw a significant overhaul to the electrical systems carried out by system integrator Alewijnse Marine Systems.

Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-Kom) of Qatar reports that it has recently drydocked and repaired the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) dual fuel diesel electric LNG carrier Aseem.