Repair & Conversion

Sener has completed the refit of the ‘Almirante Irizar’ icebreaker following a fire onboard back in 2007.

Grand Bahama Shipyard Limited (GBSL) has completed repairing the 228m drill ship ‘Stena Forth’ ten days ahead of schedule - a job which challenged the yard’s traditional way of approaching project development…

Diesel engine specialist, Royston, has successfully completed the overhaul and maintenance of a range of engine components for a platform supply vessel undergoing a scheduled service at Babcock’s Rosyth facility.

Hapag-Lloyds is to refit 24 of its biggest vessels with bulbous bows by the end of the year, including some brought into service just last year.

US motor and repair company Louis Allis has assisted Sealion Shipping after an azimuth thruster failure left it unable to use dynamic positioning during a project off the coast of Mexico.

Evergreen Group is to refit 15 of its L-type container vessels after a bow design modification introduced by ship builder CSBC to vessels delivered this year led to fuel efficiencies.

Bergen Tankers chemical and product tanker ‘Bergen Viking’ has been converted from diesel-electric to LNG-electric propulsion.

Norway’s Solstad Offshore has returned to Gibraltar-based ship repair company, Gibdock, for the special survey of its 5,000 tonne Construction Support Vessel (CSV) ‘Normand Pacific’.

Springfield Shipping has awarded Oman Drydock Company (ODC) the contract to convert two oil bulk ore carriers to very large crude carriers (VLCCs).