Birkenhead-based Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders won a major contract to lengthen a cable laying ship for Nexans AS of Norway, a subsidiary of the international French based Nexans Group.

Hydrex has developed a new method enabling permanent repairs of rudders without drydocking the ship.

Jurong Shipyard in Singapore, a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, has recently been busy.

Despite the global financial crisis, Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (ENVC) in Portugal had, in terms of ship repair results, its second best year ever in 2009.