Portuguese yard facing tough market

The yard is now using its 140m x 30m newbuilding facility for repairs in addition to the two existing drydocks, which enables the yard to increase its repair capacity and to meet the current demand of the ship repair market.

The yard is currently working on the 26,863 dwt fruit juice carrier Orange Sky which, besides the normal repair jobs, is undergoing ballast tanks blasting and painting; the 9,682 dwt general cargo ship Umiavut for tank steel repairs, blasting and painting of ballast tanks and other repair works; and the 5,846 dwt chemical tanker Bow Badenia for routine dry docking and mechanical works.

Recently the shipyard completed work on the 5,846 dwt chemical tanker Multitank Badenia, the last of a series of five chemical tankers which had N₂ system generators installed and other drydock work. ENVC also recently completed repairs on the 24,668 dwt molten sulphur tanker Aurora, to undergo the installation of three stainless steel cargo tank domes and many other extensive repairs.

Other works included repairs carried out on two container vessels from the Portuguese shipmanager S&C Lda, i.e. the 5,003 dwt Lagoa and the 3,178 dwt Ilha da Madeira. Also, the 4,326 dwt Peter Rönna and the 4,310 dwt BBC France, both general cargo vessels belonging to Briese Schiffahrts which docked for routine repairs.

In the near future the yard will work on the 8,836 dwt containership Monte da Guia, the 1,764 dwt passenger vessel Akademik Shokalskiy, the 5,400 dwt container vessel S. Rafael, and the 5,209 dwt dredger Anjos for about 60 tonnes of steel replacement.

ENVC says that although business is running smoothly so far, it is under strong pressure to cut prices because shipowners are clearly cutting back on maintenance works and avoiding major repairs.