Archive for the ‘Shiprepair’ Category
Wärtsilä AQUARIUS UV ballast water management system to be retrofitted to LPG vessel
Wärtsilä AQUARIUS® UV
Wärtsilä Corporation, 7 June 2013 at 11 am EET – By retrofitting Wärtsilä’s AQUARIUS® ballast water management system to the ‘Marola’, Carboflotta can be assured of conforming to legislation, as well as protecting and safeguarding the environment...
June 7th, 2013 | Corporate Social Responsibility, Marine Equipment Products and Services, News, Pollution, Ship Conversions, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Shiprepair | Read More
Lasting Ecospeed rudder protection for wide range of vessels
Last month the rudders of three ships were coated with Ecospeed at shipyards in China. A 217-meter heavy lift vessel was treated in Guangzhou, while a 200-meter roro ship and a 137-meter LPG-tanker had their respective rudders coated in Zhousan and Nantong.
The three vessels are owned by different owners,...
May 24th, 2013 | Marine Equipment Products and Services, Ship Conversions, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Shiprepair | Read More
Gibdock sets seismic trend
Gibdock has completed a refit of the seismic vessel WG Cook for WesternGeco, reflecting the yard’s growing ability to attract return customers in the specialised offshore vessel market.
WG Cook is one of six 12-streamer 3D seismic ships delivered to the owner in 2010. The 19-day project was completed...
May 20th, 2013 | Energy, News, Oil Industry, Ship Conversions, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Shiprepair | Read More
Permanent underwater rudder repair in Antwerp
At the beginning of March a Hydrex team of diver/technicians sailed out with one of the company’s dive support workboats to a 200-meter vehicle carrier berthed in the port of Antwerp. They performed an underwater inspection and repair of the vessel’s malfunctioning rudder.
The latest development...
April 24th, 2013 | News, Shiprepair | Read More
My-Villages Announces Corporate Relocation to South Florida
Company Chooses New Headquarters Due to Marine Industry and Partner Proximity
Palm Beach, Fla. – April 2, 2013 – (Marine NewsWire)My-Villages, the company facilitating an online marine industry collaborative, announced today that it has moved from its former Alexandria, Va. headquarters to the Jupiter...
April 2nd, 2013 | IT and Communications, Ship Conversions, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Shiprepair | Read More
Greece needs pragmatic leaders enjoying overwhelming majority enabling them to take the country to new beginnings.
John N. Faraclas
The following are the main points – in brief – from the latest John Faraclas live interview to Panos Thomakos on SBC TV last Friday the 15th of March 2013:
1)Faraclas begun with the state of the Markets, mentioning the small rise of the BDI at 892 up 69 points from the previous week,...
March 19th, 2013 | Bribery and Corruption, Defense, European Union, Markets, Military, News, Ports & Terminals, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Shipping Centers, Shiprepair | Read More
Wärtsilä signs 5 year maintenance agreement for world’s largest LNG fuelled passenger ferry
The Viking Grace -
Wärtsilä Corporation, 14 March 2013 at 2 pm EET – Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has signed a five year maintenance agreement with Finnish ship owner, Viking Line. The agreement, which became effective from March 1, is...
March 14th, 2013 | Cruise Industry, Marine Equipment Products and Services, News, Shiprepair | Read More
Greece can be the leader, not only in Shipping, but beyond that, if the political cost is set aside…
John N. Faraclas
The following are the main points – in brief – from the latest John Faraclas live interview to Panos Thomakos on SBC TV last Friday the 8tht of March 2013:
1)Faraclas begun with the International Women’s day. He said that: “… the success in shipping and particularly...
March 13th, 2013 | Bribery and Corruption, Corporate Social Responsibility, Cruise Industry, Dialogs and Debates, European Union, Marine Equipment Products and Services, Maritime Fraud, Mergers and Acquisitions, News, Politics and Government, Ports & Terminals, Safety and Security, Sanctions, Ship Conversions, Ship Demolitions, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Shipping Centers, Shipping Indices, Shiprepair, Stock Markets, Tourism, Trade and Commerce | Read More
Russia is open for business at NEVA 2013
A view of a previous NEVA exhibition
Organised by UK-based Dolphin Exhibitions at the Lenexpo exhibition complex, NEVA 2013 is expected to attract more than 870 exhibitors from over 55countries seeking to broaden trading ties with Russia. It will also feature a wide-ranging conference and seminar programme...
March 11th, 2013 | Associations, Energy, Exhibitions, Oceanology, Ports & Terminals, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Shiprepair, Trade and Commerce | Read More
Wärtsilä opens a new services workshop in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Wärtsilä opens a new services workshop in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Wärtsilä Corporation, 27 February 2013 at 5 pm EET – The workshop will be the largest of its kind in the state of Rio de Janeiro. It will feature, among other things, a laboratory for automation and electronic fuel injection,...
February 27th, 2013 | Marine Equipment Products and Services, Shiprepair | Read More
Engineering fun comes to age…
The Hellenic Engineers Society of Great Britain (HESGB*) annual dinner and dance earlier this month was more than a success. Over 430 guests from many countries around the world, come flocking through the doors of the Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane to join the fun.
The President of the Society Dimitris...
February 15th, 2013 | Academia, Associations, Charity, Classification Societies, Energy, Environment, Events, Flags, IMarEST, Marine Equipment Products and Services, People and Places, Ports & Terminals, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Shiprepair | Read More
Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions opens Houston office to service increased offshore business
Philip Bannerman
Specialist service supplier reports growing demand in US Gulf and South America for competent partner to support booming energy market
Oslo, 12 February, 2013. Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions has established a new office in Houston, Texas in response to increased client demand for...
February 12th, 2013 | IT and Communications, Marine Equipment Products and Services, News, Ship Conversions, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Shiprepair | Read More
Maghioros Kaminis
Two prominent figures in the Greek Shipping have teamed up!
Two old time friends Sotiris Kaminis of KAMINCO and George Maghioros of SHIPCARE MARINE CONSULTANTS have formed a new strategic partnership in an effort to pursue jointly new opportunities for their companies for the benefit of their customers....
February 8th, 2013 | Energy, Environment, LNG, Logistics, Marine Equipment Products and Services, Ports & Terminals, Salvage, Towage, Wreck Removals, Ship Conversions, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Shiprepair, Technical, Technology | Read More
Greek Shipping is the only major multi-contributor to Greece’s tax coffers and beyond!
John Faraclas’ latest interview to Panos Thomakos on SBC TV last Friday the 5th of October tackled the following issues:
1)The tax issue saga and its real contribution by Greece’s Masters of the Seven Seas not only towards Greece, but to all nations and in particular in employing foreign seafarers...
October 8th, 2012 | European Union, News, Politics and Government, Ship Conversions, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Shiprepair, Taxation | Read More
Shipyards saga in Greece continues, but Greeks can do it if…..!
We continue our reporting with the shipyard saga in Greece following governmental announcement/appointment of a coordinator project planner… Indeed the Greeks can do it if the right persons are appointed to do the job!
As you all know, Nicholas Anastasopoulos, former CEO of the Piraeus Port Authority...
August 20th, 2012 | Airline Industry, Breaking News, Coastal Shipping, Energy, Flags, Jobs, Manning - Seafarers and Offshore, Oil Platforms and Rigs, Politics and Government, Ship Conversions, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Shipfinance, Shiprepair, Tourism | Read More
The Hellenic Shipyards (et al*) saga continues…
At the centre left the Hellenic Shipyards docks can be easily seen empty – photo courtesy John Faraclas
WITHOUT PREJUDICE
Now what do you make of the latest “patriotic intrusion” of the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE)? The nearly 100 years old tertiary trade union body in Greece...
July 2nd, 2012 | Breaking News, European Union, Politics and Government, Ship Conversions, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Shiprepair | Read More
Gibdock opens doors to Royal visitor
The Hon. Fabian Picardo, Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Vice Admiral Sir Adrian James Johns KCB, CBE, KStJ, ADC, Governor of Gibraltar, HRH The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex KG GCVO, Joseph Corvelli, Gibdock CEO, The Hon. Neil Costa, Minister for Tourism, Public Transport and the Port, John Taylor, Gibdock...
June 21st, 2012 | Events, Ship Conversions, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Shiprepair | Read More
The AllAboutShipping Greek Pre-Election Interview on Shipping issues on SBC TV Channel
John Faraclas
Following Posidonia’s opening last week and our international editor’s interview, we bring you two video’s with John Faraclas’ live interview today on Greek and International Shipping issues to Vassilis Tsekouras.
The interview covers the Legal status of Greek Shipping and its...
June 13th, 2012 | Corporate Social Responsibility, Flags, Immigration, Jobs, Marine Equipment Products and Services, Maritime Education and Training, News, Politics and Government, Regulatory, Ship Conversions, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Shiprepair, Taxation | Read More
Gibdock clocks up container ship contracts
The 'Westerburg' in Gibdock
Reederei Hans Peterson & Sohne is the latest German owner to select Gibdock as a repair location for a container ship, a vessel type that the Gibraltar-based yard has identified as generating high levels of workflow through the first part of 2012.
The 188m long,...
June 1st, 2012 | News, Shiprepair | Read More
On site seal repairs around the world keep ships out of drydock
Hydrex has carried out repairs and replacements on all types of seals on-site, and in most cases underwater, for a number of years now. This helps owners to extend their vessel’s drydock interval and eliminates the loss of time and production brought about by drydocking. Using the Hydrex flexible...
May 9th, 2012 | Classification Societies, Marine Equipment Products and Services, Shiprepair | Read More
A defining moment
Joe Corvelli (second from the left) and HRH The Princess Royal - photo courtesy of Beaumont Photography
Joe Corvelli, Gibdock Chief Executive writes: For a ship repair facility, it is not often that the work going on in the yard at a particular time simultaneously embodies its heritage and identity,...
April 24th, 2012 | Events, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Shiprepair | Read More
Floatel books into Gibdock
Edda Fides
The Norwegian-owned offshore accommodation vessel, “Edda Fides”, one of the most advanced and sophisticated vessels of its type in the world, has been dry-docked at Gibdock in Gibraltar for a week-long package of work at the yard.
The ‘floatel’, owned by Østensjø Rederi,...
April 24th, 2012 | News, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Shiprepair | Read More
Harris Pye Group announces agreement with Sora Marine Services
The Harris Pye Group – a well-established global player in the marine, offshore oil & gas and industrial sectors – has signed an agreement with Sora Marine services to cooperate on projects in Qatar.
“Harris Pye already has offices throughout the world, including (in the Middle East) Sharjah,...
March 26th, 2012 | Energy, Marine Equipment Products and Services, Oil Industry, Ship Conversions, Shiprepair | Read More
Wärtsilä signs long-term service agreement with Prestige Cruise Holdings
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has signed a five-year service agreement with US-based Prestige Cruise Holdings, Inc. (Prestige), the parent company of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises.
The long-term service agreement covers six vessels, a...
March 15th, 2012 | Marine Equipment Products and Services, Shiprepair | Read More
Back-to-back cruise dockings for Gibdock
Back-to-back cruise ship projects at Gibdock’s No. 1 dock have seen
“Thompson Destiny” – photograh by Dani Van Weert
the return of the 37,584gt, 1,575-passenger capacity “Thomson Destiny” for its fourth visit since a first refit in Gibraltar in 2006.
The Thomson Destiny...
February 3rd, 2012 | Cruise Industry, Shiprepair | Read More
