Two Leevac yards team to build Z-Tech tug
OCTOBER 22, 2013 — Leevac Shipyards, LLC recently delivered the first of two 60-t bollard pull Z-Tech 2400 harbor tug boats, the Chloe K, to Bay-Houston Towing Co. Leevac has shipyards in
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EBH Namibia commissions Walvis Bay Panamax dry dock
OCTOBER 20, 2013—Ship repair company Elgin Brown and Hamer (EBH) Namibia has marked a milestone with the commissioning and inauguration of its newly-acquired Panamax-sized third floating dry dock, Namdock 3. The company
Signal Ship Repair redelivers dredge Wheeler
OCTOBER 17, 2013 — Signal Ship Repair (SSR), Mobile, AL, a division of Signal International, Inc., reports that it recently redelivered the dredge Wheeler to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Damen offers fuel saving drydocking package
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 — Damen Shiprepair Brest in France has docked the first ship to take advantage of a new “Quick Docking/Fuel Saving” now offered by Damen Shiprepair & Conversion. The package
Halifax Shipyard wins commercial ship repair contracts
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 — Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding today confirmed two new commercial ship repair contracts for Halifax Shipyard that will require up to approximately 140 hourly employees. MV Oceanex Sanderling, a container/cargo
Azerbaijan inaugurates new Baku Shipyard
SEPTEMBER 20, 2013 — The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev today officially opened the new 62,000 sq.m Baku Shipyard. The new shipbuilding facility has been jointly developed by Singapore’s Keppel Offshore &
Dockwise Vanguard gets drydocking gig
AUGUST 8, 2013 — The world’s largest semisubmersible Heavy Transport Vessel (HTV), Dockwise Vanguard, was recently used as an alternative to a dry dock. Disney Cruise Line passengers get a view of
Bay Ship dry dock is a one-time CIA asset
AUGUST 6, 2013 — Remember the “Hughes Mining Barge,” HMB-1? It is now serving at Bay Ship & Yacht’s Alameda, CA, shipyard as a covered floating dry dock. That’s a pretty peaceable
Panamax floating dock arrives in Walvis Bay
JULY 5, 2013 — Ship repair company Elgin Brown and Hamer (EBH) Namibia says that its Panamax sized third floating dry dock arrived in Walvis Bay today. EBH Namibia announced its plans
Leevac acquires Tidewater’s Quality Shipyards
JULY 1, 2013 — Leevac Shipyards, LLC through its newly created subsidiary Leevac Shipyards Houma, LLC, has completed the acquisition of substantially all assets of Quality Shipyards, Inc., located at 3201 Earhart