New dry dock boosts Hendry ship repair capacity
JANUARY 14, 2014 — Port of Tampa shipbuilder and repairer Hendry Corporation has just completed building a new 2,500 ton lift capacity floating dry dock. Named the Capt. F.M. Hendry, the dry
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Gibdock completes yacht hotel contract
DECEMBER 17, 2013 — The 189-room five-star floating yacht hotel Sunborn Gibraltar is due to welcome its first guests in February 2014, after Gibraltar shipyard Gibdock drew on its cruise ship expertise to
Japanese consortium takes stake in Brazilian shipbuilder
OCTOBER 22, 2013 — Five Japanese companies are to take a 30 percent stake in Brazilian shipbuilder ECOVIX — Engevix Construções Oceânicas S.A. They are shipbuilders Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), Imabari
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
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