Drydocking

Q&A: Meet the women behind Royal Barge Fleeting

Marine Log (ML): First off, tell us about Royal Barge Fleeting and how it got started?

Jessica Branham (JB): I was approached by a member of Cummings Marine Board of Directors in early October. He asked if I was interested in setting up and running a startup/sister company, primarily focusing on dry cargo in the Memphis area. I was intrigued and came down for a visit. After visiting, meeting the family, crew members and the area, I decided to take on the role and Royal Barge Fleeting came to be. 

https://www.marinelog.com/news/qa-meet-the-women-behind-royal-barge-fleeting/

Mare Island Dry Dock wins $37.8 million Navy contract

Privately-owned Vallejo, Calif., ship repairer Mare Island Dry Dock LLC has been awarded a $37,846,243 firm-fixed-price contract for a 212-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and dry

docking availability for the Military Sealift Command submarine tender USS Frank Cole(AS 40).

The contract includes options that, if exercised, would bring its total contract value to $39,049,539. Work will be performed in Vallejo and is expected to be completed by May 31, 2023.

The contract...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/mare-island-dry-dock-wins-37-8-million-navy-contract/

Dubai shipyard takes express delivery of Thordon’s largest ever rudder bearing

After a recent visit to the Drydocks World Dubai shipyard, a 7,506 TEU containership is now sailing with the largest rudder bearing ever manufactured by Thordon Bearings.

The 2001-built vessel, operated by a European owner, was retrofitted with a 1,230 mm (4 foot) long, 1.111 mm (3.6 foot) diameter SXL bearing after its original bronze rudder bearing required replacement due to excessive wear.

Thordon’s authorized distributor in the U.A.E. – Ocean Power International (OPI) – was contacted by the...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/dubai-shipyard-takes-express-delivery-of-thordons-largest-ever-rudder-bearing/

Alabama Shipyard awarded USNS Comfort drydocking

The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command has awarded Alabama Shipyard, Mobile, Ala., a $25,964,083 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220522C4031) for a 150-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of the Military Sealift Command’s hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20).

The contract includes a base period and 11 options that if exercised, would bring its cumulative value of this contract to $28,535,957.

Work will be performed in Mobile beginning March 1, 2022, and is...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/alabama-shipyard-awarded-usns-comfort-drydocking/

Detyens wins $8.9 million cable layer contract

Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., has been awarded an $8,991,045 firm-fixed-price contract for a 90-calendar day shipyard availability. The work to be performed provides for services for the regular overhaul and drydocking availability of the cable laying repair USNS Zeus (T-ARC 7).

The contract, which was competitively procured with four proposals received, also contains 11 unexercised options that, if exercised, would increase its cumulative to $9,975,203.

Work is expected to be...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/detyens-wins-8-9-million-cable-layer-contract/

Atria Logistics migrates to Thordon

Atria Logistics migrates to Thordon

Thordon’s RiverTough tailshaft bearing retrofit done on one of the many vessels in the Atria Logistics UABL fleet

Atria Logistics UABL, one of South America’s leading push boat operators, is on its way to completing a fleet-wide retrofit to Thordon’s water lubricated tailshaft and rudder bearings.

In 2014, the Argentinian owner, which operates a fleet of workboats on the Paraná River, installed Thordon’s RiverTough tailshaft bearings to its first push boat, the...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/03/30/atria-logistics-migrates-to-thordon/

Songa Container Announced Sale of Post-Panamax Boxship

Arne Blystad’s Songa Container has announced the sale of 2013-built 4,957 teu post-panamax boxship Songa Toscana, says an article published in splash247.

Valuation

The vessel was sold for $42.3m, far in excess of the $32.7m valuation according to both VesselsValue and MSI. The buyer was not named. Songa had originally picked the ship up for just $23m.

Songa’s Financial Report

According to Songa’s Q3 2020 financial report, the vessel has yet to be fitted with a scrubber and the decision was made...

https://mfame.guru/songa-container-announced-sale-of-post-panamax-boxship/

Experts Call Divergence Between Crude and Product Tanker Markets

Euronav and Scorpio calls highlight divergence between crude and product tanker markets, reports Freight Waves.

A big seasonal boost

Speaking on Thursday’s call with analysts, De Stoop was explaining why Euronav is pulling forward required drydockings from H1 2021 and will drydock nine of its tankers — 15% of its fleet — this month and December.

“When you’re in the drydock, you’re not earning money,” he said. “It’s like those guys retrofitting scrubbers in a market that was absolutely fantastic...

https://mfame.guru/experts-call-divergence-between-crude-and-product-tanker-markets/

Detyens wins $10.8 million MSC contract

Detyens Shipyard Inc., Charleston, S.C., has been awarded a $10,884,056 firm-fixed-price contract for a 75-calendar day shipyard availability. The work to be performed provides for services for the post shakedown availability and drydocking of the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport USNS Puerto Rico (T-EPF 11). The contract also contains nine unexercised options, which if exercised, would increase cumulative contract value to $13,039,037.

Work will be performed in Charleston and is...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipyards/detyens-wins-10-8-million-msc-contract/

Navy awards BAE Jacksonville contract for modernization of two destroyers

BAE Systems has won an $83.5 million U.S. Navy contract to modernize the guided-missile destroyers USS Carney (DDG 64) and USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81).

The modernization work will be performed sequentially by the company’s shipyard in Jacksonville. The contracts include options that, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $211.6 million.

The USS Carney will be first in the shipyard, arriving in September 2020. The 23-year-old ship just returned from a six-year operational period...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipyards/shipyard-news/navy-awards-bae-jacksonville-contract-for-modernization-of-two-destroyers/

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