Drydocking

Detyens wins $21.1M USNS John Lenthall contract

Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., has been awarded a $21,145,267 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220525C4144) for a 180-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and dry dock availability of Military Sealift Command’s fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189).

Built at Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans, John Lenthall, is the third ship of the Henry J. Kaiser T-AO class and entered service in July 1987.

The contract includes a base period and four options...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/detyens-wins-21-1m-usns-john-lenthall-contract/

Vigor awarded $55M LCS 10 contract

Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Oregon, has been awarded a $55,881,631 firm-fixed-price contract for the FY 2005 Docking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA) maintenance, modernization, and repair of USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10).

The scope of the LCS 10 award includes all labor, supervision, equipment, production, testing, facilities, and quality assurance necessary to prepare for and accomplish the Chief of Naval Operations Availability for critical maintenance, modernization, and repair...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/vigor-awarded-55m-lcs-10-contract/

Bardex teams up with Von Schmidt Maritime

Bardex Corporation, which recently won a contract to supply Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding with a 165-meter shiplift with a capacity of over 27,000 tonnes, has teamed up with Baltimore, Md.-based naval architect firm Von Schmidt Maritime.

Von Schmidt’s services include the execution of drydocking services with licensed dock masters, dry dock and vessel planning services, and shipyard consulting.

With demand for ship repair services rising, Bardex says that a new approach is required to fulfill...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/bardex-teams-up-with-von-schmidt-maritime/

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/

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