While the force majeures announced at multiple shipbuilding yards in the wake of China’s series of lockdowns have been widely reported, the effects of Beijing’s zero-Covid policy in the domain of ship repair is only recently coming to light. Shipowners are trying to avoid the People’s Republic to...
https://splash247.com/ship-repair-queues-grow-thanks-to-chinese-lockdowns/
Society of Maritime Industries Newsletter
| 31st March, 2022The latest updates from SMI, including industry news and upcoming events. |
 UK Maritime Mission 2022 The UK pavilion is now fully subscribed, but there are still spaces on the UK trade mission with partial funding available. This will cover Indo-Pacific, and then visit Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. There will be engagement with State governments, visits to the BAE Systems Osborne shipyard and ASC Pty submarine yard, engagement... |
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/31/smi-weekly-newsletter-31-03-22/
Damen Maaskant Shipyards is working hard for the development of a maritime industry without harmful emissions. Their contributions to a future proof fleet have been acknowledged on Thursday March 17th at the Shellfish Conference. Representative from the province of Zeeland, Jo-Annes de Bat, presented to yard managing director...
MB92 La Ciotat, France’s leading superyacht refit shipyard, announced today that a major milestone has been reached in the construction of the platform, maintaining the shipyard’s schedule for the opening of the facility as planned this autumn for yachts up to 115-metres in length.
Following the delivery last summer of the main elements of the...
The BDI@2,076, Dirties up at 1,147 whilst Ukrainian chaos begins to shake Planet Ocean …and with Covid still around…
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) was down 111 points since yesterday and now stands at 2076. On a weekly though basis the BDI was up 112 points from 1,964p. Dirties advance; a good sign or a tempo rise… The despicable situation in Ukraine continues and the West must not just impose the toughest of sanctions but go even beyond before it’s too late....
The world’s only purpose-built charity hospital ship to set sail from Antwerp
After a six-month stay in the Port of Antwerp since 12 September, where she received the final outfitting of its medical and IT facilities, the Global Mercy – the world’s only purpose-built, civilian-funded charity hospital ship – will soon depart at the end of February for field services where she is needed around the world.
Measuring 174 m long and 28.6m wide, the 37.000 GT ship is the newest and largest vessel of the...
SE Asia drydocking capacity to drop by 25%
STRICT COVID MEASURES COULD RESTRICT SOUTHEAST ASIA DRYDOCKING CAPACITY
High freight rates and ongoing workforce limitations due to travel restrictions and Covid-19 measures are expected to result in Southeast Asia’s ship repair capacity falling by more than 25% compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to Nippon Paint Marine.
In 2019, a total of 516 vessels totalling 28mdwt drydocked at Singapore shipyards for paint jobs, but numbers dwindled to 296...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/02/04/se-asia-drydocking-capacity-to-drop-by-25/
Nippon Paint Marine’s FASTAR antifouling applied to COSCO ships
NIPPON PAINT MARINE’S NEW FASTAR ANTIFOULING EARMARKED FOR COSCO SHIPPING VLCC FLEET
COSCO Shipping has indicated it will coat its entire fleet of VLCCs with Nippon Paint Marine’s new antifouling system FASTAR® once initial applications have been evaluated.
The hulls of the passenger ferry COSCO Star and the 56,000dwt bulk carrier
Twenty-four seal order for Thordon Bearings
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD WORKBOAT REPAIR LEADS TO 24-SEAL ORDER FOR THORDON BEARINGS
Thordon Bearings has confirmed it has secured contracts to supply 24 TG100 propeller shaft seals to Drydocks World-Dubai and Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding and Repair yards for installation to six UAE Navy vessels.
Each quad screw ship will operate a quartet of award-winning TG100 shaft seals.
The contracts mark a significant step forward for the Canadian manufacturer in the United Arab...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/01/19/twenty-four-seal-order-for-thordon-bearings/
Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven: the aim is to secure the long-term future
The provisional insolvency administrators responsible for the future of the shipyard Lloyd Werft, Dr Christoph Morgen for the owning company and Dr Per Hendrik Heerma for the operating company, today agreed on the further course of action in Bremerhaven: the common goal is to achieve the best...