Ship Repair
All ships need maintenance and repairs. Many repair and maintanance operations can be performed at sea or by the crew in port. Complicated or large-scale repairs might require the ship to be removed from commercial operation. Classification Society supervision is required for most large-scale repairs, particularly those carried out in a ship repair yard. For oceangoing ships, particularly tankers, the ship has to be prepared for repair at a Deballasting Station. The tank must be thoroughly cleaned and its slops (grey water and hydrocarbon residues) must be pumped ashore according to environmental regulations.
Seaspan Boosts Investment in Automated Welding Technology
Seaspan Shipyards has announced a $5 million investment in Novarc Technologies Inc.…
U.S. Navy Needs to Rethink Private Sector Industrial Base Investments
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has published a report indicating…
SCA’s Paxton Testifies to Congress on Bolstering U.S. Shipbuilding Base
[The following are exerpts and paraphrasing from testimony given by Matthew O. Paxton…
Maersk Partners With Cochin Shipyard
A.P. Moller - Maersk and Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) have signed a Memorandum of…
Dales Marine Services Appoints McLean
Dales Marine Services (DMS) appointed Euan McLean as its new Business Development Manager.
Japanese Firms Use Laser Tech for Rust and Coating Removal from Vessels
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), MOL Drybulk, Furukawa Electric, and Tsuneishi Shipbuilding…
BAE Systems Ship Repair Begins Making Submarine Components
BAE Systems won a contract by General Dynamics Electric Boat for deck module fabrication…
Interview: Lane Richards, Everett Ship Repair
Lane Richards has worked in the maritime industry for 22 years. He began his career…
Floating Dock Set to Position Takoradi as Ship Repair Hub
Specialist provider of offshore support services, Interocean Marine Services is supporting…
Alabama Shipyard to Repair USACE's Largest Hopper Dredge Wheeler
Mobile, Ala. ship repair yard Alabama Shipyard has been awarded a contract to repair the U.S.
Titan Taps Francesco Valente to Succeed Jim Marcotuli as CEO
Titan, a ship repair and fabrication company with yards on the U.S. West and East Coasts…
ASRY Lays First Keel in Bapco Refining’s Barges Project
The Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard Company (ASRY) has launched the first phase…
Contracts between vessel owners and charterers concerning the water transportation of goods are technically known in admiralty law as "contracts of affreightment". The charterer agrees to pay a freight charge for cargo space. The voyage, amount of cargo space…
Pods are devices which combine both propulsive and steering functions in one device. They are usually located below the stern of a ship, making use of the following internal components: a fix pitch propeller, shaft, thrust and support bearings…
"Offshore" refers to the discovery and development of oil and gas resources which lie underwater. Usually the term refers to ocean-based oil extraction , though the term can also apply to drilling in lakes and inland seas. The remote locations…
Tanker ships are an important component of the maritime sector, and they transport liquid cargoes around the world. These vessels are vital to the supply chain for energy, chemicals and other essential commodities. There are many types of tankers, each designed for specific cargoes such as oil, LNG, chemicals, or other liquids.
Modern pipelines are installed with and other control devices (pumps and valves) to efficiently move liquids, gases, slurries (solid particulates in liquid suspension) and even solids. Pipelines usually consist of welded sections of metal pipe…
