SRJ Aug Sep 2009
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The largest project undertaken at Lloyd Werft Dock Gate
during 2009 has been the conversion of Celebrity
Cruises 76,522 grt cruise vessel Celebrity Galaxy
to a specialist cruise vessel aimed at the German
market renamed Mein Schiff. 69 Agents Contact Directory
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BP agreement for DWD hub in the region. for the Venturer said, I will like to take this
Drydocks WorldDubai has a long history of opportunity to commend the master and crew
Drydocks World Dubai (DWD), formerly Dubai co-operation with BP Shipping, starting in 1992 of the Venturer, the shipyard staff that attended
Drydocks, has renewed its long-standing when the 270,025 dwt VLCC British Renown to the vessel whilst in the DDW-S yard, and also
association with BP Shipping with the signing became the first vessel from the company to the supporting superintendents who assisted me
of a new Alliance Agreement. According to the dock at the Dubai yard for repair works. Since with this project, for delivering the Venturer from
Agreement, signed by Nawal Saigal, Managing then 44 major projects have been completed the shipyard in a safe and timely manner.
Director of Drydocks World Dubai, and Dave for BP Shipping at the yard. Both companies teams were also
Williamson, Vice President Fleet Operations Meanwhile, in celebration of the accident commended by Mr Robin King, Senior Vice
of BP Shipping, the two companies will work and incident free docking of the sub-sea President for Technip Subsea Asia Pacific, Well
closely to achieve optimum production levels construction vessel Venturer at the Drydocks done to the teams. This is the performance to
based on mutually agreed terms, which includes World Singapore yard (formerly Pan United) which we all continue to strive to achieve and is
strict implementation of accepted standards in the vessel owners, Technip UK Ltd, awarded a great example that it can be done.
safety, quality and environmental protection. the shipyard a cheque for the equivalent Steve Woodward, Senior Vice President
The Agreement was signed during a two-day of Sing$23,000 (10,000). This is the for Technip Offshore Operation Services,
forum attended by representatives of both highest recognition a shipyard can obtain also praised the successful project, This
companies that explored areas of mutual under Technips Safety Incentive Scheme for is an excellent performance which has not
co-operation. An Alliance Health, Safety and docking projects. These funds were awarded come about by chance. During my visit to the
Environment Operating Manual was also by the ships master Alan Morris, and will yard and the Venturer last week, I observed
signed during the forum. be distributed to a charity or charities at the firsthand the drive towards achieving this
Under the terms of Agreement, a joint discretion of the shipyards workers who result. DDW-S has set the bar high for future
team, headed by Ravi Senaratne, Commercial dealt with the Venturers repairs and docking. docking projects to aspire to. Technips Asset
Director, DWD and Andrew Cassels, Manager, Drydocks World Singapore Pte Ltd is a Technical Department will undoubtedly use this
Fleet Integrity Team, BP Shipping, will monitor subsidiary of Drydocks World Southeast Asia as a springboard to match this performance
all repair projects from the outset, even prior Pte Ltd, which in turn is the Southeast Asian worldwide. The award to the DDW-S team is
to the vessels arrival in Dubai, until the work is subsidiary of Drydocks World. well deserved as this was truly a combined and
complete and the ship leaves the yard. This milestone project is the result of the strong integrated effort.
Nawal Saigal, said: BP Shipping has been synergy between the two companies, which Denis Welch, CEO of DDW-SEA said, There is
one of our key partners for over a decade. The began in November 2008 with an HSE audit no better recognition of a job well done than from
continuance of this alliance proves the level of conducted by Technip Subsea at DDW-S yard. a customer. Technips award serves to highlight the
satisfaction the company has experienced with The mutual confidence in both teams capabilities excellent work by our team at DDW-S in making
our services, global standards of excellence and led to the award of the project to the shipyard and safety our highest priority and encouragement to
the quality of our professional and technical ultimately to its successful, timely and cost-effective continue to improve our standards.
expertise. Our continued partnership will boost completion incident and accident free.
Dubais status as the premier maritime industry Ken Livingstone, Technips Project Manager
The BP Shipping agreement being signed by Nawal Saigal (right) , Managing Director of Drydocks
More large scale
World Dubai, and Dave Williamson, Vice President Fleet Operations of BP Shipping
contracts for Keppel
Singapores Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd
has secured contracts worth S$30m through
its overseas subsidiaries for the upgrading and
repair of three semi-submersible offshore rigs.
Tong Chong Heong, CEO of Keppel O&M,
said, Keppel O&Ms network of yards in the
key markets, coupled with their strong execution
capabilities and quick turnaround, continue to
advance the Group as the choice partner for
the repair, upgrading and completion of rigs
anywhere in the world.
We are pleased that our customers
Diamond Offshore, China Oilfield Services
Limited and Noble Drilling affirm this by
returning to our global yards for their needs.
With our closely-integrated yards backed by
resources from headquarters in Singapore,
we will continue to deliver projects to our
customers satisfaction.
In Brazil, Keppel FELS Brasil clinched
contracts for the repair and upgrading of two
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semi-submersibles Noble Drillings Noble reduce NOx emissions (NO and NO2) from and could either be an open loop system using
Paul Wolff and Diamond Offshores Ocean marine diesel engines. The method of EGR has seawater with a natural alkalinity necessary for
Yatzy. The upgrading of Noble Paul Wolff been used in some four-stroke engines (trucks) the process, or a closed loop system using fresh
includes the renewal of piping systems, anodes but has not yet been commercially available on water with the addition of an active substance.
in tanks and steel work. Leased by Petrobras large two-stroke engines aboard ships. Between January and June this year (2009)
from Noble Drilling, the rig will return to work By recirculating part of the exhaust gas, a Portugals Lisnave contracted, for maintenance
offshore Brazil after her repairs in the BrasFELS minor part of the oxygen in the scavenge air and repair work, some 62 ships seven less
yard. She is the second Noble vessel in the is replaced by the combustion products CO2 than the same period of 2008, figures which
BrasFELS yard after the arrival of Noble Dave and H2O. Besides reducing the O2 percentage reflect the effects of the global economic and
Beard in May 2009 for mechanical completion. in the combustion chamber the heat capacity financial crises in the maritime transport needs
Meanwhile, the dynamic-positioning (d.p.) of the combustion air will be slightly increased and consequently on the maintenance and
semi-submersible drilling Ocean Yatzy will and the temperature peaks of the combustion repair work demand.
have structural repairs carried out on a lifeboat will be reduced. Accordingly the amount of The 62 ships repaired in the first half came
platform, stability column and heli-deck as well NOx generated in the combustion chamber is from 40 clients from 17 countries, including
as several piping and steel deck renewal works. reduced. The NOx reduction ratio is dependent Germany, Greece, Norway and Singapore, all
There is also an accommodation rig upgrading of the ratio of recirculating but is also followed of which had seven ships in the Mitrena Yard,
contract awarded to Rotterdams Keppel Verolme by a minor fuel penalty. and Denmark, which had six.
(see North West Europe section of this issue) Part of the exhaust gas is diverted from the Repeat business has always been a part of
exhaust gas receiver through a scrubber, which Lisnaves success, which clearly illustrates the
cleans the gas and reduces the temperature of reputation of the yard recognised by a large
Major engine the exhaust gas. The gas flows through a cooler group of shipowners/managers. This period saw
and a water mist catcher and finally through the contracts coming from such clients as Norways
modification by Lisnave EGR blower, which lifts the pressure to the right, Kristian Gerhard Jebsen, Singapores AET Ship
scavenge air pressure. The ratio of recirculation Management and Cyprus Unicom Management
During July Portugals Lisnave successfully is controlled by the blower, which in turn is each having four ships in the yard during this
installed the MAN EGR system onboard AP controlled by the oxygen content ratio of period and South Africas Safmarine and Anglo
Moller-Maersks 17,526 dwt containership scavenge air & exhaust. In connection with the Eastern having three ships each.
Alexander Maersk. The Exhaust Gas scrubber a water handling system is installed. Having an accumulated and diversified
Recirculation (EGR) is one of many methods to This system controls the function of the scrubber know-how, Lisnave receives all types of vessels,
Moller-Maersks Alexander Maersk in Lisnave for the installation of
a Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system to reduce NOx emissions
(NO and NO2) from marine diesel engines
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however, the main repair activity of the yard have already shown interest and management industry. The work itself will start by mid-August,
continues to focus on traditional market hopes that in the near future negotiations with when the arrival of the platform is expected,
segments, with the tanker market contributing a preferred candidate, yet to be selected, can while all preparations have already begun, on
significantly to the total activity with 44 such be started. In preparation of that, the yards the very same day the contract was signed. This
ships; currently at the yard from BW Gas is the managing director, Clift Christiaan, started this kind of project is an outstanding challenge for
49,513 dwt lpg BW Havfrost. week a campaign to seek support from all stake Viktor Lenac because of the dimensions of the
holders on the island in order to create a clean platform and logistics that has to be provided
desk for the upcoming privatisation talks. for an efficient work.
Turn-around Although the average revenue per project is The importance of the project is extraordinary
staying slightly behind schedule, after a quiet having in mind the market conditions and the
programme underway month of July, the yard has booked some clients value and importance. In fact, Saipem
interesting projects for the coming period. (43 % owned by the Italian ENI) is one of
at Curacao Firm bookings have been secured for the the world leaders specialised for the offshore
drydocking of seven vessels in August together industry works. During the contracting process,
Since the appointment of the Turn-Around with two along side repairs. For September two all Viktor Lenac business activities, especially
Manager, Luc Joos, in May of this year (2009), bookings are confirmed with several others in financial, organisational and system of quality
the first results of the turn-around plan are already the pipeline. control were thoroughly inspected.
successfully being implemented step by step. In a Due to the importance of respecting the
shorter period than foreseen, the plan will come deadlines and the projects complexity, the
to a completion in the third quarter of this year. Saipem contract for company Mack D.O.O will be partner to Viktor
Although the yard is facing additional difficulties Lenac in this project. The arrival of the platform
due to the influence of the current economic Viktor Lenac overlaps with the delivery of two other units for
situation, the yards management is confident the offshore industry: the gas platforms Izabela
that the current efforts achieved by the personnel By signing the contract with Italys Saipem for Nord and Anamarija A will be delivered to
in close co-operation with the unions and the repair of a 1975-built semi-submersible EDINA and INAGIP at the same time as the
subcontractors, will result in a sustainable future. platform Scarabeo 4, Croatias Viktor Lenac Scarabeo 4 will be undergoing repairs. The total
Additionally, the privatisation project is also Shipyard is intensifying its activities in the sphere value of the works performed by Viktor Lenac
running according to plan. Several candidates of projects related to offshore oil and gas on these platforms is about 9m.
Activities at
WashingtonMarine
Canadas Washington Marine Group,
which owns and operates three shipyards in
Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, is
committed to the highest standards for quality,
safety, and customer service and are certified
to ISO 9001:2000 for quality, OHSAS 18001
for safety and ISO 14001 for environmental
standards. The Group has successfully
completed countless new construction,
conversion, repair, and maintenance projects,
including cruiseship conversions, work for the
Canadian Navy, repair and maintenance work
on deepsea vessels and containerships, as well
as new construction and repair work on ferries,
tugs, fishing vessels, Arctic Class and research
vessels, barges and yachts of all sizes and types.
Vancouver Drydock is located on the North
Shore of Vancouver Harbour, just north of the
Canada/US border on Vancouvers sheltered
deep-water port. It operates two floating docks
with lifting capacities of 36,000 t and 30,000 t
respectively and has a heavy machine shop with
two 40 t overhead travelling cranes and lathes
capable of handling shafts up to 18 m.
Vancouver Shipyards, in business since 1902,
and located on a 35 acre site on the North
Shore of Burrard Inlet in Vancouver Harbour,
has built a reputation for quality craftsmanship
and customer satisfaction in all services,
Italian company Saipems 1975-built semisubmersible ranging from technical design to construction,
platform Scarabeo 4 (see previous page) maintenance and repair for all types of vessels.
also repaired more than 18 vessels while afloat, The yards full service facilities include a
Expanded facilities for various owners such as Vela, OSG, Jan De SyncroLift of 1,500 t capacity, with berthing
Nul, Sea Port, SMIT, ITC, BWshipping, CMA space for up to 12 vessels, major steel forming,
forAME Ships, Boskalis , Shell etc. large fabrication and assembly halls, as well as
Currently at the yard for repairs are the a 20,000 sq ft totally enclosed paint facility.
Dubais Albwardy Marine Engineering (AME), 24.38m landing craft, Zabeel, Dijer, and Victoria Shipyards operates at the federally-
a joint venture company involving Hollands Alfateh for the Dubai Royale Office, the owned Esquimalt Graving Dock with access
Damen Shipyards Group, has recently leased Warsan for AlNaboudha, Thenamaris Ships to 610 m of deep water wharfage and a 25
an additional fabrication and storage area in 39,480dwt chemical tanker Sea Promize, and acre production site serviced by three railed
Jadaf Dubai, this new area to be used for the the 180 dwt tug Sharjah -1. cranes linking the operations of the steel
outfitting of completed hulls, which will enable Conversion projects successfully completed fabrication, machine, pipe, sheet metal, and
AME to work on up to seven vessels at a time. by AME include the flat top dumb barge electrical workshops. Victoria Shipyards perform
AME has seven vessels under construction, Jamuna VIII into a barge loading pontoon BL- a wide range of repair services for vessels up
with two undergoing sea trials, for Fujairah Ports 10 for Hollands Royal Boskalis. A total of 800 to 100,000 dwt. A specialist in cruiseship and
and Damen shipyard. During the year AME has tons of steel and equipment was used in the vessel conversions, as well as new construction
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projects for the Canadian Navy and the Coast high, pressure remote controlled, self-powered The vessel was constructed to the highest
Guard, this yards commitment to quality work crawlers were used to remove the existing quality standards and is the largest in the
and timely delivery is only surpassed by its cost paint and prepare the surface of the steel hull Marine Petrobulk fleet with a length of 83m,
effective and efficient project management. for application of the coatings. Steel work a moulded breadth of 18.8 m, and a tank
Vancouver Drydock started this year with included the removal of structural bulkheads capacity of 5,224,480 l of cargo. Other yard
the simultaneous docking of the 2,493 grt and replacement. On the upper deck 15 top tier projects included the ongoing maintenance and
passenger car ferry Seaspan Greg and the penthouse-style cabin spaces were installed. In repair of the Seaspan fleet and maintenance
4,014 dwt cargo barge Seaspan 191 for addition, 36.5 m of steel plating were removed work on yachts, barges, tugs, and fishing vessels
the majority of January, followed by the PCC and replaced with structural glass windows at for other local customers.
Provider and Norton double docking. The yard one of the ships restaurants for an unobstructed
continues to attract US customers with its first ocean view from the dining area. Further repair
class safety programmes and a high quality of work included a complete mechanical overhaul More offshore contracts
workmanship and professionalism. Samson of five pod thrusters and repairs to stabiliser fins,
Tug & Barge and Crowley Marine Services scheduled inspections and repairs of props, 24 for ASRY
drydocked their vessels ZB335, Klamath and the lifeboat and tenders, davits, anchors, underwater
tug Sea Robin in February, while SICs 2,000 valves, cathodic protection, inspection and Bahrains ASRY Offshore Services (AOS) has shown
dwt barge Coastal Spirit was tied up at the Pier. repairs and a reworking of over 152.4 m of its ability to meet the demanding and exacting
At the beginning of March the yard welcomed a domestic piping systems. Most technologically requirements of the rig market by securing repeat
new customer, the Canadian Coast Guards Sir interesting was the construction and installation business from two of the worlds leading rig
Wilfred Laurier, for an eight-week refit. In April of a new 7000 x 3800 mm big screen LED TV operators, ENSCO and Hercules Offshore.
Crowleys and Premier Pacific Seafoods Barge mounted behind the main engine funnel stack, Following the successful completion of AOS
360, the tug Sea Prince and the 19,286 dwt where the cruise customers can watch sports first major contract, the upgrading and major
refrigerated fish transportation vessel Ocean or the latest Movies Under the Stars while repair of Hercules Offshores jack-up drilling
Phoenix were serviced, followed by the tanker lounging in the pool. rig Hercules 170, the company received the
Gibraltar in May. Two Evco barges came in for Holland America Lines 60,874 grt contract to carry out maintenance work on
paintwork, followed by BC Ferries passenger/ Amsterdam and Celebrity Cruise Lines 90,228 Hercules Class 205/38 liftboat Amberjack.
car ferry Queen of Burnaby, where a large grt Millennium, one of the most technologically Liftboats are the workhorses of the offshore
mechanical project was carried out. In the advanced cruise ships, also arrived at the yard industry and their repair and maintenance
summer Great Lakes Dredge Co.s large trailing for repairs this year. Both vessels received typical requirements are usually quite intensive.
suction hopper dredge Terrapin Island came in drydock work, whereby the extensive inspection Amberjack has been at the Bahrain yard twice
for drydocking and extensive refit. and repair work on the Rolls Royce Mermaid this year. In April the work package undertaken
The cruise ship season at Victoria Shipyards thruster pods on GTS Millennium deserve included the following:
started in April with the drydocking of Princess special mention. In April HMCS Chicoutimi Installation of new ABS-approved
Cruise Lines 108,865 grt Golden Princess, one arrived after travelling on a heavy lift vessel engineroom CO2 system
of the largest cruise ships in service today and through the Panama Canal. She will be refitted Steelwork: modifications and repairs to
the largest vessel the yard has serviced to date. at Victoria Shipyards as part of a two-year main deck, hull fender modifications and
Over 300 workers were required to complete maintenance contract. engineroom ventilator repair
the scope of work within a 13 day timeframe. An Vancouver Shipyard Companys highlight at Installation of new anchor winch
extensive coating job of over 100,000 sq. ft. of the beginning of April was the christening and Electrical: installation of pilot house shaft
underwater surfaces was carried out. Six ultra- launch of Oil Barge PB34 for Marine Petrobulk. tachometers, inspection and fault rectification
Vancouver Drydock of engineroom control panel and alarm, and
modifications to switchboard breaker
Legs: repairs to pinion gears, planetary
gearbox and end bearings, plus the supply
and installation of hydraulic power pack
Accommodation renewal and repairs,
including the fitting of new windows
Supply and installation of two new air
conditioning units
Piping repairs
Load testing of 70 ft telescopic crane and 80
ft fixed crane
In July some minor additional repairs were also
undertaken on Amberjack.
Meanwhile, jack-up operator ENSCO has
recently had two rigs repaired by AOS in Bahrain,
the 1980-built ENSCO 97 and the 1982-built
ENSCO 88, both Marathon Le Tourneau 82-
SD-C designs. The work package undertaken on
ENSCO 97 involved the following:
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Cranes: load testing on all three Marathon Le deck measuring 178.2 m x 63 m and a deck major life-extension project in 2010.
Tourneau cranes and NDT inspections area of 11,227 m2, making her ideal for the The US market has also provided another
Hull steel renewal: renewal of approximately carriage of large oil and gas related vessels and customer in August, in the shape of the 57,623
30 t of steel in various locations around the large dredgers. grt PCTC Green Lake, owned by Central Gulf
rig as per hull gauging report, and recoating Expressing their satisfaction on the repairs Lines. Currently in ASRYs 500,000 dwt graving
of pre-load tanks with Eureka Gel compound undertaken at ASRY, Ian Anderson, Anglo dock, the car carrier is receiving hull blasting
Renewal of all spud can anodes and leg Easterns Superintendent, and Jeroen and coating, repairs to loading ramps, tailshaft
anodes Willemen, Fleet Superintendent of Dockwise survey and main engine overhaul and a large
UWILD for Special Survey: It was an initial Shipping described the repairs as of a high number of mechanical repairs.
requirement to carry out diver survey of the standard, emphasising the steel and pipe August also saw the arrival of the 2008-built
external surface of the spud cans together work as excellent. high speed ferry Hormuz for hull survey work.
with leg nodes and internal inspection of Meanwhile, in July ASRY received another One of two sisterships built by Australias Austal
spud cans. However, as a more cost effective unusual visitor in the form of the US-owned for the Government of Oman, Hormuz is one
and time-saving option, AOS decided to trailer carrier Great Land. Owned by TOTEM of the fastest diesel-powered ferries in the world,
utilise an available slot in ASRYs 75 m wide Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE) , Great Land having a service speed of 52 knots on her 180
graving dock and carry out the inspection drydocked for a stern seal replacement, nautical mile route along the popular tourist
in a dry and clean environment, which also following a charter to the US company American area of the Musandam Peninsular.
enabled all repairs required to be carried out Cargo Transport to carry military cargo between Meanwhile, last week saw the arrival of the
Leg Splash Zone Special Survey: Ultra Tacoma, Washington and the US-base on the 39,266 dwt Kuwaiti owned livestock carrier
high-pressure blasting of leg nodes in the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia. AlKuwait for repairs. ASRY is currently busy with
rigs splash zone area (Bays 10-14) was Built in 1975, the steam-turbine powered two large-scale steel renewal jobs, involving
carried out, along with MPI of welds and an Great Land has spent most of her service life the 45,342 dwt bulk carrier Jag Ravi and the
Ultrasonic Thickness Survey of the chords/ carrying cargo between the US Gulf coast and 67,712 dwt containership Nedlloyd Drake.
horizontal/diagonal/internal lattice, painting the Caribbean and on the US West Coast to Jag Ravi, owned by Indias Great Eastern
on completion. This work escalated into Alaska. Most recently she has been chartered Steamship, is in the yards Floating Dock No3
carrying out the repairs to the entire length of to Matson Lines for its service from the US West for the replacement of 500 tons plus of steel,
all three legs and also repairs to cracks found Coast to Hawaii, before new charters last year while the Maersk-owned Nedlloyd Drake has
Pumping off and cleaning out of fuel tanks for to carrying military cargoes to the Gulf and just completed bulbous bow repairs while
survey Diego Garcia. Great Land is to undergo a alongside. SRJ
Dynamic load testing of lifeboat and lift raft The jack-up ENSCO 97 in ASRYs
winches and davit structure, as well as NDT 500,000dwt drydock in April 2009
inspections
A similar package of work has just started on
ENSCO 88.
ASRY is used to a varied mix of vessels at its
facilities, but recent weeks have seen a number
of unusual visitors to the yard in the shape of
the worlds largest heavy transport vessel, a ro-
ro/trailer vessel more used to operations in the
Alaska, the Caribbean and the Pacific, a brand
new high-speed passenger/vehicle ferry and a
livestock carrier repairing during Ramadan.
June this year saw the arrival of the worlds
largest heavy transport ship, the 76,410 dwt
Blue Marlin in Bahrain for repairs. With a beam
of 63 m, the Dutch-owned vessel was drydocked
in ASRYs 500,000 dwt graving dock, leaving
just 6 m space on either side of the drydock!
After delivering a large cargo of dredgers
and dredging support vessels to Bahrain, Blue
Marlin drydocked at ASRY to undertake her
second Special Survey, renewal of 30 tons of
steel, blasting and painting of her hull, main
deck and ballast tanks, as well as maintenance
work on valves, electric motors, steering gear
and winches.
Built in Taiwan in 2000 and lengthened and
widened in 2003 in South Korea, Blue Marlin is
owned by Dockwise Shipping and managed out
of Glasgow by Anglo-Eastern. She has a clear
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Keppel wins another a lng tanker to a FSRU. The scope of work off the coast of Nigeria, is expected to deliver
includes installing a re-gasification plant and first oil in fourth Quarter 2009.
FSRU contract power generators, and upgrading the control, We are delighted that our combined
electrical and marine systems. Chartered teams have shown capable leadership and
Singapores Keppel Offshore & Marine has by Dubai Supply Authority, the FSRU will be competency. With their good work, we have
secured Sing$85m worth of contracts through its permanently moored alongside a purpose-built been able to fast-track the project from winning
local and overseas subsidiaries. These include jetty within the existing Jebel Ali port in Dubai. the contract to completing the conversion in
its third Floating Storage and Re-gasification When completed in the second quarter of just 18 months said Nelson Yeo, Executive
Unit (FSRU) conversion job for Golar LNG. 2010, Golar Freeze will be capable of storing Director of Keppel Shipyard, Keppel Shipyard
Keppel Shipyard clinched contracts from repeat 125,000 m3 of lng. The vessel will also have is pleased to carry out the conversion of Bumi
customers for a FSRU conversion and the a maximum gas send-out capacity of 480m Armadas second FPSO, Armada Perdana.
refurbishment and life extension of a FPSO. standard cubic feet of re-gasified lng/day for This achievement of delivering her successfully
Following the successful delivery of the further delivery into the Dubai gas network. and safely, with a record of 1.8m man-hours
worlds first two FSRUs, 80,239 dwt Golar Spirit Keppel Shipyard is close to completing without lost-time injury, has been through the
and 80,810 dwt Golar Winter, Keppel Shipyard the conversion of FPSO Armada Perdana for efforts of everyone working on the project. This
was awarded a third contract by Golar LNG Malaysias Bumi Armada Berhad. The FPSO, conversion further strengthens the partnership
to convert the 66,200 dwt Golar Freeze from which will be located on the Oyo field, 70 km between our two companies.
Keppel Shipyard is close to completing the conversion of FPSO The vessel, which arrived in May last
Armada Perdana for Malaysias Bumi Armada Berhad. year, underwent fabrication, installation and
integration of a 12-point spread mooring
system, riser balcony, topside facilities and
upgrade of accommodation and auxiliary
support systems. It now has a storage capacity
of 1m bbls of oil with water and gas injection
capabilities included in its topside. It is also
capable of processing 45,000 bbls/day.
Keppel Shipyards affiliation with Bumi
Armada goes back into the last decade when
it first converted the FPSO Armada Perkasa in
1997 for operation in the PM3 Field, Malaysia.
It was recently upgraded further in 2007 for
deployment in the Okoro Setu Field, Nigeria.
The second contract involves Keppel
Shipyard undertaking the refurbishment and life
extension of the 80,885 dwt Four Vanguard,
an FPSO, which Keppel converted in 2003 for
Four Vanguard Servios E Navegaao Lda, a
company of Premuda group. To be completed
in the fourth quarter 2009, the FPSO will be
moored in the Woollybutt field on the North
West shelf of Western Australia.
Meanwhile, Chinas Keppel Nantong
Shipyard has received an order to build two
45-ton bollard pull twin-screw Azimuth Stern
Drive (ASD) tugboats from Keppel Smit Towage
Pte Ltd (KST). These vessels will be built to
Keppel O&Ms proprietary design, developed
by its technology unit, Marine Technology
Development. Delivery of the two tugboats is
expected in 2Q 2010. Including these vessels,
Keppel Nantong is currently building a total of
11 tugboats for KST.
In Singapore, Keppel FELS secured a contract
from Seadrill Ltd for the special survey, repair
and upgrading of a jack-up rig, West Janus.
Reinforcing its reputation for quick turnaround
services, the rig is expected to be delivered by
end-August 2009. The scope of work includes
steel renewal, leg repairs, modification of the
shaleshaker house and the replacement of the
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Conversions
top drive system.
Over at Brownsville, Texas, Keppel AmFELS
was recently awarded jobs by longtime
customer, Diamond Offshore, for the repair,
refurbishment and upgrading of two rigs.
Ocean Ambassador, a Bethlehem 2000
Class semi-submersible drilling rig, arrived
at Keppel AmFELS for stability upgrade and
repairs. The second unit, Ocean Summit, a
Levingston Class 111-C jack-up rig, underwent
repairs and refurbishment at the yard. Both
rigs were redelivered to Diamond Offshore
on time. Ocean Ambassador is en route to
her deployment offshore Brazil with OGX,
while Ocean Summit has begun operations for
PEMEX in Mexico.
There are currently six conversion projects
underway at Keppel Shipyard FPSO Ningaloo
Vision (Prosafe), FPSO BW Pioneer (BW The Tohdoh in JSL for conversion to FPSO
Offshore), FPSO P-57 (SBM), FPSO Peregrino complexities. We now have two first of its class
(Maersk FPSO), FPSO Okha (SBM/Woodside) Offshore rig and FPSO semi-submersible rigs to be delivered.
and FPSO Four Vanguard (SBM). We are pleased that, despite the current
With four other major projects underway, contracts for JSL challenges due to the economic downturn and
Bully I and Bully II, to undergo integration of a the credit crunch, our order book continues
new drillships (Frontier Drilling), Skarv Internal Singapores Jurong Shipyard Ltd (JSL), a wholly- to strengthen. This rig order is testimony of
Turret Fabrication (SBM) and Derrick Lay Barge owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, has the confidence that our clients, partners and
(Bumi Armada). secured a second SeaDragon rig order from vendors have in the deepwater market and in
Five conversions have already been Oban B Limited to complete and deliver a Moss particular, JSLs proven track record and project
successfully completed this year: FPSO Maritime full dynamically-positioned (DP-3) execution capabilities. We are committed to
Armada Perdana (Bumi Armada), FPDSO semi-submersible drilling unit. deliver on our promise and to build on this
Azurite (Prosafe), FSRU Golar Winter (Golar The six-column bare deck hull, built in a foundation for many years to come.
FSRU), FPSO BW Cidade De Sao Vicente (BW Russian yard, arrived in Singapore in early June Meanwhile, JSL has secured a contract
Offshore) and FSO Ratu Songkhla (M3nergy 2009 and now JSL will now proceed with the worth approximately S$160m to convert the
Sdn Bhd). construction, outfitting, furnishing, equipping, 261,212 dwt VLCC, Ohdoh (ex Tohdoh), to a
A new pipe panel line facility was added testing and completion of the bare-deck hull FPSO to be renamed FPSO Kwame Nkrumah
to current yard facilities in June 2009. The into an ultra-deepwater semi-submersible MV21 for Modec Offshore Production Systems
100 m x 80 m pipe shop contains a semi- drilling rig. The second unit is scheduled for (Singapore), a subsidiary of Japans Modec.
automated carbon steel line and stainless delivery by end June 2011. The contract is The conversion contract involves the
steel line, including mechanised welding. It worth some US$237.3m, excluding equipment conversion of the oil tanker to an FPSO that
also accommodates a fully air-conditioned supplied by the owner. includes detailed engineering, installation and
clean room for super duplex pipe materials This new rig will be built for a water depth integration of 18 topside modules, installation
and a 4 m X-ray bunker (of which 2 m will be rating of 3,048 m and a maximum drilling of external turret and power generation,
underground) for conducting non-destructive depth of 9,144 m. The rigs ability to operate accommodation upgrading as well as extensive
testing of welded portions. A total of 21 even in harsh environment gives it the multi- piping and electrical cabling works.
cranes were also installed to facilitate easy region flexibility to operate on a world-wide The FPSO Kwame Nkrumah MV21, which
shifting of pipes. basis as compared to other deep-water rigs. is part of the Tullow Ghana Ltd Phase 1
Keppel Shipyard has commenced George Sutherland, Technical Director of Oban development plan and is due for delivery
construction of an integrated safety training B said We are delighted to be working with the during the first quarter of 2010, will be
complex that is sited next to the Keppel Offshore world class team at JSL on this second project, installed in approximately 1,100 m water
& Marine Group Training Centre in the which we are confident will result in a first class depth on the Jubilee Field offshore Ghana,
premises of Keppel Shipyards Tuas yard. Once asset for charter in 2011. one of the largest oil fields discovered
completed, the complex will provide training Don Lee, JSLs Senior General Manager of offshore West Africa in the past 10 years.
for its multi-national workforce, including sub- Offshore Division said We thank SeaDragon The FPSO Kwame Nkrumah MV21 will be
contractors. The training complex, which is again for their trust and commitment in capable of processing more than 120,000
the first of its kind in Singapore, will cover all working with JSL to realise this option after the barrels of oil per day, injecting more than
aspects of safety training, with focus on height first contract was signed in April 2009. These 230,000 barrels of water per day, 160
safety, confined space safety, electrical safety two state-of-the-art semi-submersible rigs will MMscfd of production gas and with a
and material handling safety, providing hands- complement the range of semi-submersibles storage capacity of 1,600,000 barrels of oil
on learning environment for workers to enhance that JSL is building and demonstrates our and is designed to remain on the field for up
competency-based safety training. versatility in undertaking projects with diverse to 20 years without dry docking. SRJ
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Services
First Greek contract for rather than conventional crop and renew Mustill, Hotel Services Operations Manager for
proved very efficient, he said. We were able to Condor Ferries, was delighted with the reliability
SPS Overlay re-instate maximum areas with minimum man and professionalism of System Hygienics
hours, ensuring that the project not only came office and operations staff and wrote a letter
In a breakthrough project, SPS Overlay in on time, but well ahead of our own tight complimenting the teams good work.
(sandwich plate system) has been used for the timetable. Mike said: Reports back from the vessel were
first time by a Greek shipping company, in a Beside the cost savings accrued by of hard working technicians who achieved an
new and powerful endorsement of the renewal minimising repair time, using SPS Overlay excellent standard of cleaning, which has been
technique by an owner from the worlds leading delivers long term operational benefits, highlighted in the photographic report of before
shipowning nation. including enhanced impact resistance and and after shots and certificate of cleanliness
In an 18 day project completed in June permanently flatter surfaces. Dishing of the supplied by System Hygienics. I would also
at China Shipbuilding Industry Corps tank tops is almost entirely eliminated, leading like to thank the office team responsible
Shanhaiguan yard, tank-tops were reinstated on to better cargo handling, reduced turnaround for scheduling the technicians as our plans
board the 150,940 dwt capesize bulk carrier times and improved operational economics. were changing from week to week due to
Star Ypsilon, owned by Greek shipmanagement Maintenance costs are also likely to be reduced circumstances out of our control. The level of
company Starbulk SA, Athens a wholly owned as a result of enhanced resistance to wear and understanding was very much appreciated.
subsidiary of Star Bulk Carriers Corp. corrosion, improved coating performance and System Hygienics JetVent system cleans
Delivered in 1991, the RINA-classed Star reduced deformations and cracks. ventilation ductwork with negligible disruption.
Ypsilon required reinstatement of a 2,757 Minimal access to ductwork is required, as
m2 area of tanktops and hoppers, with SPS up to 100 m can be reached from one point.
overlaying an area of existing steel with a Condor Ferries contract There is no leakage of contaminants, and
10 mm thick steel section of new steel, and cleaning is achieved quickly and efficiently.
sandwiching a 20 mm thick injected elastomer for System Hygienics Mike continued: The conventional vessels
core. Initial expectations had been that the Condor Ferries operates will require vent
project would take around 21 days. However, System Hygienics, the UKs leading air hygiene cleaning every two years when entering dry
the enhanced productivity delivered by SPS specialist, was recently called aboard Condor docks and I would not hesitate to contact
Overlay, backed by growing experience in the Ferries Commodore Clipper to complete full System Hygienics when dates become
process from Shanhaiguan Shipyard brought trunk cleaning of the vessels ventilation systems. available.
the job in well ahead of schedule. The Commodore Clipper was in A&P System Hygienics is a member of the
This is the fourth Capesize SPS Overlay Falmouths drydock for a refit when System Hotchkiss Group, which provides specialist
project to be completed at Shanhaiguan this Hygienics operations staff carried out the work. services in ductwork contracting, fire-resistant
year and we have been truly impressed by the This involved a thorough inspection and lean duct systems, ventilation products and
way they have gone about their work, said Rob of the ventilation system that runs throughout accessories and fire-resistant and acoustic
Duffin SPS Overlay Director. the ferry, including accommodation, bathrooms ductwork coatings.
George Mantalos, Technical Manager for and galley extracts.
Starbulk S.A. said that speed and quality of Unscheduled repairs to another vessel in
repair had been critical issues in selecting the Condor Ferries fleet delayed the cleaning Developments at WSS
reinstatement technique. Using SPS Overlay programme on several occasions, but Mike
The Star Ypsilon The Russian Register (RR) has accepted and
approved the ISO 9001:2008 certificate held
by WSS (WSS) for its fire, rescue and safety
services network. In addition and as part of the
same approval process, the Russian Maritime
Register of Shipping (RR) has awarded WSS its
own Certificate of Approval and Recognition.
These global certificates and approvals cover
the companys entire fire, rescue and safety
services network. According to RR, WSS is now
the only international service network that holds
these RR approvals. These certificates signify
a major breakthrough in meeting requirements
for Russian flagged and/or Russian classed
vessels, reports James Parson, Area Director
Eastern Europe at WSS.
In addition to the Russian approvals, WSSs
fire, rescue and safety service now holds global
approvals from DNV and Lloyds Register of
Shipping. All certificates and approvals cover
inspection and maintenance of extinguishing
equipment and systems. They also cover service
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of life saving equipment including inflatable life negotiation, co-ordination and monitoring of time spent in port for vessels of all types. The
rafts, life jackets, HRUs, inflatable and rescue the construction carried out by sub-contractors. core service is that of inspection as required
boats as well as inspection and testing of WSS has also ensured that all of the necessary by the IMO regulations. If a suit fails to meet
centralised gas welding and cutting equipment, permitting and licensing for the station is in line the necessary requirements then it can be
and survey and maintenance of self-contained with the local authority requirements. repaired or, if necessary, replaced. In major
breathing apparatus. WSS, is also a leading provider of immersion ports service centres can also offer customers
WSS has also announced that its Liferaft and suit servicing, and is predicting a sharp upswing the option of holding additional complete sets
Marin-Ark service station in Miami, Florida in the demand for servicing this year as a result of suits, thereby enabling a ship on a tight
is now fully operational. It is a stand-alone of regulatory changes made in 2006. IMO schedule to simply exchange its onboard suits
station conveniently situated between the port regulations with regard to immersion suits for fully-serviced replacements, which can then
of Miami and Port Everglades in South Florida, are rigorous, with crew required to perform be processed ashore in the normal fashion.
approximately 4 kms from the current WSS onboard monthly tests. More significantly, The third option is of straightforward loans or
premises in Miami. however, the regulations also require that temporary replacements.
The station is certified to service all Unitor every three years each suit be subjected to an Owners and operators are urged to check
branded rafts as well as Marin-Ark MES Systems, air-pressure test to check the integrity of the their immersion suit servicing schedules at their
which are among the largest rafts in the world, seams and closures, and it is recommended earliest convenience, and contact their local
with a life-saving capacity of 430 persons per by the IMO that this take place at a shore- WSS representative for details and costs of the
evacuation system. The station is also fully based facility with staff trained and equipped to service options.
stocked to deliver and exchange WSS liferafts in carry out any necessary repairs. The change in WSS is equipped for the complex
all southeast ports for any customer with an LRE IMO regulations that came into force in 2006 changeovers that the Montreal Protocol
(Liferaft Rental Agreement). The stations team caused a spike in the sales of immersion suits, will demand when it comes into law on 31
will be attending a scheduled training course and as a result these new suits are now due for December 2009. After this date, the European
in France this October to be certified to service their first service. Union will not permit ships crews to maintain,
Seasafe rafts. They will continue to work on WSS has prepared accordingly and service or top up any refrigeration systems
gaining further approvals for all other brands now offers one of the most comprehensive containing R-22 or other ozone depleting
within the Survitec group offer. immersion suit servicing operations available via HCFC refrigerants using virgin refrigerant. The
The station began as a dusty warehouse its global network of over 50 locations capable directive applies to all EU flagged vessels.
that had to be restructured into a workshop. of offering immersion suit service. If the systems are not interfered with in any
All WSSs team members have been very The network provides a range of fast and way, these ozone depletants may be retained.
involved in the numerous tasks, including efficient service options that help minimise However, planned routine maintenance on
The WWS Miami team (from left to right) Tim Ryan, General Manager Southeast USA and Caribbean Giovanni Alvarado, Liferaft Technician Luciano
Scandrglio, Liferaft Technician Boris Medich, Southeast USA Liferaft Manager
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PrimeServ Trident
introduced by
MANDiesel
MAN Diesel introduces PrimeServ Trident, a
unique retrofit-financing package where saved
expenses cover the investment MAN Diesel The Rolls Royce Customer Training Centre
PrimeServ is addressing the present decline can benefit from this package. We look forward system requires little time and MAN Diesel
in the world economy and maritime shipping to adding more retrofit solutions in the future. PrimeServ reports that with the right planning,
by introducing a financial product to help its Meanwhile, to further its long-term relations off-hire can be avoided. Installation during
customers invest in retrofit technology. with local clients and partners, MAN Diesel voyage can be carried out by a MAN PrimeServ
The Trident package aims to support has inaugurated its new hub in Marseille. MAN installation team. On engines with three
shipowners looking to cut expenses by employing Diesel is one of the worlds leading providers of turbochargers, one turbocharger cut-out
particular retrofit solutions. The first retrofits are: large-bore diesel engines. The Groups French enables operation at loads from 20% to 66%
Alpha Lubricator reduces cylinder-oil feed- site, MAN Diesel SAS, based in Villepinte and MCR, delivering:
rates by 20-30% Saint-Nazaire, has been developing a strong an expected SFOC reduction of 5g/kWh and
Turbocharger cut-out improves main-engine After Sales Service activity over the last 50 years a 0.25 bar increase in scavenge-air pressure
performance during low-load operation for the S.E.M.T. Pielstick brand and for the MAN at 25% power
Blending on board blends additives into Diesel brand since 2006. an expected SFOC reduction of 3g/kWh and
system oil for use as cylinder oil At the heart of its development strategy, a 0.52 bar increase in scavenge air pressure
MAN Diesel has developed PrimeServ Trident PrimeServ, the After Sales Service Business Unit at 50% power
as a value-added solution for its customers and of MAN Diesel, has been spreading out its turbine-out temperature drops of up to 30
the concept will eventually expand to include presence all over the world, ensuring it is close to degrees.
more retrofit types. The investment required to its customers. This fast growing network, acting as engines with four turbochargers and one
purchase these retrofit solutions is relatively low the spearhead of an expansive customer service turbocharger cut-out enables operation at
compared to the resultant savings, and the pay- related strategy, is currently made up of almost 80 loads from 20% to 74% MCR, delivering:
back period is 2 years or less. hubs all over the world. The network is expanding a SFOC reduction of 6g/kWh per 0.15 bar
The new financing scheme is directly linked at the rate of 10 new openings per year. At the increase in scavenge-air pressure at 25%
to the two-year pay-back period, such that centre of Grand Port Maritime de Marseille, the power
payment is spread out over the pay-back period MAN Diesel PrimeServ hub offers service on the a SFOC reduction of 5g/kWh per 0.41 bar
and balanced by the savings created by the whole range of MAN Diesel two-stroke and four- increase in scavenge-air pressure at 50%
retrofit itself. PrimeServ sees this distributed stroke products. MAN Diesel PrimeServ hubs offer power
payment model as an incentive that will draw high-level diesel engine know-how to marine turbine-out temperature drop of up to 50
attention to its retrofit solutions. and industrial professionals, and provides engine degrees
As such, Trident offers funding through bank- service on board and on site. For engines with less than three turbochargers,
to-bank financing using a letter of credit with Meanwhile, to meet the growing demand for MAN Diesel PrimeServ recommends a solution
deferred payment and standard documentation. running large container vessels on varying loads, with variable turbine inlets.
Otto Winkel, Senior Vice President, MAN MAN Diesel has developed a turbocharger
Diesel PrimeServ, Copenhagen states: The cut-out system that improves main-engine
PrimeServ Trident package represents a non- performance during low-load operation. Rolls-Royce invests in
cash investment and is a standard bank product MAN Diesels Turbocharger Cut-Out System
that we are convinced will appeal to many lowers main-engine fuel-oil consumption customer training capacity
shipowners. We have pinpointed essential, and improves performance during low-
environmentally friendly retrofits where the load operation. The system includes two, Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company,
opportunity for reducing running expenses is pneumatically operated cut-out valves placed at is to transform customer training in its Marine
great, and believe that it will appeal to many of the turbine inlet and compressor outlet. business by investing in a new European
the potential 4-5,000 shipowners globally that Installation of the Turbocharger Cut-out customer training centre at lesund, Norway.
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Machinery
The training centre, which is due to open in operations will also be delivered on site. The
2011, is being developed in response to the customer training centre will be located in
rapidly increasing number of vessels with Rolls- the city of lesund, at the heart of Norways
Royce equipment installed. A wide range of maritime cluster, and will benefit from being
courses will be available covering all maritime adjacent to the lesund University College,
sectors, including technical familiarisation with Offshore Simulator Centre and the Norwegian
products and specialist training in connection Maritime Centre of Expertise.
with the hand over of new vessels. It is expected
that around 5,000 people will use the centre
each year. Cut energy consumption
The centre will also provide training for
Rolls-Royce service engineers who work with by 50% with a Grundfos
customers around the world. Anders Almestad,
Rolls-Royce President Offshore and Marine solution
Services said: Training is a crucial part of our
strategy and our aim is to create a world-class Being able to efficiently control the speed of
training centre. Offering the right training to a vessels cooling pumps according to the
our growing customer base enhances the temperature of the sea significantly reduces
levels of service we can provide and allows our energy consumption and costs below deck. Looking to reduce energy consumption at sea? A
customers to move with us as we develop new Grundfos speed-controlled cooling solutions for control solution from Grundfos is the obvious choice
technologies and expand our services offering. marine applications offer savings of up to 50%. a constant seawater temperature of 32 C
The increased industry focus on health, safety The advanced technology automatically regardless whether the vessel is sailing around
and the environment, and in particular deck safety, adjusts the speed of the cooling pumps the Persian Golf or the Baltic Sea in January.
is a key driver for research and development across according to the actual temperature of the Grundfos now breaks with this, offering a
our industry and the centre will focus on courses seawater. This means that no energy is wasted variable-speed alternative that is as beneficial
specific to these areas, he added. cooling the engine at maximum speed when to the environment as it is to the ship owners
Training programmes for product upgrades, there is in fact no need for it. economy. Reduced energy consumption equals
operational expertise and anchor handling Cooling solutions are designed to cool at reduced CO2 emissions and fuel costs an
The IP, LR and STX France teams with the MSC Splendida built at STX France Cruise, St Nazaire
AkzoNobel has in IP and the Worldwide Marine and is specifically designed to help the LR and International Paint have delivered
technical team. The challenge that we face is to shipyard understand that in order to meet for newbuilding shipyards in China and in
deliver new products that meet business needs the requirements of the PSPC and maximise 55 shipyards in Europe have contributed
and to do this faster than ever before. The new shipbuilding efficiency, all departments e.g. significantly to the future success of our clients
Singapore laboratory is going to be a massive design, procurement, quality, steelwork, businesses, an improvement in shipping
boost in helping us meet this challenge. outfitting and production need to be involved, safety worldwide and in meeting our own, LR,
Meanwhile, just two years after completing the not just the paint department. objectives of leadership in developing robust
first PSPC gap analysis in a Chinese shipyard, Liberette Foubert, System Engineer, Painting services that reflect our service culture.
Lloyds Register (LR) and International Paint have Industrial Department of STX France Cruise SA, By the time of the follow up visit to STX
announced the completion of the 100th analysis Saint-Nazaire said, Were very pleased to have France Cruise SA, Saint-Nazaire on 17 June
in STX France Cruise SA, Saint-Nazaire. been part of this significant milestone. For us, 2009, the shipyard, clearly demonstrating their
Conducted over a two day period by this gap analysis has been very useful and has commitment to the IMO PSPC, had already
personnel from LR, International Paint and STX helped structure our current works practices and implemented the changes recommended in the
France Cruise SA, Saint-Nazaire, the PSPC improve inter departmental communication. gap analysis presentation and were awarded a
gap analysis assesses current shipyard coating Were confident that proven compliance with LR and International Paint PSPC Certificate to
practices against PSPC requirements. LR and the requirements of the IMO PSPC will improve commemorate the 100th gap analysis.
International Paint then jointly delivered a our business capabilities, competitiveness and Mike Hindmarsh said, Were particularly
presentation to shipyard senior management future opportunities. pleased to present this certificate as we believe
and departmental managers. The presentation Bill Cramman, Senior Coatings Specialist it both confirms STX as a world class facility and
to all functions is a key aspect of the analysis for LR said, The Gap Analysis Surveys that demonstrates, through our activities with LR, that
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working together and learning from each other Scientific & Technical Services Limited in the tankers. The result is MarineLine X a coating
can have a positive impact on shipbuilding UK has performed independent coal cargo that offers much better performance and
efficiency, quality and safety. With gap analyses testing on Hempadur Ultra-Strength and ranks versatility for product and oil tanker operators
completed in China and Europe, plans are now it as the best performing epoxy coating against than conventional phenol epoxy or zinc silicate
developing to begin work in the Americas. warm, hard angular cargoes. Hempadur Ultra- linings, which have limitations. We formulated
Strength is also best in class in application MarineLine X to outperform those coatings, first
performance. It dries quicker than similar providing an application costs savings using
New epoxy from Hempel coatings on the market, and can be applied all a non-forced hot air heat cure approach, yet
year round in most weather conditions. With a still maintaining the coatings performance
Hempels Hempadur Ultra-Strength is a new high glass transition temperature, the coating features for easy cleaning and excellent cargo
epoxy coating for ship cargo holds with an will remain hard even when exposed to very resistance. This allows us to provide MarineLine
industry-leading repair interval. Officially released warm coal cargoes. X at a comparable cost to current coatings
in July, the durable coating provides excellent on the market, ensuring we will change how
abrasion and impact resistance making it product and oil tankers will coat their tanks in
ideal for protecting ship cargo holds from rough New version of the years ahead.
treatment. Hempadur Ultra-Strength 47500 MarineLine X offers a number of key benefits
protects ship cargo holds from both mechanical MarineLine from APC for the ship owner and operator. In economic
damage and the severe abrasion caused when comparisons for the tank coating and the
loading hard cargoes. With a 10-year repair One of Advanced Polymer Coating (APC)s application costs, MarineLine X only requires a
interval, the best on the market, it enables most significant developments in its history is two-coat system, compared to three coatings
shipowners to extend periods between repairs now being introduced to the maritime tanker for Phenol Epoxy. This eliminates extra days
and so helps bring down maintenance costs. transport market. New MarineLine X offers for drying and extra spray application costs,
Michael Aamodt, Group Marine Product versatile, effective solutions for product and resulting in savings and allowing the owner to
Manager at Hempel, comments: The cargo oil tanker carriers trading in clean petroleum maximize return on investment in a short period
hold is exposed to more battering and rough products (CPP), bio fuels, vegetable oils, crude of time.
treatment than any other part of a ship, so oil and dirty petroleum products (DPP), wine MarineLine X, like all the coatings in the
shipowners need an extremely tough cargo hold carriers, FPSOs, FOSFA cargoes, and all MarineLine family, has a very smooth, low
coating. Hempadur Ultra-Strength offers better tankers carrying IBC Chapter 18 cargoes. energy surface. This provides fast and easy
protection than any other epoxy coating. This The MarineLine 784 brand name from APC, cleaning. Once cargoes are discharged, tanks
means it lasts longer and shipowners can save in Avon, Ohio, USA, is already well known in are cleaned and dried with minimal effort.
time and money as they have to do less repairs the chemical tanker market, and is the preferred This is especially noteworthy when switching
or recoating. tank lining for handling aggressive chemical from dirty to clean cargoes as the ship owner/
Hempadur Ultra-Strength has the following cargoes. MarineLine 784, which uses a forced operator incurs heavy cleaning costs. Mr
characteristics: hot air forced heat cure to form one of the Keehan provides an example, Compare
10-year repair interval strongest bonds in chemistry, is currently in switching from dirty to clean products in a
75% volume solids service on more than 300 chemical tankers 45,000 dwt product tanker, with 27,000 m2
VOC compliant (below 250 g/l) worldwide. of tank coating in 20 cargo tanks. Cleaning
Grain certified by Newcastle NHS Based on this success, Donald J Keehan, a Phenol Epoxy coating takes eight days,
Application temperatures: -5C to 40C APC Chairman, explains, Using our extensive requiring a high amount of gas oil. Cleaning
(23F to 104F) background in the marine tank coatings MarineLine X coating takes only four days and
Dry film thickness: 2 x 125m industry, we studied the product and oil tanker requires a small amount of gas oil. The labour
Suitable for: cargo holds, decks, outer hull markets for several years, working to develop and material savings can be up to US$80,000/
and other exposed areas the proper tank coating system for their specific cleaning. Multiply this amount every time the
Easy to clean between cargoes needs, which is different than those of chemical tanker switches these types of cargoes during
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100S features Jet Edges reliable tie-rod design. the owners decided to remove the conventional New epoxy from
This design has no threaded cylinder, no paint and apply Ecospeed. Additional cans
threaded end caps, and no threaded hydraulic were immediately sent to the shipyard so Sherwin-Williams
cylinder, making it less prone to cracking than that the Ernst Hagendorn is now sailing with
threaded designs. Matched-metal components an Ecospeed protective coating on its entire US-based Sherwin-Williams has introduced Tile-
prevent galling of hydraulic system components. underwater hull. Clad High Solids Mildew Resistant epoxy, an
Jet Edge water jet pumps feature hydraulic Ecospeed is a once-in-a-lifetime coating industrial coating that protects against mildew
accumulators, which reduce wear on the that allows owners to carry out repairs in a growth on exterior surfaces where dampness
hydraulic pump. Hydraulic fluid also is cooled far greater range of drydocks as, because no and humidity are areas of concern.
and filtered. repainting is necessary, the choice of drydock Tile-Clad High Solids Mildew Resistant is
Jet Edge waterjet pumps feature a rugged is not limited by the weather conditions. In an excellent choice for areas such as clean
hydraulic centre section which incorporates addition, more yards become available as rooms, laboratories, institutional kitchens and
high-duty cycle-rated piston seal and wear time and cost in drydock is reduced. Minor chemical processing equipment where mildew
rings; free-floating self-aligning plungers maintenance on Ecospeed or cleaning of any growth must be guarded against in order to
increase seal life. Jet Edges hydraulic systems fouling can easily be performed underwater maintain operations. It can also be utilised in
have a 4,000-hour warranty. Jet Edge water jet or in drydock. This always restores the vessels a wide variety of applications where mildew
pumps also feature attenuators which smooth optimal hull condition. growth may occur, such as water tank exteriors,
pressure fluctuations and deliver a constant and The Ernst Hagendorn in drydock coated with Ecospeed
steady stream of ultra-high pressure water to the
cutting tool, ensuring optimal cut quality.
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Underwater Repairs
Topaz and Vopak sign agreement FN in Hong Kong
Dubais Topaz Energy & Marine, through its subsidiary Nico International After swift preparation FN Diving deployed a team to Hong Kong in order
Hydrospace recently signed a contract with Vopak Horizon Fujairah Ltd to supply one of its customers with an underwater bow thruster repair. All
for providing underwater services for pre-berthing inspection and back to underwater works were completed within the berth-time of the vessel, so
back berthing of vessels at Vopak. no schedule delays or downtime. Due to severe cavitation, several bolts
The contract has been signed for a period of one year until April 2010. of the bearing housing were missing. Immediately after arrival sealings
Over the period of the contract Topaz will provide a team of qualified and were adapted, and new thread bar was placed with underwater chemical
experienced divers for the pre-berthing inspections. The divers will carry anchors, specially developed for FN Diving. Also underwater welding
out a detailed inspection of the floating and submarine hose string and all was provided in Hong Kong by the FN Diving team to secure the bracket,
mooring accessories and will also provide other services until the berthing blades and new anodes in the thruster tunnel.
is completed. As a class accepted alternative for drydocking, FN Diving provides
Fujairah has been the base for Topazs underwater services in the permanent and temporary shell plate repairs using approved cofferdam
Middle East since 1981. Topazs fully equipped team of divers can join techniques. The use of cofferdams while the vessel remains operational
vessels and installations at short notice anywhere in the Gulf of Oman and afloat, creates a dry environment in which defective shell plating can
or in the Arabian Gulf to carry out all types of underwater work. Topaz be cropped out and replaced by approved full penetration dry welding. A
offers a wide range of underwater services like underwater hull cleaning of very cost effective and fast solution, without the off-hire period and costs in
vessels, propeller polishing, wet docking and reporting, blanking of intakes case of drydocking.
and outlets, inspection and survey, underwater wet welding, anchor Whilst performing an inspection on a box cooler ICCP system, FN
search and recovery from sea bed and salvage and wreck removal. Its Diving was asked to perform a repair on a recently discovered crack in
subsidiary Nico is certified to carry out underwater surveys by all leading the shell plating. FN Divings design department swiftly designed a special
classification societies such as ABS, LR, NKK, BV, GL and DNV. cofferdam and our local workshop fabricated the cofferdam instantly.
In support of its diving operations, Topaz has purpose-built a high- The local workshop fabricated the right fit cofferdam within hours. Upon
speed catamaran aluminium workboat Nemo, a diving support vessel delivery at the vessel the cofferdam was installed over the crack. While the
utilized to carry out daily routine diving operations. The diving team in diving operation to install the cofferdam progressed, the coded welders
Fujairah consists of 25 experienced and qualified personnel who are prepared their equipment inside, after ventilation of the tank and a gas free
trained according to the International Marine Contractors Association certificate was obtained. Prior to welding repairs the crack was ultrasonic
standards. This year the team has recovered 14 lost anchors and chains, investigated and occurred 80 mm longer as measured visually. Once the
some of them weighing 140 tons, from the depth of between 94 m to cofferdam was proven watertight the welding operation started, completing
135 m with successful delivery back to the owners. it with a minimum delay for the vessel. The weld was UT tested by WRS
A Topaz diver in action
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Remontowa takes over use of Gdynia moves us into an entirely new market.
Remontowa has an established reputation in the conversion and large
graving docks in Gdynia scale repair industries. Currently two such projects are underway. The first
is Tidewaters offshore supply vessel Oliver Tide, which is a newbuilding
Since taking over as Chairman of Gdansk Shiprepair yard Remontowa, from the Indian shipbuilding industry. Remontowa is completing the
Jaroslaw Flont has looked at the future of the yard. It is the intention outfitting operation including a number of modifications and refinements.
to return the yard to focus on the core business of shiprepair. The yard The second large scale repair project involves Enscos offshore jack-up
compoletews some 200 gneral repair projects each year. This involves rig Ensco 100, which arrived in the yard in June this year for a four month
both the commercial shipping and offshore markets. We have recently upgrading project involving a complete package of anti-corrosion systems,
won a contract for the refurbishment of a North Sea jack-up rig, the first upgrading the accommodation, steel renewals and various modifications.
time a jack-up rig has entered the shipyard. Our repair price levels are All the work, which will be completed by October, is being carried out
about half way between the more tradition northern European yards, in alongside. Although Remontowa has completed repairs to some five semi-
such countries as Germany, Scandinavia and Holland, and the southern submersible rigs, this is the first jack-up rig to enter the shipyard.
European yards. Therefore we are looking closely at the North Sea Jaroslaw continued Unlike other shipyards throughout the world,
offshore market to develop business we hope to be a recognised repair we do not enter Alliance agreements with shipowners however we have
and refurbishment facility for offshore structures aver the coming years. been very successful in offering block-bookings for some of the worlds
The yard has also been involved heavily in the conversion market leading shipowners/managers, especially in Norway and Scandinavia.
2007 being the most successful year with some seven such projects Last year the highest number of ships repaired in Remontowa was
completed. It is expected that, with the return of better times next year, we Scandinavian owners, which had some 32 ships repaired next was the
will again become heavily involved in this market sector. German/Dutch/France area (25), Greece/Italy (21) and UK (17). Remontowa
One of the main developments at Polands Gdansk Shiprepair Yard also repaired a total of 23 ships from Polish owners and nine from Russia.
Remontowa, is the expansion of facilities available for shiprepair and Recently under repair in Gdansk was Teekays 46,921 dwt product
conversion activities by using the two graving docks, which were part of tanker Teesta Spirit, one of an extensive block booking by the Teekay
Stozinia Gdynia. The largest of these graving docks, which is 380 m x 70 Group for Remontowa. The follwoing vessel from Teekay, the 149,000
m, moves Remontowa into larger markets especially large tankers and dwt Navion Saga, was drydocked, because of her size, in Gdynia.
offshore drilling rigs, although the facility is draft-restricted as it was originally The largest vessel recently under repair was OSG Shipmanagements
built as a newbuilding dock. The smaller of the two docks has dimensions 94,813 dwt tanker Overseas Eliane. Also in the yard was Chartworlds
of 240 m x 38 m. The Gdansk facility boasts seven floating docks, with 12,974 dwt reefer vessel Swan Chacabuco, which is the third of a series
the largest having the ability of handling ships up to 135,000dwt (36,000 of reefer vessels from this owner to be repaired by Remontowa. Other
tonnes lifting capacity). The use of the larger graving docks in Gdynia will ships recently under repair included three lpg tankers Solvangs 16,137
reduce the competition for such vessels for Remontowa says Jaroslaw. dwt Clipper Skagen, Antony Veders 6,175 dwt Coral Lophelia and Exmar
We had already began to expand our facilities with a bid to purchased the Shipmanagements 29,171 dwt Courcheville, three chemical tankers
large floating dock from Le Havre. However, we came second in that tender Amorettis 2,697 dwt Frances Wonsild, Rigel Shippings 17,035 dwt
process losing out to Grand Bahama Shipyard. However, the two docks in Alsterstern and Utkilens 2,910 dwt Fostraum.
A Polish bulk carrier in Remontowas floating dock
with the jack-up rig Ensco 100 in the back ground
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two Norwegian-owned and one Icelandic-owned trawlers. And in 2010 it
is expected that the Johan Gerg, a Norwegian-owned trawler will enter the
yard for the installation of a 8 m mid-body section and a 2 m aft section.
This contract is expected to be sub-contracted to Crist Shipyard, Gdansk,
which is the majority shareholder in Alkor. Crist opetrates a 1,200 tonnes
lifting capacity floating dock in Gdansks Northern Harbour.
Alkor has a commercial agreement with Larsnes Vaerft, located on
Norways West Coast, which is one of the most successful builders of
fishing vessel tonnage for the Scandinavian market. As already mentioned,
many of these vessels are initially design with lengthening in mind
Larsnes recommending Alkor for such work.
Alkor operates a single floating dock of 150 m x 24.6 m floating dock
(6,000 tonnes lifting capacity), which was purchased from Rotterdam
during the late nineties. The former shipbuilding yard in Gdansk is now
under redevelopment, with both industrial and commercial activities
envisaged. Alkor has a lease agreement with the former yard covering the
next 15 years. However, if another site becomes available, especially in the
former shipbuilding yard in Gdynia, there may be a consideration to move.
The yard is also heavily involved in the general repair market during
the past two years many contracts have been received from German
and Dutch shipowners/managers for the conversion of main propulsion
systems from diesel to heavy fuel oil.
Jaroslaw Flont
Jaroslaw Flont
Jaroslaw Flont took over as Chairman of Gdansk Shiprepair Yard
Remontowa in March of this year. He has spent many years as part
of Remontowas management team, joining the company in 1993
and holding such positions as Ship Repair manager, Project manager,
Steel Department Manager, Production Director and Logistics and
Project Director. For the three years previous to becoming Chairman
of Remontowa, Jaroslaw was three years as Chairman of Northern
Shipyard, Gsansk, a newbuilding yard in which Remontowa is the
major shareholder.
The Zephyr alongside at Alcor Shipyard prior re-delivery
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lock gates in the port to cater for the new panamax size vessels, when the Installation of sponsons/ducktail of about 300 to
Panama Canal expansion plan is completed. Installation of 200 new balconies and 202 extensions of balconies
The financial crisis has left Lloyd Werft in a new position. We remain Installation of window-washing-systems for windows starboard side and
confident that the new graving dock project will go ahead, however, with portside
the current reluctance of the financial institutions to finance such a project, Renewel of colour application of hull and tops
we are now looking at the project being longer term than originally Changing funnel logo to TUI Cruises
expected. The project, however, will go ahead said Werner Luken, CEO of Overhaul of propulsion systems as propellers, shaft and rudder
Lloyd Werft. Overhaul thrusters and stabilizers
Meanwhile, the largest project undertaken at Lloyd Werft duing 2009 Dock- and repair-works according to classification authority
has been the conversion of Celebrity Cruises 76,522 grt cruise vessel Work inside included conversion of four public areas:
Celebrity Galaxy to a specialisec cruise vessel aimed at the German TUI Bar
market renamed Mein Schiff. The 1996-built cruise vessel will be Blue Ocean Bar
operated by a joint venture involving RCCI and TuiTui Cruises. Steakhouse
Work carried out by Lloyd Werft, during a six week drydocking period Grand Foyer
included two project areas: The work outside the vessel included:
lengtheningproject
Germanys Motoren Werke Bremerhaven (MWB) has been heavily
involved in a series of lengthening operations involving three freight ferries
owned by Denmarks DFDS during this year. The first one completed
was the Tor Ficaria, now the Tor Freesia has been redelivered and the Tor
Begonia has entered the shipyard.
Each vessel will be 32 m longer and, after the extension, the ships
will be 230 m long and be able to carry approximately 4,700 lane
metres of freight. The ships will continue to operate on the route between
Gothenburg and Immingham.
MOL Tankship Management (Europe) vessels under repair in Lisnave (above) and Sembawang (right)
requirements, but will never be more than three years after special survey.
MOLTE use flexibility with In either case, the department uses planned a maintenance software
system developed by ShipNet for maintenance on board all its vessels
inhouseexpertise under management, overseen by a dedicated projects team.
Though MOLTEs processes might not differ greatly from other
Combining flexibility with in-house experience is the basis of the approach companies, Alan says the company works very closely with its charterers
by MOL Tankship Management Europe (MOLTE) to dry docking the to provide a flexible and robust programme for managing the drydock.
tankers of its parent, Japanese tankers-to-liners giant MOL. Given the Providing more flexibility on timing than a third party shipmanager is one
size and specialisation of the MOL Tankship Europe fleet, the vessels advantage, another is that MOL is firm on its five-year maximum between
it manages are split between two teams, one comprising 12 crude oil dry-dockings.
tankers up to VLCC size plus three product tankers. The second comprises Preparation for drydocking commences when the ship returns to service
10 chemical tankers, originally designed for the methanol trade, one and anything that has been deferred or recommended for attention at the
aframax chemical/products tanker and two products tankers. next dry-docking is included in the specification. In addition MOLTE has
As MOLTE deputy general manager Alan Stewart explains, the companys an ongoing process of what it calls heavy repairs, jobs that are required
technical department comprises of a number of engineer-superintendents to be done in dry dock as submitted by the sea staff on board. Heavy
who have either been recruited from within the shipping industry or directly repairs might also be completed outside of dry dock, but the majority are
from sea staff of MOL or after sailing with other companies. incorporated into the specification.
All the engineer-superintendents have either sailed as chief engineer, As a basis for each specification a list of standard jobs will be included
have attained a chief engineers certificate of competency or have for quotation, with the addition of the deferred or recommended items,
experience in other marine professions such as naval architecture or heavy repairs or any upgrades of existing systems driven by regulatory or
marine electrical engineering, he explains. And all the engineer- other issues. Recent items have included the fitting of the simplified voyage
superintendents have expertise in tankers, whether it be crude, product or data recorders to existing vessels and the renewal of radars at 10 years,
chemical tankers. which is the MOL in-house standard.
The company prefers to draw on these skills rather than recruit subject The assigned engineer-superintendent having collated the list of
specialists such as steel superintendents and use the experience that has deferred or recommended jobs from the vessel as well as required
been gained over the years from completing actual dry-dockings. With the heavy repairs, upgrades & modifications, will write the specification for
groups shipbuilding activities managed directly from Tokyo, MOLTE can submission to the yards for tender.
concentrate purely on technical management. Once the quotation is received it is evaluated against the other yards that
MOLTE drydock the vessels under management approximately every have tendered and after internal discussions with the engineer-superintendent
two and a half years. An interim drydocking is subject to specific charterer and the fleet manager, we recommend a prospective yard to our principals in
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Japan, along with supporting documentation, says Alan.
He says MOLTE prefers to work with known yards, developing contracts
with facilities in Portugal, Dubai and Singapore, to ensure dock space
and price for a specified number of vessels. The contracts are usually not
vessel-specific although there are considerations as to whether services
such as tank-cleaning facilities are available which is obligatory for crude
oil & products tankers.
MOLTE does conduct shipyard audits, but mainly with yards which it
has not had dealings before. Alan says that while expense will be an issue,
these investigations are often more about quality than cost. This would
mainly focus on ISO accreditation, the facilities themselves, use of sub-
contractors, requirements of contractors arranged by the owners, he says.
Cost would only come into the equation when they were compared to
other yards whom we have a well established rapport.
Large numbers newbuildings are Very Large Container Ships (VLCS) in the
8,000 teu plus range, which cannot be easily deployed anywhere but the two
main liner trades out of Asia
Delayed deliveries defer some of
outlook for charter owners continue to look dark indeed. thepain
Meanwhile, cargo statistics make grim reading. According to the
European Liner Affairs Association (ELAA), April trade between Asia and As August drew to a close, industry figures indicated that around 600
Europe fell off more sharply than the previous month, with cargo volumes container vessels were idle and the figure was rising steadily. The largest
to Europe down 25% year-on-year, and 11% on the backhaul. Figures vessel was reported to be the 11,400 teu CMA CGM Libra, recently
released in August demonstrated May figures contracting by around 20% delivered from builder Hyundai Heavy Industry at Ulsan, and idling off
year-on-year although there was a small rebound on the trade back to the South Korean coast, at Mipo. The fact that leading lines including
Asia, with a 7.8% increase year-on-year. CMA CGM, Mediterranean Shipping Company and even the mighty
Trans-Pacific trade also continues to shrink. PIERS figures for April Maersk are laying up their own ships is a clear sign of how bad things
showed box shipments from Asia to the US down by an estimated 19.7% have become. Its one thing re-delivering chartered tonnage, but its quite
year-on-year, with a 7.6% contraction on the backhaul. Figures for the another for container lines to be laying up their own vessels.
following month showed a decline over the 12 months of 25.5% and At first glance, its hard to see how the situation could be any worse,
almost 15% on the Asia-bound leg. but it could be. According to analysis by Clarkson, far fewer new
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Agents Contact Directory
BENDER Group Elgin Brown & Hamer, Durban, East London and Cape Town Hellenic Shipyards Skaramanga (Greece)
Astilleros Bender (Mexico) (South Africa) Hydroster (Poland)
Bender Shipbuilding & Repair (USA) Elgin Brown & Hamer, Walvis Bay (Namibia) International Combustion Engineering (Denmark)
BLRT Group Fincantieri, Palermo (Italy) Lifeng Shipyard (China)
Tallinn Shipyard (Estonia) Guangzhou Dockyards, Guangzhou (China) Odessos Shiprepair Yard (Bulgaria)
Turku Repair Yard (Finland) Huarun Dadong Dockyard, Shanghai (China) Pallion Engineering (UK)
Western Shipyard (Lithuania) RUYSCH TECHNICAL-AGENCIES Kwang-Ypun-Gi Engineering (Taiwan) Pharung Shipyard (Vietnam)
Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (Netherlands) Maritime Shipyard (Poland) Prince Marine (Korea)
Dolphin 1 Shiprepair Yard (Bulgaria) HOLLAND BV Onomichi, Dockyard Co. (Japan) Rumia (Poland)
Donsung Engineering & Shiprepair (Korea) Tsakos Industrias Navales, Montevideo (Uruguay) Shanghai GD Changxing (China)
Dormac (South Africa) TNG, Vera Cruz (Mexico) WSK (Poland)
Huarun Dadong Dockyard (China)
MIK Shipyard (Ukraine) PO Box 28, 7200 AA, Zutphen, Netherlands Portugal
Novorossiysk Shiprepair Yard (Russia) Tel: +31 575 515744
San Giorgio del Porto (Italy) Fax: +31 575 515750
Sembawang Shipyard (Singapore) Mobile: +31 652 415991
Shanhaiguan Shipyard (China) Email: agencies@ruysch.nl
Sima (Peru) Web: www.ruysch.nl
TANDANOR (Argentina) Contact: Jeroen Veraart, Jeanet Kanters,
ULRIK QVALE & PARTNERS as
Viktor Lenac Shipyard (Croatia) Hans Ruysch, Willem-Hendrik Ruysch
Harbitzallen 2A, PB 168 Skyen, N-0212 Oslo, Norway MCC Marine
Yiu Lian Dockyards (Hong Kong) Companies represented: 5 Harbour Lodge, 24 Alington Road, Poole,
Tel: +47 22 51 16 16
Yiu Lian Dockyards (China) Astilleros Astican (Canary Islands) Dorset BH14 8LZ, United Kingdom
Fax: +47 22 51 16 08
Marine Service Companies represented Astilleros Braswell (Panama) Contact: Murielle Coue
Email: shiprepair@uqp.no
Harris Pye Group (UK) Astilleros Santander (Spain) Tel: +44 1202 709090
Web: www.uqp.no
Tehnomet (Estonia) Caribbean Drydock (Trinidad) Mob: +44 7802 358048
Contact: Per Otto Svendsen
UMC International (UK) Ciramar Shipyards (Dominican Republic) Email: murielle@mccmarine.com
Shipyards represented
Underwater Shipcare (Singapore) C.M.R. Tunisie (Tunisia) Web: www.mccmarine.com
A&P Falmouth (UK)
Colonnas Shipyard (Norfolk US) Shipyards represented
A&P Tees (UK)
Netherlands Detyens Shipyards (Charleston US)
A&P Tyne (UK) Halifax Shiprepair (Canada)
Dongsung (South Korea) Grand Bahama Shipyard (Freeport)
Asmar (Chile)
Edilcom (Estonia) Curacao Drydock (Netherlands Antilles)
Cabnave Synchrolift (Cap Verde)
Famalift (Cyprus) Enavi (Brazil)
Cameroon Shipyards (Cameroon)
Forgacs (Australia) A&P Group (UK)
Colombo Dockyards Ltd (Sri Lanka)
KEPPEL BENELUX SERVICES Gemak Shipbuilding (Turkey)
Cosco Dalian Shipyard (China) Odessos Shiprepair (Bulgaria)
PO Box 1001, 3280AA Rozenburg, Netherlands Harland & Wolff Belfast (UK) Tallin Shipyard (Estonia) Tallinn
Cosco Guangzhou Shipyard (China)
Tel: +31 181 234 315 Hellenic Shipyards (Greece) Turku Shiprepair Yard (Finland)
Cosco Nantong Shipyard (China)
Fax: +31 181 234 346 Hyarun Dadong (China) Camell Laird (Gibraltar)
Cosco Shanghai Shipyard (China)
Email: mail@keppelbeneluxservices.nl Ilyichevsk (Ukraine) Astican (Las Palmas)
Cosco Xiamen Shipyard (China)
Companies represented Kockums ( Sweden) Western Shipyard (Lithuania)
Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard (China)
Keppel Shipyards (Singapore) Macor Maintenance and Naval Repair (France) Malta Shipyards (Malta)
Dakarnave (Senegal)
Arab Heavy Industries PJSC (UAE) Marland Boat Service Ltd (Hong Kong) Adriantic Shipyards (Montenegro) Adriatic Shipyard Bijela
Dalian New Shipyard (China)
Keppel Philippines, Inc. (Philippines) MMHE (Malaysia) Astander (Spain)
Elefsis (Greece)
Officine Navali Italiani (Italy) Elgin Brown & Hamer (South Africa)
Enavi (Brazil)
Pmax Filters Pty Ltd (Australia) Colombo Dockyard (Sri Lanka)
Forgacs Dockyard (Australia)
San Giorgio del Porto Spa (Italy) ASRY (Bahrain)
Grand Bahamas Shipyard (Bahamas)
Shin Kasado Dockyard (Japan) Cosco Shipyard Group (China)
HUD (Hong Kong)
Southern African Shipyards (South Africa) Chantier Naval de lOcean Indien (Mauricius)
Lisnave Mitrena (Portugal)
T&D In Situ Machining Gmbh (Germany) Shanghai & Chengxi Shipyards (China)
Neorion New SA Syros Shipyards (Greece)
PC MARITIME SERVICES BV Talleres Navales del Golfo (Mexico)
Universal Shipbuilding Corp (Japan) Shanghaiguan Shipyard (China)
Tsakos (Uruguay) China Shipbuilding (Taiwan)
Vancouver Shipyards (Canada)
Underwater Shipcare Pte Ltd (Singapore)
Vancouver Shipyards (Canada) Poland
Victor Lenac Shipyard (Croatia) Singapore
PO Box 139, 1740 AC Schagen, Netherlands Victoria Shipyards (Canada)
Tel: +31 224 295 070 Yiu Lian Dockyards Shekou (China)
Mobile: +31 620 011 607
Fax: +31 224 297 591 Norway
Email: hs@pcmaritime.nl
Contact: Hans Stoop
Companies represented A. P & A. POLAND LTD
A&P Group (UK) ul Jaskowa Dolina 112, 80-286 Gdansk, Poland Titan Marine Services
Alnmaritec (UK) Tel: +48 58 341 7988 Simpang Bedok Post Office,
BLRT Group DELTA MARINE AS +48 58 344 7366 PO Box 024, Singapore 914801.
. Western Shiprepair (Lithuania) Grindbakken 7, N-0764 Oslo, Norway Fax: +48 58 345 4801 Tel: + 65 91178234
. Tallinn Shipyard (Estonia) Tel: +47 22 42 19 00 Email: apapol@apaltd.com.pl Mobile: + 65 91178234
. Turku Repair Yard (Finland) Mobile: +47 4166 9331 Contact: Kostas Milionis Fax: + 65 2340807
Cammell Laird (Gibraltar) Fax: +1 508 4646 215 Companies represented Email: sumyc@singnet.com.sg
East London Shipyard (South Africa) Email: info@deltamarine.no Adriatic Shipyard Bijela (Montenegro) Contact: Mr Y.C.Sum
Elgin Brown & Hamer Group Web: www.deltamarine.no Chengxi Shipyard (China) List of Yards
. Durban (South Africa) Contact: Ragnar Bjornvold Coimbra Shiprepair (Brazil) Gemak Shipbuilding (Turkey)
. Capetown (South Africa) Shipyards represented Cosco Shipyard Group (China) Shipdock BV (Netherlands)
. Walvisbay (Namibia) Arab Heavy Industries, Ajman (UAE) Dalian Arno Dunkerque (France)
Grand Bahama Shipyard (Freeport) Astander, Santander (Spain) Guangzhou Riga Shipyard (Latvia)
HSECO Port Repairs (Korea) Astican, Las Palmas (Spain) Nantong San Giorgio Del Porto (Italy)
HENAR Marine Repair Teams (Poland) Besiktas Shipyard (Turkey) Shanghai DCD-Dorbyl (South Africa)
Tole Shipyard (Montenegro) Cotecmar, Cartagena (Colombia) Zhoushan Darkarnave (Senegal)
Western India Shipyard (Goa) Dolphin 1, Varna (Bulgaria) Gdansk Shiprepair Yard Remontowa (Poland) Dongsung Engineering (South Korea)
Yiu Lian Dockyards (Hong Kong) Dong Sung Engineering (Korea) Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard (China) Atlantic Marine (USA)
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Xingang Shipyard (Xingang, China) ASL (Batam Island, Indonesia)
Xinya Shipyard (Zhoushan, China) Asmar (Punta Arenas, Chile)
Zamakona Group (Canary Isles & Pasajes, Spain) Asmar (Talcahuano,Chile)
Marine Service Companies represented Asmar (Valparaiso, Chile)
All Sea Atlantic (Halifax, Canada) Atlantic Drydock (Jacksonville)
All Sea Enterprises (Vancouver, Canada) Atlantic Marine (Boston)
Arab Eagle Marine Engineering (UAE) Atlantic Marine (Mobile)
Dovanko Marine (Greece) Atlantic Marine (Philadelphia)
Ecospeed Paint (Antwerp, Belgium) GLOBETECH SERVICES LTD MARINE MARKETING BAE Systems (San Diego)
Edilcom Surveys (Tallinn, Estonia) Unit 5 Shannon Commercial Centre, Beverley Way, INTERNATIONAL LTD BAE Systems (San Francisco)
Kayak Maritime Services (Antwerp, Belgium) New Malden, Surrey KT3 4PT, United Kingdom Basrec (Bahrain)
Keyser Technologies (Singapore) Tel: +44 (0) 20 8942 4366 Cammell Laird (Gibraltar)
Komas (Korea) Fax: +44 (0) 20 8942 4377 Conoship International (Holland)
Miami Diver International (Curacao, NI) Email: globetech@globetechservices.com Dakarnave (Senegal)
Web: www.globetechservices.com Unit 17 Challenge House, Sherwood Drive Bletchley,
Miami Diver Panama (Panama) Dormac Cape Town (South Africa)
Contact: Nick Pearson, Sami Golestanian Milton Keynes MK3 6DP, United Kingdom
Miami Diver (Miami, USA) Dormac Durban (South Africa)
Companies represented Tel: +44 (0) 1908 378822
Napesca (Las Palmas, Canary Isles) Elefsis (Greece)
Asimar Shipyard, Bangkok (Thailand) Fax: + 44 (0) 1908 378828
Parker Diving (California, USA) Forgacs (Newcastle)
Astilleros Braswell Shipyard (Panama) Mobile: +44 (0) 7720 074113
Polestar Engineering (Singapore) Forgacs Cairncross (Brisbane)
Berco Marine Systems (Norway) Email: mail@MarineMarketingInternational.com
Polmar Engineering (Rotterdam, Netherlands) Hong Kong United Dockyard (HK)
Colombo Dockyard (Sri Lanka) Web: www.MarineMarketingInternational.com
Rentong Marine (China) Huarun Dadong (Shanghai)
DCD-Dorbyl (South Africa) Contact: Mike McMahon, Katie McMahon
Subsea Solutions Alliance (Worldwide) Kraatz (Walvis Bay, Namibia)
Fjellstand (Norway) Companies represented
Total Marine Contracts (Grimsby, UK) Neorion (Greece)
Future Pipe Industries (The Netherlands) Shipyards
Trident Diving (Terneuzen, Holland) Sobrena (Brest, France)
Gemak Shipyard, Istanbul (Turkey) Carell SA Piraeus, Greece
Underwater Shipcare (Singapore) Tsakos (Uruguay)
IHC Lagersmit (Netherlands) CARENA (Ivory Coast)
Worldwide Diving Stations VT Fitzroy (New Zealand)
Lifeng, Shanghai (China) CARIDOC (Trinidad)
Lixin, Shanghai (China) Chengxi Shipyard (Shanghai)
Nico International, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) China Shipbuilding Corporation (Taiwan)
Shanghai Guan Shipyard (North China) Detyens Shipyard Inc (US)
Sidem, Genova (Italy) Elgin Brown & Hamer (South Africa)
Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (St Marine) (Singapore) Elgin Brown & Hamer Namibia (Walvis Bay)
SSM (Europe) Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering (Malaysia)
TOEI Engineering Metalships & Docks SA (Spain)
Yiu Lian Shekou, Dockyard (South China) NAUTA SA Shiprepairyard Gdynia, Poland WILMOT MARINE SERVICES LTD
Santierul Naval SA Constanta (Romania) 84 Empire Square East, Empire Square, London SE1 4NB, UK
EMCS GROUP Shanghai Shipyard Shiprepair Division (China) Tel: +44 (0) 20 7939 9580
Shipdock BV (Amsterdam and Harlingen) Fax: +44 (0) 20 7407 6183
EMCS LTD/Sesmarine (IOM) Ltd Email: wmsl@wilmotmarine.co.uk
(Incorporating EMCS Diving Support) Torlak Shipyard, Tuzla, Turkey
Marian House, 9 Station Road, Port Erin HJM MARINE LTD Tru-Marine Group Web: www.wilmotmarine.co.uk
4 Cherrywood Way, Little Aston, Pmax One Services (Singapore) Contact: Andrew Hindley
Isle of Man, IM9 6AE, UK
West Midlands B74 4HZ, United Kingdom Tru- Marine Middle East (UAE) Mobile: +44 (0) 7887 563075
Tel: +44 1624 833955
Tel: + 44 121 353 2887 Tru-Marine Machinery Engineering (China) Contact: Bruce Wilmot
Fax: +44 1624 837173
Fax: + 44 121 353 3151 Tru-Marine Pte (Singapore) Mobile: +44 (0) 7831 636821
Email: enquiries@emcs.co.im
Mobile: + 44 7831 499848 Tunisia Ship Repairers (Tunisia) Contact: James Lyons
Web: www.emcs.co.im
Email: info@hjm-marine.com Yiu Lian Shekhou, Shenzen, China Mobile: +44 (0) 7979 246085
Contact: Steve George
Web: www.hjm-marine.com Floating Repair Specialists Companies represented
Mobile: +44 7624 461 446
Companies represented Caswell Environmental Services (Asbestos) (Stevenage, UK) Astican (Las Palmas)
North east area representative
Cerneval SA (Algeciras) Dongsung Engineering (South Korea) Cascade General (Portland Oregon)
Contact: Amanda Green, 33 Dykelands Road, Seaburn,
Costruzioni Arsenale di Venezia S.c.a.r.l. (Venice) Electro Marine (South Africa) Desan Shipyard (Tuzla, Turkey)
Sunderland SR6 8EW, United Kingdom
Crosscomar S.L. (Algeciras) EMCS (Isle of Man) Grand Bahama Shipyard (Freeport)
Tel: 0191 5160010
Fincantieri CNI S.p.A. (Palermo) Kwang-Youn-Gi Engineering (Taiwan) JSML Shipyard (Singapore)
Fax: 0191 5160400
Keppel Verolme B.V. (Rotterdam) MHI Shiprepair & Services (US) Malta Shipyards (Malta)
Email: green-amanda@btconnect.com
Mario Lopez (Malaga) PB Asher (Southampton, UK) Riga Shipyard (Latvia)
Mobile: +44 77363 18126
Metalock Engineering GmbH. (Hamburg) Port Marine Contractors (South Africa) Scheldepoort Repairyard (Netherlands)
Marketing
Northrop Grumman Corp., Singatac Engineering (Singapore) Sembawang Shipyard (Singapore)
Contact: Chris George
Tel/Fax: +44 1579 370058 Newport News (Newport News) Welmet Engineering PTE (Singapore)
San Giorgio del Porto S.p.A. (Genoa) Willing (Shanghai) Trading China) United States
Email: chris.sycamore@gmail.com
Companies represented Scheepswerf Reimerswaal B.V. (Hansweert)
D Van De Wetering Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou) Ltd. (Shenzen)
Electropartners
Engine Partners
Globetech (IOM Only) ENMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Marine Marketing Int (IOM only) 10920 Baymeadows Road, Su 27 PMB 304
Jacksonville, Florida 32256, USA
Tel: +1 (904) 519-0469
SHIP REPAIRERS & SHIPBUILDERSLTD Fax: + 1(904) 519-8580
Broadwell House, Broadwell, Lechlade Contact: David Enman
GEORGESON ASSOCIATES LLOYD WERFT Gloucestershire GL7 3QS, United Kingdom Mobile: +1 (904) 318-0909
Marine Consultant PO Box 2102, Seaford, East Sussex BN25 2YQ, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1367 860 050 Email: shipyards@davidenman.com
50 Highthorpe Crescent Contact: Steve Buhlman Fax: +44 (0) 1367 860 474 Companies represented
Cleethorpes Tel: +44 (0) 1323 894652 Mobile: +44 (0) 7767 690 704 Detyens Shipyards (USA)
North East Lincolnshire, DN35 9PY, UK Fax: +44 (0) 1323 897476 Email: roderick@shiprepairers.co.uk Tecnico (USA)
Tel: +44 (0)1472 236 536 (All hours) Mobile: +44 (0) 7803 179640 Web: www.shiprepairers.co.uk Enavi (Brazil)
Email: georgesonassoc@aol.com Email: buhlman.steve@lloydwerft.com Contact: Roddie Wordie, Marie McClure Yiulian (Shekou) (Mazhou Island)
Web: www.marineconsultant.co.uk Companies represented Email: marie@shiprepairers.co.uk China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) (Mazhou Island)
Contact: Paul J Georgeson Lloyd Werft (Bremerhaven) Companies represented Yiulian Dockyards (Hong Kong)
Mobile: +44 (0) 7710 297535 Rickmers Werft (Bremerhaven) Arno Dunkerque (France) Elgin Brown & Hamer Group
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Japan
Drydocks World-Japan
Areas: Japan and South Korea Contact: Mr. H.C.Kim Managing Director Mobile: +821020501971 Mobile: +82112951971
Email: ddworld@drydocksworldjapan.com
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