Welcome to the new Ship Repair section, incorporated into shipandoffshore.net

In addition to the Ship and Offshore Repair Journal, the Ship Repair Newsletter is now also part of the Schiff&Hafen and Ship&Offshore family of the DVV Media Group in Hamburg. On this part of our website you will now find the latest news from the repair, conversion and retrofitting business.

Every Monday, you will find the most important news conveniently in your inbox.

Beyond that, more in-depth and technical background information can be found in the continuation of the Ship and Offshore Repair Journal which is being published alongside Ship&Offshore every second month.

Ship Repair News

Ship Repair
17.08.2026
Ship Repair

Hanwha finally takes USD 1.2 billion punt on Austal USA

South Korean multinational Hanwha Group has submitted a preliminary offer of up to USD 1.2 billion (EUR 1.03 billion) for Austal USA, potentially giving the company control of one of the most strategically important naval shipyards in the US.

The…

Ship Repair
17.08.2026
Ship Repair

Lower shiprepair revenue hits Cochin Shipyard second-quarter earnings

India's Cochin Shipyard reported a 19.4% year-on-year fall in consolidated net profit for the quarter ended June 30th, 2026, as weaker performance in its shiprepair division offset growth in shipbuilding activity. Net profit declined to INR 1.5145…

Ship Repair
17.08.2026
Ship Repair

HD Hyundai to install robotic welding equipment at HII

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries are set to install mechanised welding equipment at HII Ingalls Shipbuilding in Mississippi, to reduce reliance on increasingly scarce expertise in manual welding. The equipment…

Ship Repair
17.08.2026
Ship Repair

Seatrium and Golar advance plans for third FLNG conversion

Seatrium has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Golar LNG covering the potential conversion of a third floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit, extending a partnership that has already delivered the world's only two operational FLNG units…

Ship Repair
17.08.2026
Ship Repair

MSC and Jotun strengthen partnership with “always clean hull”-agreement

Geneva-based shipping line Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has opted to install Jotun’s Hull Skating Solutions (HSS) on its 14,000-TEU container vessel MSC Daniela. 

The agreement incorporates a recoat of the vessel’s hull with Jotun’s…

Ship Repair
17.08.2026
Ship Repair

One dead and eleven injured in explosion at shipyard in Fujian

An investigation is underway after an explosion aboard a vessel under repair at the Century Huahai Shipbuilding yard in Fuan City in China’s Fujian Province claimed the life of one firefighter and left eleven injured. According to local authorities,…

Ship Repair
10.08.2026
Ship Repair

Keel laid for new floating dock at Western Shiprepair

BLRT Grupp has marked the laying of the keel for a new floating dock under construction at Hat-San Shipyard in Yalova, Türkiye, destined for BLRT’s Western Shiprepair in Klaipėda. The development follows a steel-cutting ceremony held in June. The…

Ship Repair
10.08.2026
Ship Repair

Harland & Wolff recruits skilled trades as Fleet Solid Support work ramps up

Harland & Wolff has launched a recruitment campaign for 28 skilled tradespeople as construction activity increases on the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's Fleet Solid Support (FSS) programme, which will see the largest vessels built at the Belfast yard in a…

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