Danish contractor Semco Maritime and Spanish shipbuilding and shiprepair group Zamakona Yards have launched the Las Palmas Shipyard, aimed at rig and special-vessel upgrades, maintenance, and repair. The partners said operations had already started…

Energy and marine consultancy ABL has gained DNV approval for a preliminary design concept enhancing stern thruster changeover on a DP2 vessel. The company, part of Oslo-listed ABL Group ASA, said the milestone reinforces operational resilience while…

Seatrium Limited has won a contract from Karpowership to convert a new Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU), marking its eighth FSRU conversion project for the company. Scheduled to begin in Q3 2026, the project will convert the LNG carrier LN…

Huafeng Shipyard has completed repair works on the Liberia-flagged LPG carrier BW Njord in just 15 days. The Singapore-operated vessel, built in 2016 in South Korea, arrived at the yard on February 23rd and departed on March 10th. The yard reported…

PPG has completed its 200th vessel dry docking using electrostatic application of marine fouling control coatings, nearly three years after introducing the method. The milestone was reached on the Stena Britannica, a Liberia-flagged RoPax vessel…

A new international standard governing in-water hull cleaning has been published to help ports, shipowners and service providers manage biofouling removal in an environmentally responsible way. The standard, ISO 6319, provides guidance on conducting…

Metalock Brasil has completed a cold structural repair on the auxiliary engine No. 4 block of a Liberia-flagged merchant vessel at the Port of Kingston, Jamaica. The company said the intervention reinforced its expertise in technical projects for…

Royal Caribbean Group has presented plans to develop a large shiprepair facility on Panama’s Pacific coast, with government officials expressing support for a project that could strengthen the country’s role as a regional maritime hub. The proposal,…