Yards & Repair

Hambantota Port

HIP to aggressively promote afloat repairs in 2023

portnews - January 2, 2023

Recently, CDPLC directed MV Sandpiper for afloat repairs at HIP The Hambantota International Port (HIP) is supporting Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) to handle running repairs...

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Four deliveries in final week rounds off good year for Sanmar Shipyards

portnews - December 30, 2022

Sanmar Shipyards delivered four tugs during the final week of 2022 rounding off an extremely successful year, which saw the Turkish tugboat-builder deliver a...

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Sanmar Delivers Four New Tugs

portnews - December 29, 2022

Sanmar Shipyards delivered four tugs during the final week of 2022 rounding off a year that saw the Turkish tugboat-builder deliver a total of...

Brazil

Brazil’s Ship Graveyard Risks Environmental Disaster, Group Warns

portnews - December 29, 2022

On a stormy evening in mid-November, a huge, abandoned cargo ship broke free of its moorings and slowly floated into the massive concrete bridge...

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Oshima takes over Koyagi plant from MHI

portnews - December 29, 2022

Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has fully transferred the new shipbuilding area of the Koyagi Plant at Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works to...

Colombo Port

Colombo dockyard to repair ships while afloat

portnews - December 29, 2022

The majority of vessels directed to HIP for afloat repairs come with damages experienced below the water line. CDPLC carries out permanent repairs on...

Companies

Samsung Heavy Industries developed a boil-off gas recovery system for LNG-powered ships

portnews - December 23, 2022

Samsung Heavy Industries, a major shipbuilder in South Korea, said on Tuesday that its boil-off gas recovery system (BReS) for LNG-powered vessels has obtained...

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The Floating Shipyard Revisited: A Mobile, Modular Yard for Repairs

portnews - December 22, 2022

Since “The Concept of the Floating Shipyard" was published earlier this year, we have developed a new model with South Korean company KR Engineering...

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