NEWS
Asia
Drydocks World Drydocks World - Southeast Asia (DDW-SEA), the Southeast Asian subsidiary of Drydocks World, has clinched two significant conversion orders. The first is an upgrade from a crane barge to an
Singapore Business picks up for Keppel wins diverse
accommodation barge for Leighton Offshore and the second is a container ship to livestock carrier conversion for a Saudi Arabian customer, Hmood Al Ali Al Khalaf Trading and Transporting. Te livestock carrier conver- sion is a particularly high value contract worth more than Sin $60 million and involving some 5500tonnes of steel work. Given the anticipated improvement in market
conditions, DDW-SEA has recently employed an imagina- tive solution to upgrading and expanding its facilities at the Drydocks World - Singapore shipyard in Tuas. Tis has involved moving a number of its operations into a 10,000m2
factory at 36 Tuas Crescent located across the
road from the main yard and linking the factory to the shipyard by a pedestrian bridge.
Qatar Qatari yard signs
naval repair MOU Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreement with the Qatari Navy for ship repair services at the company’s new shiprepair facilities in Ras Laffan, which are due to open later this year. Te MOU includes drydocking and repairs to Qatari
Navy and other auxiliary vessels in accordance with planned maintenance programs; afloat repairs for Qatari Navy ships; major upgrades or conversions; emergency repairs and procurement services for machinery spare parts and materials.
Japan Namura to reopen
repair dock Japan’s Namura Shipbuilding is to bring back into use the Hakodate dock in Hokkaido, which has remained idle for around 30 years, as a ship repair facility. According to reports the company plans to invest
over US$5 million in upgrading and renovating the dock, which is due to re-open in October this year. New equipment will include a 70tonne crane, to facilitate the repair and replacement of parts on large vessels.
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contracts Te Keppel group has picked up some notable upgrade and conversion contracts in recent weeks. In Singapore, Keppel FELS will carry out repairs and major upgrading works for Stena on the drilling semisubmersible Stena Clyde. Work started in April and includes a Special Periodic Survey, main engine replacements and mooring winch system upgrade. The semisubmersible will return to its deployment in Perth, Australia for Apache Corporation, on completion of the work in June 2010. Additionally, Keppel Shipyard in Singapore has secured
a contract to convert a vehicle carrier, Merlion Ace, into a livestock carrier for Hijazi & Ghosheh a leading livestock carrier owner and operator. Te work scope includes design engineering, procurement of major equipment, modification of ship structural, piping and electrical systems. To be renamed Ghena, the vessel is targeted for completion in the third quarter of 2010, and will ply the route between Australia and the Middle East Over in the Netherlands, Keppel Verolme has been
awarded with the repair and maintenance of a 3700 deadweight tonne dynamically positioned drilling semi, Stena Don. Te job scope involves upgrading the drilling rig capabilities by installing four blisters and two sponsons, as well as overhauling the thrusters. Work on Stena Don is scheduled for completion by mid- 2010.
UK A&P secures major
conversion A&P Falmouth has taken on a major contract to convert an 87m long seismic vessel into a geotechnical survey vessel for use in the offshore renewable energy industry. Te 4027gt Föhn, originally built in Norway in 1983, is now owned by Gardline Geosciences and will be renamed Ocean Discovery once the conversion is complete. A&P Falmouth will be equipping the vessel with
state-of-the-art resources, in addition to a full refit and accommodation upgrade. Te contract includes fitting a moonpool, which is being prefabricated by A&P Falmouth while a twin tower drilling derrick will be installed above the moonpool. Ocean Discovery will also be fitted with a four-point
mooring system, to be used in addition to the computer- controlled dynamic-positioning system being installed in the vessel. Tere will also be an ‘A’ frame installed on the transom for the deployment of seabed survey equipment. Te refit will remove 200tonnes of steel and equipment, replacing it with new equipment weighing in at just 40tonnes.
Shiprepair and Conversion Technology 2nd Quarter 2010
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