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mechanical drive and is, therefore, a breakthrough for both the company and for the industry as a whole. Furthermore, it shows Wärtsilä’s commitment to adding value to its customers’ operations throughout the lifecycle of their installations.” In another development Wärtsilä has signed a
long term service agreement with Eidesvik Offshore, Norway, for the supply of maintenance services for the seismic vessel Oceanic Vega. The service agreement, which is expected to considerably reduce maintenance costs for the owner, runs for five years, with an option for an additional five years. Tere is also an option for a similar arrangement covering a sister vessel, due to be delivered in July 2011.
Turkey Sefine opens for
repair business Te Sefine Shipyard in Yalova, Turkey, which has been active in the newbuilding market for the past two years, is opening a new drydock for repair and conversion activity. Construction work on the facility was completed in September this year and the company expects to take the first vessel into the drydock for repairs in October 2010.
Sefine, which is part of a Kolin industrial and
trading group, is confident that it can become one of the leading repair yards in the eastern Mediterranean. Zafer Gungor, shiprepair and conversion manager, says: “Our prices will be lower than other shipyards and, because we are part of a big powerful group, subcontractors are happy to work with us. We pay on time so don’t have any problems finding good contractors.” In addition Mr Gungor points out that the company has strong relations with a number of leading Turkish shipowners, and this will help secure a good volume of work for Sefine’s drydock.
South Africa Dormac targets
offshore work South Africa’s leading repair operation, Dormac, has announced that it is establishing a new division dedicated to the oil and gas markets. Tis is intended to enable Dormac, which has a network of workshops around Southern Africa, to better engage the major players in this industry through a specialised division that can more effectively meet clients’ individual requirements. In recent months Dormac has built new workshop
premises in Cape Town port, in addition to facilities acquired in Walvis Bay last year, which have been further expanded in 2010. “Tese investments will allow us to become a major service partner for existing and new clients, as well as enabling Dormac to competitively tender on larger upgrade and fabrication projects that might take place at any one of our five yards,” comments Chris Sparg, managing director. Dormac is also part of consortia that are seeking
Sefine’s new drydock at its shipyard in Yalova is due to handle its first ship in October.
Sefine’s new dock is 240m long, 42m wide and 8m
deep and as such can handle panamax and aframax size ships. Equipment serving the drydock includes a tower crane and two portal jib cranes with a 25tonnes liſt capacity, while a 60tonne gantry crane is under construction and should be in operation shortly. Te drydock is the biggest in the Yalova area, where
there are now around 30 shipyards, all within around 30 minutes of Istanbul. As well as the new drydock, Sefine has an alongside berthing area of around 330m for ship repair work.
8 Porugal Busy first half for
Lisnave In the first half of this year, the Portuguese yard Lisnave handled a total of 46 ships for repair and maintenance work, of which 28 were tankers. Te vessels that docked at the Mitrena yard came from 33 clients in 15 different countries.
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to win concessions to operate the publicly-owned drydocks at various locations in South Africa. Negotiations with Transnet are at an advanced stage, following a public tender process. Transnet is willing to hand over the operation of the docks to the private sector, but under specific terms, including maintaining the common user principle. Positive engagement between the bidders and Transnet is expected to take place over the coming months.
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