The 326-meter, 145,655 tonne Norwegian Breakaway recently completed 11 days in dry-dock at Damen Shiprepair Brest for scheduled maintenance and refurbishment. The main objective of the dry docking was to conduct mechanical work on the ship's two ABB Azipods in close cooperation with ABB. The work included repairing the shaft bearings and replacing the slewing seals requiring … [Read more...]
Dry Dock with Norwegian Tanker Capsizes at Polish Shipyard
A floating dry dock holding a Norwegian tanker capsized Thursday afternoon at the Nauta Shipyard in Gdynia, Poland. The Nauta Shipyard said in a statement that the dry dock began listing at about 1:30 p.m. local time on Thursday and came to rest practically on its side at a depth of about 10 meters. Inside the dry dock is the Norwegian-flagged tanker Hordafor … [Read more...]
WATCH: Cape Town Dry Dock Accident… Caught on Tape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Axt0q8Jyyk Video shows an accident in a Cape Town dry dock involving the offshore supply vessel Go Regulus (in orange) and what looks like a fishing trawler (in blue). Latest AIS data as of Dec. 7 shows the Go Regulus at the Sturrock Dry Dock repair and maintenance yard in Cape Town. It appears as though there may have been some sort of … [Read more...]
Ship Photo of the Day – Holed Carla Maersk in Dry Dock
The MT Carla Maersk sits in a Bahamas dry dock on May 5, 2015 for repairs following a collision with the Conti Peridot bulk carrier in the Houston Ship Channel on March 9th. The photos below give you a good idea of the extent of damage sustained by the vessel. The Carla Maersk ended up spilling an unknown quantity of the toxic fuel additive MTBE, closing the Channel for … [Read more...]
Scandlines Ferry Damaged in Shipyard Dock Accident
A Scandlines ferry in dock at the Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk, Poland for planned upgrades is getting an unexpected extended stay. The ferry Prinsesse Benedikte was finishing up a three-week scrubber installation at the yard earlier this week when the floating dock it was in keeled over during the float-out, causing the ferry to slip down the keel block. The incident … [Read more...]