Welcome to the new Ship Repair section, incorporated into shipandoffshore.net

In addition to the Ship and Offshore Repair Journal, the Ship Repair Newsletter is now also part of the Schiff&Hafen and Ship&Offshore family of the DVV Media Group in Hamburg. On this part of our website you will now find the latest news from the repair, conversion and retrofitting business.

Every Monday, you will find the most important news conveniently in your inbox.

Beyond that, more in-depth and technical background information can be found in the continuation of the Ship and Offshore Repair Journal which is being published alongside Ship&Offshore every second month.

Ship Repair News

Ship Repair
01.09.2025
Ship Repair

Jotun launches Hardtop XP II marine coating

Jotun has introduced Hardtop XP II, the next generation of its global topcoat bestseller. The product builds on the legacy of Hardtop XP, which has sold over 300 million litres since its launch in 2006, and is aimed at improving durability,…

Ship Repair
01.09.2025
Ship Repair

Polaris Liberty completes scheduled maintenance at BLRT Klaipeda

The 140m-long vehicle carrier Polaris Liberty has completed scheduled maintenance at BLRT Repair Yards in Klaipeda, Lithuania. Owned by Polaris Autoliners and managed by OSM Thome, the vessel has a capacity of 2,000 CEU and is designed to provide…

Ship Repair
01.09.2025
Ship Repair

Hanwha pledges USD 5 billion to expand Philadelphia shipyard under MASGA initiative

Hanwha Group will significantly expand its US shipbuilding capacity with a USD 5 billion investment in Hanwha Philly Shipyard, announced during the US–Korea summit in Philadelphia. The commitment, fifty times greater than the USD 100 million spent to…

Ship Repair
01.09.2025
Ship Repair

Atlantic Shrike retrofit achieves 11% fuel and emissions savings

Atlantic Towing Limited has reported significant efficiency gains following the retrofit of its platform supply vessel Atlantic Shrike with Vard Electro’s SeaQ Energy Storage System. The vessel has achieved an 11% reduction in fuel use across all…

Ship Repair
01.09.2025
Ship Repair

Trans Sol begins refit at BLRT Repair Yards

BLRT Repair Yards has begun a major upgrade project on the Sea-Cargo AS vessel Trans Sol, following the recent completion of similar work on its sister ship Trans Hav.

The extensive scope of the project includes the covering of the weather deck,…

Ship Repair
01.09.2025
Ship Repair

Seatrium to upgrade FLNG Hilli Episeyo for redeployment

Seatrium has secured a contract from Golar Hilli Corporation, a subsidiary of Golar LNG, to carry out upgrading work on the FLNG Hilli Episeyo. The project will take place in Singapore, with the vessel due to enter the yard in the third quarter of…

Ship Repair
25.08.2025
Ship Repair

HMS Quorn leaves Appledore unfinished amid payment concerns

The former Royal Navy minehunter HMS Quorn, sold to Lithuania and renamed Sūduvis, has been towed from Appledore shipyard without its planned modernisation being completed.

The Hunt-class vessel had been undergoing an upgrade under Ministry of…

Ship Repair
25.08.2025
Ship Repair

Vard to convert Sanco Sailor for seismic operations

Vard has secured a contract from Norway’s Sanco Shipping to carry out a major conversion of the seismic research vessel Sanco Sailor into a seismic source vessel.

Formerly the PGS Apollo, the 106.6m by 19.2m vessel was taken over by Sanco on July 31…

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