January saw the Royal Canadian Navy’s Kingston-class coastal patrol vessel HMCS Goose Bay (707) complete a ten-month refit at Nova Scotia-based Canadian ship repairer Shelburne. As part of the 1998-commissioned vessel’s refit, the patrol vessel was…

Swedish ship repairer Oresund DryDocks AB, based in the port of Landskrona, has secured a SEK 70 million contract to carry out the refit of the 34,924gt 2004-built cruise vessel Birka Stockholm, now owned by the newly established Gotland Alandia…

Norway’s ship designer, builder and conversion specialist Vard is to convert IT International Telecom Marine’s offshore platform support vessel (PSV) IT Infinity into a cable laying vessel.

The 5,000dwt IT Infinity was built by Vard’s Brattvåg yard…

The west coast of Africa is not exactly over-subscribed with quality shiprepair yards to handle the vast array of vessel types that operate in this area year-round. These vessels include large and small fishing vessels from the various West African…