UK defence contractor Babcock International and the UK’s Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) have agreed a full cost recovery contract worth an estimated GBP 560 million for the deep maintenance and Lifex programme on the Royal Navy’s (RN) Vanguard-class…

The perils of operating a lifeline ferry service network with an ageing fleet with a stretched maintenance budget have been highlighted only too well at Scotland’s largest ferry operator, Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac).

The ferry operator’s…

The UK’s defence contractor Babcock is currently in the process of creating a GBP 1 billion “super” ship repair and maintenance facility for the Royal Navy’s (RN) fleet of surface vessels and submarines within western Europe’s largest naval base,…

The major expansion of drydocking facilities at leading Turkish shipbuilder and repairer Sefine Shipyard, based in Yalova, took a major step forward at the end of February when the keel was laid for its new 75,000-ton lifting capacity floating dock…