Alongside a steady stream of routine ship repair and survey work, the Middle East region’s oldest international ship repair yard, ASRY, is capitalising on new revenue streams. The Bahrain yard has recently announced the first phase of a new construction project for the Bahrain Petroleum Company, Bapco.

Another executive has quit from troubled Belfast shipyard Harland & Wolff, amid further conjecture over potential buyers as it approaches bankruptcy this month.

Globally, there are 128 decommissioning projects underway concerning a variety of offshore topsides. European waters are home to a 58% share of hardware currently or set to be decommissioned, Ship Repair Newsletter heard – and many of these structures were installed decades before much thought was given to their effect on the marine environment.

Dubai Drydocks World (DDW) has placed an order with Chinese manufacturer Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) for a 5,000-tonne sheerleg crane, mounted on a 160m A-frame.