UK ship repairer A&P Group is to focus its operations on its Tyneside yard, at Hebburn, and in Falmouth, southwest UK, after taking the decision to close its Teesside yard in Middlesbrough, which it has operated for 20 years. The workforce at this…

The ageing cruise ship Ocean Diamond is currently in drydock at Gibraltar’s Gibdock undergoing conversion into a Floatel for British Columbia-based Bridgemans Services Group. Following completion of the work for the Vancouver-based Floatel…

Against a backdrop of deepening US-India defence relations, a third Indian shipyard has been approved for the repair and maintenance of US Navy (USN) vessels. On April 6th, state-owned Cochin Shipyard announced that it had signed a Master Shipyard…

US east coast shipbuilder and repairer Newport News Shipbuilding has successfully completed the drydocking portion of the four-year RCOH (Refuelling and Complex Overhaul) of the US Navy’s Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS John C.…