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…

One of the Caribbean’s leading ship repairers is Damen Shiprepair Curaçao, based in Willemstad, in the Netherlands Antilles. Owned by the Government of the Netherlands Antilles, this major facility has been managed by Damen since 2017 and has had a…