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Babcock Awarded 10-Year Contract for HMS Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers Dockings
Babcock, the international defence, aerospace and security company has been awarded a 10-year contract to provide dry-dock maintenance for the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth class (QEC) aircraft carriers.The new £30m contract follows a previous …
May 16, 2022 / Naval
Tallink’s vessel Romantika to undergo regular dry-docking before proceeding to long-term charter
Tallink Grupp’s vessel Romantika (CruiseMapper) which until the start of the pandemic operated on the company’s Riga-Stockholm route, will depart from Tallinn today and head to the Turku Ship Repair Yard in Naantali, Finland, for a planned dry …
Mar 9, 2022 / Vessels
Tallink Grupp’s vessel Baltic Queen heads to Naantali, Finland for regular dry-docking
Tallink Grupp’s Tallinn-Stockholm route vessel Baltic Queen (CruiseMapper) departed on Wednesday (Jan26) from Tallinn and headed to the BLRT ship repair yard in Naantali, Finland for planned regular dry-docking, scheduled from 27 January until 9 …
Jan 28, 2022 / Vessels
Alabama Shipyard Wins Contract for Hospital Ship Overhaul
Alabama Shipyard has secured a nearly $26 million contract for the regular overhaul and dry-docking of Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), the U.S. Department of Defense announced. Caption: The Military Sealift …
Jan 10, 2022 / Naval
BAE Systems’ San Diego Shipyard to Tandem Dry-dock Two Destroyers
BAE Systems has received $170.7 million in contracts from the U.S. Navy to perform simultaneous maintenance and repair on two Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided-missile destroyers in its San Diego shipyard. Under the awarded contracts, the shipyard …
Sep 19, 2019 / Naval
Boskalis to dry dock Carnival cruise ship on the BOKA Vanguard (Video)
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a contract by Carnival Cruise Line to lift cruise ship Carnival Vista (see also CruiseMapper) out of the water onto the BOKA Vanguard and transport it to a shipyard facility for a …
Jul 3, 2019 / Vessels
Geoquip Saentis sails to her maiden job
Following a dry-docking, moonpool installation, major overhauls and the installation of Geoquip’s GMR600 marine drillrig, the Geoquip Saentis is now underway to her first assignment.Her first project will include numerous PCPT and sample boreholes …
Jun 5, 2019 / Vessels