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Several cruise ship drydock projects are taking place this month. In addition to major conversions and modernizations, there is also routine work and even unscheduled repairs. For more insight in the cruise ship drydock and repair market, see the 2023 Drydock and Refurb Report by Cruise Industry News. Here are…
Compagnie Française de Croisières (CFC) is postponing its inaugural cruise by a month. According to a statement published by the French startup cruise line, the first commercial sailing of its first ship – the Renaissance – will now take place on June 29, 2023. Currently being refurbished at the Damen…
Damen is seeing growing project scopes and has ships scheduled up to 2030 according to the 2023 Drydock and Refurbishment Report by Cruise Industry News. “We have exact dates up to 2030 already,” said Rogier van der Laan, global product manager cruise maintenance and upgrade services at Damen. “We are…
TSHD Daniel Laval arrives at Damen’s Brest drydock February 1, 2021, by Eldin Ganic The trailing suction hopper dredger “Daniel Laval” arrived last week at Damen’s Brest drydock No2 for urgent repairs on her bow thruster. The dredger, owned by GIE Dragages Ports, is fitted with a suction pipe on the starboard side with its dredge pump driven by one of the two Wartsila 9L26A main propulsion engines through a reduction gear. The 104m vessel has a 6m draught and is capable of dredging to depths of up to 26m. Dating back to 1963, Damen Shiprepair ...