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Navantia UK has taken on 10 new apprentices at its Arnish yard on the Isle of Lewis. The intake comes after investment in facilities, equipment and skills at the site, which the company says now has a stronger role in specialist steel fabrication for energy work.
Concordia Damen said the final two container barges in a six-vessel series, Wye and Curlew, were launched at Scheepswerf Maasbracht on 6 May. The pair has arrived in Werkendam and is due to undergo sea trials later this month before crossing the North Sea to London for Cory Group operations on the River Thames.
PV Shipyard handed over steel structures for the 2GW Nederwiek Beta HVDC project to TenneT and Seatrium on March 14 in Ho Chi Minh City. The scope covered a Loadout Support Frame and Skid Beams weighing about 5,500 tons, with the Skid Beams completed 75 days ahead of schedule and the work recorded 500,000 safe working hours with no lost-time injuries.
Ferus Smit launched Nb. 487, named Naven, at its Westerbroek yard on 6 December at 11.00 hrs. The vessel is due to be delivered to Erik Thun AB of Lidkoping, Sweden, and is the 50th ship the yard has built for the owner.
Ferus Smit will launch Nb. 487, Naven, at its Westerbroek yard on 6 December at 11.00 hrs. The 5,100 dwt Iceclass 1B bulker is the 50th vessel the yard has built for Erik Thun AB of Lidkoping, Sweden.
Ferus Smit launched Nb. 486, to be named Kolland, at its Westerbroek yard on 5 September at 11.00 hrs. The vessel will be delivered to Erik Thun AB of Lidkoping, Sweden, as the fifth of six ships in the Trollmax mk 4 series.