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The new floating dock at Norway’s FiskerstrandVerft

Floating dock arrives in Zeebrugge

Belgium’s Flanders Ship Repair, Zeebrugge, has taken delivery of a new Floating Dock for its shipyard inside the Port. The unit was transported from the west coast of Norway, Aalesund to Zeebrugge on-board the 25,000 dwt semi-submersible heavy lift barge Boabarge 34. The Floating Dock, which was originally built in 1943, has a lifting capacity of some 7,500 tonnes and has the ability to be submersed in one hour. It is due to be operational by the end of February this year. The dimensions of the dock are: • Length: 135.00 m • Opening between walls: 24.00 m • Lifting capacity: 7,500 tonnes • Cranage: 7.5 tonnes in centre dock

The dock was purchased from Fiskerstrand Verft, located just outside Aalesund, this yard receiving a new floating dock at the end of last year (2019).

New floating dock at Fiskerstrand

Norway’s Fiskerstrand Verft, located at Fiskerstrand on Norway’s west coast near Flanders Ship Repair’s new floating dock being loaded on-board the Boabarge 34 in Aalesund

Aalesund, recently received a new Floating Dock from Lithuania’s Western Shiprepair, Klaipeda. The 1970-built unit has a lifting capacity of 12,000 tonnes, which increases the capability of the shipyard. Fiskerstrand Verft’s former 7,500 tonnes lifting capacity floating dock was recently sold to Belgium’s Flanders Ship Repair, Zeebrugge (See accompanying article). The dimensions of the new floating dock are: • Length: 165.00 m • Opening between walls: 27.40 m • Lifting capacity: 12,000 tonnes • Cranage: 2 x 15 tonnes The new floating dock has the following facilities: • Service well for azimuth thrusters • Hydraulic side support for efficient docking • Collecting system for wastewater from high pressure washing to avoid emission to sea. • Increased shore power capacity

Damen signs Bangladesh agreement

During mid-January, Australia’s Gentium and Holland’s Damen Shipyards Group signed a MoU with the Ministry of Industry of Bangladesh

in Dhaka. Also present at the signing ceremony were representatives of the Netherlands Embassy in Bangladesh, who are supporting Gentium-Damen in their undertaking. The goal of the MoU is to establish and develop a shipbuilding and shiprepair industry in Bangladesh. The aim is to build ships in Bangladesh, for Bangladesh, with a long-term view of serving export markets. The partners in the MoU will undertake a number of tasks in this direction. First amongst these will be the establishment of shipbuilding and repair facility built to globally-recognised environmental and building standards. The standard of the facility will be sufficient for the construction and delivery of seagoing vessels able to compete in the global marketplace. As part of their role in the MoU, Gentium-Damen will facilitate a transfer of technology and knowledge to help Bangladeshi personnel develop the skills required to serve the international maritime industry. As a result of this, the MoU will create significant training and employment opportunities within Bangladesh. Area Director Asia Pacific of Damen Shipyards Group Roland Briene, who signed the MoU on behalf of Damen, said, “We are very pleased to be participating in this MoU. Damen has a long track record of skills and knowledge transfer of which we are immensely proud. It is our philosophy and practice to help develop the shipbuilding and maritime industries in the countries in which we operate. This includes investing in the establishment of high quality facilities and equipment and the training of local personnel. Time and again we have witnessed this leading to the establishment of sustainable shipbuilding initiatives able to serve the global marketplace. We are very much looking forward to applying our experience, along with our partners Gentium and the Ministry of Industry, here in Bangladesh.”

Kleven Verft changes ownership

Croatia’s DIV Group, the holding company that owns Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit, is taking over Norway’s Kleven Verft, Ulsteinvik. DIV Group’s Brodosplit runs a shipyard in Split, Croatia, that builds many types of ships. The deal will see Kleven and Brodosplit become sister companies. It is likely that outfitting of ships will take place at Kleven and hull construction in Croatia. The Kleven brand name will be retained. Kleven has been made ready for sale by its owner Hurtigruten, which wanted to pull out after it took delivery of its second of two expedition cruiseships, the 20,900-gt Fridtjof Nansen (built 2019). The sistership Roald Amundsen (built 2019) was delivered to Hurtigruten last summer. Kleven employs 500 people. Kleven has been reeling from major financial losses, accumulating some NOK 1.2bn ($122m) in debt in the last four years. Kleven chief executive Kjetil Bollestad said the future now is looking brighter for the company than in many years. Meanwhile, Kleven Myklebust, which was Kleven’s shiprepair yard, also located on Ulsteinvik, was made independent from the main Kleven yard during 2019, is now operated by Myklebust Verft Invest AS. SORJ

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