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THE SHIPYARD ANNUAL

N-KOM: Repair Volume Up 25%

Operating since 2011, Qatar’s Na- kilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (N-KOM) offers a range of repair, con- version, maintenance and fabrication services to marine, offshore and onshore industry. The ship-yard has delivered in excess of 800 marine and offshore proj- ects to date, of which 20% is made up of LNG carrier repairs. In comparison to the ? rst half of 2017, the year 2018 has a marked increase in vol-ume about 25% in terms of repairs and other works.

In addition, the shipyard won a competi- tive bid for the installation of Scrubbers and Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) for a series of VLCCs belong- ing to one of the top tanker operators based in Greece. At the end of August, the ? rst VLCC of a series will undergo routine dockings and retro? t of an in-line type of Scrubber as well as of a Ballast

Water Treatment System. Three or four more will follow through September and

October, where work is expected to con- tinue through to 2019.

In the ? rst half on 2018, the shipyard had retro? tted two sister Very Large

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Gas Carriers (VLGC) with Ballast Wa-

May Ship Repair

GSR Holding Steady

Diversi? es to accommodate the in- The shipbuilding and repair market has been creasing size of tugboats slightly increasing over the past year with most of and barges within the Mid- the increase being sporadic on vessel repair. New

Atlantic marketplace. In construction has been steady and in May Ship Re- particular, Subchapter M pairs business, we have been focused on infrastruc- regulations have driven an ture expansion such as passenger ferry landings for increase in business lately the City of New York. Looking to the future, May at the yard. Ship anticipates this trend to continue or even de-

Major investments over cline due to possible trade tariffs and lack of needed the past year have included new construction of small to midsized vessels be- the construction of a water cause of market saturation and the current industry reclamation barge that is a processing system for wash water. Dry sandblasting is only performed within enclosures. Blasting on the dry docks is done with 40,000 PSI ultra-high pres-

Images: General Ship Repair sure water blaster. All wa-

The General Ship Repair has a century of experience ter is recovered and ? ltered.

providing full-service repairs to both the shipping in- A few major projects over the past year has included terests of the Port of Baltimore and the workboat mar- the overhaul of two 110-ft. Coast Guard cutters, Army ket of the Mid-Atlantic. As one of the few dry-docking Corps. Of Engineers Vessels, Cable Ships, Ready Re- facilities in the region, the yard sees a steady stream of serve Ships and commercial ship repairs in the Port of tugs and barges, as well as passenger vessels, ? reboats Baltimore. General Ship crews are also mobile, often and small cruise ships. working on vessels in the Ports of Baltimore, Wilming-

The yard offers two, 1,000-ton ? oating dry docks ton, and Philadelphia.

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