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Is there a different future for

Ship Repair & Conversion?

By Rik van Hemmen here is an old adage that states that a repair yard can repair and conversion is improvisation. I will not drive the economically build new ships, but a new construc- theater comparison completely home, but it has some valid- tion yard should never touch ship repair jobs. In my ity. Improv actors can end up in major movies, but I am not

T experience there is a lot of truth to that statement, aware of much movement in the other direction.

and it does not mean that new construction yards are run by A good repair yard can improvise itself through a one-off less capable people; it simply means that ship construction construction job, but even a relatively simple repair in a new and ship repair and conversion are fundamentally different construction yard can quickly result in a ? nancial and sched- business models. Ship construction uses a script, while ship uling nightmare. Even rework in a new construction project 22 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • April 2021

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