On May 16th, 1974, Hydrex was officially born. In the 50 years since then we have grown from a small diving firm operating from a home office into a large…
At the end of 2022 our diver/technician teams carried out a double underwater stern tube seal repair on a roro ship berthed in Port of Burnie, Tasmania. The ship was…
Hydrex divers and technicians have successfully carried out major and minor underwater repair operations all over the globe. Just in the months before we wrote this article we mobilized to…
More and more ships are being fitted with scrubbers so that they can use cheaper, heavy fuel without violating regulations. But, there is a problem: inadequately protected mild steel is…
Double stern tube seal repair on pipe laying vessel in Rotterdam Our diver/technicians replaced the seals of both stern tube assemblies of a pipe laying vessel berthed in Rotterdam. Using…
Underwater bow thruster removal in Rotterdam We have been active in Rotterdam since Hydrex was founded 47 years ago. Having our dive support vessels stationed in Rotterdam enables a fast…
Scrubber overboard pipe repairs in Europe Recently Hydrex diver/technicians carried out scrubber overboard pipe repairs in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Spain. The corroded areas of two scrubber pipes were…
Hydrex: Emergency grounding damage repair in Phuket While a Hydrex diver/technician teams was performing an underwater bow thruster repair in Phuket, a cruise ship suffered grounding damage while on its…
Underwater rudder operation in Dubai Hydrex as contacted by the owner of a 193-meter roro ship to secure both rudders of the vessel. This would allow the OEM to…
Building upon conventional technical skills and know-how while also taking advantage of the latest technology, Hydrex offers a unique hull monitoring service to its customers. This gives shipowners total control…
We were contacted by the representative of a 163-meter roro vessel to carry out a crack repair during the ship’s stop in Zeebrugge. The operation was carried out swiftly during…
Last month a team of Hydrex diver/technicians performed underwater thruster operations on two vessels simultaneously in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. Repairs were carried out on both azimuth thrusters of an FPSO, while…
On the 1st of March the new Hydrex office in Rotterdam has officially opened. Its purpose is to improve the delivery of our services and underwater expertise to the maritime industry of Rotterdam.…
Phase 2 of the expansion and renovation of the Hydrex headquarters is now nearing its end. While the finishing touches are being put to the refurbishing of the existing locations,…
In November one of our diver/technician teams performed a successful propeller blade cropping operation on a 229-meter bulker under difficult weather circumstances while the vessel was at anchorage in Punta…
In the beginning of December a Hydrex diving team mobilized to a 170-meter container vessel with one of our workboats. The team installed a doubler plate over the cavitated area…
The transit flap of a 225-meter drill ship came loose and started swinging dangerously. This caused damage in the aft bulkhead and a leak in the ballast tank situated behind…
A 184-meter, 50.885 DWT chemical tanker had hit a buoy. A full underwater inspection and repair was needed. The vessel was only launched last year and was on a long…
Hydrex has an in-house Research & Development department that can take care of the engineering aspects of an operation. In this way turnkey solutions can be offered for complex hull…
When a 162-meter pipe laying vessel suffered an oil leak, going to drydock for bow thruster repairs seemed the only option. The owner contacted us to see if we could…
In May a Hydrex diver/technician team carried out underwater stern tube seal repairs on a 200-meter roro vessel in Port Kembla, Australia. The ship was suffering from an oil leak,…
At the end of March a Hydrex team traveled to Haifa, Israel to carry out a crack repair on the rudder of a 260-meter container vessel. The divers started the…
In December the rudder of a 250-meter crude oil tanker started showing wrong readings. An inspection uncovered that the rudder was not calibrated correctly and that its movements did not…
When damage to propellers occurs due to impact with ice and other debris, Hydrex will help you, even if the damage is quite extensive. A ship with bent or cracked…
In September a Hydrex diver/technician team removed a bow thruster unit which needed to be overhauled from a 363-meter container vessel. The removal itself was carried out in Rotterdam. Earlier…