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…
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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
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…
The immeasurable value of underwater inspections
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…
Fast mobilization for crack repair in Zeebrugge
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…
Underwater thruster repairs on two ships at the same time in Mexico
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…
March 1st: Hydrex office in Rotterdam has officially opened
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,…
Underwater propeller blade cropping in Uruguay restores efficiency
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…
Underwater rudder repair in Rotterdam with Hydrex dive support workboat
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…
Emergency repair in Dubai keeps vessel on long drydock interval
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…
Hydrex enables OEM to access bow thruster out of drydock
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…
Dry shaft seal renewal underwater in Australia
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,…
Underwater rudder crack repair in Haifa
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…
Emergency afloat rudder operation in Le Havre
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…
Fast propeller repairs restore efficiency and save money
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…
Underwater bow thruster removal in stages avoids loss of income
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…
New Hydrex and Ecospeed/Ecoshield in UK and Ireland
New UK Agent, European Marine & Machinery Agencies Ltd., Appointed for Hydrex and Ecospeed/Ecoshield in the UK and Ireland ANTWERP, Belgium, 22 October 2014 – Southampton, UK based specialist marine engineering…
Rapid underwater bow thruster removal avoids drydocking
Early in July a Hydrex diver/technician team removed a bow thruster unit which needed to be overhauled from a 160-meter dry cargo vessel. The operation was carried out in Antwerp,…
Hydrex offers fast on-site repairs in emergency situations. Our offices have fully operational fast response centers. This allows us to immediately mobilize teams to locations around the world for a…
Hydrex international sales conference
On the 11th and 12th of June 2014 Hydrex and Subsea Industries hosted an international sales conference which was attended by many of the companies’ agents from around the world.…
Hydrex replaces bow thruster seals underwater in Poland without hindering cargo operations
At the end of June, a Hydrex team replaced the three leaking bow thruster shaft seals of a 400-meter container ship in Gdansk, Poland. The operation was performed on-site and…
On-site bow thruster removal and reinstallation in New York
To save time and money for the owner of a 190-meter, 28, 747 GRT bulk carrier, Hydrex removed the bow thruster of the ship and installed a new unit during…