Hydrex was the first company to show that it was possible to remove and then replace thrusters by creating a dry environment underwater. Using the Hydrex-developed steel mobdocks to seal off the thruster tunnel, with an access shaft protruding above the water, work teams accessed the thruster tunnel and removed or repaired the thruster within […]
December 20, 2013 | Posted in
Also in the news,
Company News,
Equipment & Technology,
Europe & Eurasia,
Featured,
News,
News by topic,
NEWS category,
Operations,
Press releases,
Regional news |
Read More »
In September Hydrex has carried out bow thruster blade replacements on a 366-meter container ship in Rotterdam. The speedy repair was done during unloading. Our divers performed the operation underwater using one of our own workboats based at the Antwerp depot. This made it possible for the owner to keep his vessel out of drydock. […]
Hydrex can assist shipowners with almost any problem they encounter with their vessel’s thruster. A wide range of repair or maintenance work can be carried out on all types of thrusters. An entire unit can be overhauled, propeller blades or seals can be replaced or repair work on a specific part of a thruster can […]
September 13, 2013 | Posted in
Also in the news,
Company News,
Europe & Eurasia,
Featured,
News,
News by topic,
NEWS category,
Operations,
Press releases,
Regional news |
Read More »
A Hydrex diver/technician team mobilized to Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A. last month to remove the bow thruster of a 294-meter container vessel. The unit needed to be overhauled. Hydrex performed the operation underwater in a very short time frame. This made it possible for the owner to keep his vessel out of drydock. Together with all […]
May 17, 2013 | Posted in
Americas,
Company News,
Featured,
News,
News by topic,
NEWS category,
Operations,
Press releases,
Regional news,
Top Stories,
Vessels |
Read More »
A Hydrex diver/technician team mobilized to Rotterdam last month to remove the bow thruster of a 300-meter container vessel. The unit needed to be overhauled. Hydrex performed the operation underwater using the company’s own workboats based at the Antwerp depot. This made it possible for the owner to keep his vessel out of drydock. The […]
March 7, 2013 | Posted in
Also in the news,
Company News,
Europe & Eurasia,
Featured,
News,
News by topic,
NEWS category,
Operations,
Press releases,
Regional news,
Vessels |
Read More »
Near the end of 2012, an 86-meter research vessel needed the stainless steel belt in one of its thruster tunnels replaced. A Hydrex diver/technician team therefore flew to Pointe- Noire, Congo to perform the repairs. The stainless steel belt is installed around the perimeter of a thruster tunnel at the location of the thruster blades. […]
February 3, 2013 | Posted in
Africa,
Also in the news,
Company News,
Featured,
News,
News by topic,
NEWS category,
Operations,
Press releases,
Regional news |
Read More »
In July, Hydrex performed the removal of a bow thruster that needed to be overhauled, and reinstalled a spare unit in one take. Both parts of the operation were carried out during a 200-meter container vessel’s stop in Antwerp. A diver/technician team carried out a preliminary inspection and took the necessary measurements prior to the […]
August 31, 2012 | Posted in
Also in the news,
Equipment & Technology,
Europe & Eurasia,
Featured,
News,
News by topic,
NEWS category,
Press releases,
Regional news,
Vessels |
Read More »
When the bow thruster unit of a 348-meter container vessel needed to be overhauled, Hydrex sent a diver/technician team to the ship to remove the unit on-site and reinstall it again two months later after it had been overhauled. The operation was performed in stages at several locations to allow the vessel to keep to […]
February 3, 2012 | Posted in
Also in the news,
Company News,
Europe & Eurasia,
Featured,
News,
News by topic,
NEWS category,
Operations,
Press releases,
Regional news |
Read More »