Projects
On this page you can find a selection of the most important operations carried out around the world by our teams over the years.
Emergency propeller 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
Hull repair on drill ship in Gulf of Mexico
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
Permanent underwater insert repair in Palm Beach
A roro vessel suffered corrosion damage to the aft starboard side shell plating. We mobilized a team from our office in Tampa Bay to the
Underwater repairs in the U.A.E. on 150-meter large grounding damage
When the shell plating of a 300-meter bulker was indented over a length of 150 meters after a grounding in the Suez Canal, a large
Underwater repairs in Poland allow ship to sail on after severe grounding damage
In June a fully loaded 229-meter bulker suffered a 14-meter gash and some smaller cracks during a collision just outside the port of Gdansk, Poland.
Underwater propeller blade straightening in the British Indian Ocean Territory
With all five blades of its propeller severely bent, a 290-meter container vessel needed a fast, on-site solution to restore the propeller’s balance and efficiency.
Hydrex performs emergency rudder operation in Scotland
Shortly after a 101-meter ferry left drydock, its rudder started showing wrong readings. An underwater inspection uncovered that the rudder was not calibrated correctly and
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
Permanent underwater rudder repair in Antwerp
At the beginning of March a Hydrex team of diver/technicians sailed out with one of the company’s dive support workboats to a 200-meter vehicle carrier