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SRS Ltd is the UK\u2019s oldest independent shipping agency and provides ship repair, engineering
\nsupport and maritime solutions to the UK owners, ship managers and operators worldwide through its
\nglobal network of ship repair yards.<\/p>\n
SRS Ltd holds exclusive UK agency rights with 15 shipyards across the Mediterranean, West and
\nSouthern Africa, the Middle East, China, Singapore, North America, Panama and South America.
\nSRS Ltd is led by Managing Director Roderick Wordie.<\/p>\n
Q: What has been the impact of coronavirus on the ship repair industry? However, the onset of coronavirus, the associated implications of 14-day quarantine, the repatriation Certain territories have been hit harder than others. Governments have issued legislation to restrict However, the maritime sector is responsible for 90 per cent of movement of goods (International We have seen several owner operators with ships in drydock which require repair. Their Q: When do you predict ship repair will return to normal? We are also receiving daily enquiries from owners, who due to the impact of coronavirus, have had The reality is that it is going to take time for activity to return to normal \u2013 both in terms of ship repair An update on the impact of Coronavirus on the shipping industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiprepairers.co.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiprepairers.co.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiprepairers.co.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiprepairers.co.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiprepairers.co.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2606"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/shiprepairers.co.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2613,"href":"https:\/\/shiprepairers.co.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606\/revisions\/2613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiprepairers.co.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiprepairers.co.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiprepairers.co.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiprepairers.co.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nA: In 2020, ship repair yards were entering into one of their busiest periods, with docks booked for
\nroutine class dockings and scrubber and ballast water treatment retrofits, with the Chinese ship repair
\nyard being the main beneficiary.<\/p>\n
\nof workers and restriction of movement of workers into yards between borders have all had a serious
\nimpact on labour supply and the ability of ship repair yards to operate at capacity.<\/p>\n
\nthe movement of workers and several ship repairs yards have had to close temporarily, which has
\nimpacted the ability of owners to find a yard that is operative. As such, many ship owners and
\nmanagers are now applying to class and flag state for extension of their class docking date. For
\nthose yards that are still operative, the 14-day quarantine rule is blocking the ability of
\nsuperintendents and service technicians to attend scheduled dockings.<\/p>\n
\nChamber of Shipping) and the ship repair community is trying to adapt its operations to allow seaborn
\ntrade to continue.<\/p>\n
\nsuperintendents are working remotely from their vessels and are co-opting local superintendents in
\nthat territory and using third party contractor services and managing the project remotely.
\nThe question is, what will be the impact of delayed class extensions coinciding with planned class
\ndockings on ship repair capacity in six to 12 months\u2019 time? One would be thinking there will be a
\nsurge in demand for ship repair facilities. Several owners have recognised this conundrum and have
\nstarted planning and issuing their specifications now to ensure they secure dock space for their vessel
\nin the facility of choice with the most appropriate capabilities.<\/p>\n
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\nA: We are seeing regions returning to some form of normality with facilities in China back at capacity.
\nInterestingly we are receiving daily enquiries for ship repair, voyage repair and dry dockings for bulk
\ncarriers, container vessels, product tankers and LPG vessels from superintendents who are looking to
\ndock in the next three to six months. This is promising for the world-wide ship repair industry.<\/p>\n
\nvessels returned from charter ahead of time. They are now looking to complete their routine
\nmaintenance as soon as possible so their vessels can be returned to charter unencumbered for the
\nnext two and half years.<\/p>\n
\nand workforce. We must all hope that the virus isn\u2019t going to re-emerge and that we will continue to
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