106 REPORT activities. It can now fabricate and install masts on sailing‑type cruise ships, as well as replace bow bulbs to optimise hull forms. BLRT Grupp Western Shiprepair, Klaipeda, Lithuania The shipyard completed a refurbishment to restore safety and mechanical readiness on TT-Line ferry Robin Hood at its facility in Lithuania in early 2026. The ship’s hull was painted with XGIT-Fuel from GIT Coatings. Deck one, which is above the waterline, was grit blasted and repainted with a PPG coating featuring an anti-skid aggregate to protect the ship’s steel and restore durability. Palumbo Shipyards, Paola, Malta MSC Cruises’ MSC Poesia was refitted in February 2026 to introduce new dining concepts, refresh public spaces and upgrade wellness and fitness areas, as part of one of the largest drydock upgrades in the cruise line’s history. The cruise line also added the MSC Yacht Club – the all-inclusive ‘ship within a ship’ concept – onboard MSC Poesia for the first time. Several new dining venues were also created, including the American-style steakhouse Butcher’s Cut and the All-Stars Sports Bar, while the Kaito Sushi Bar was reimagined. Damen Shiprepair Brest, France The Damen team in France worked on Disney Cruise Line vessels Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy in 2025. Both ships received upgrades to their propulsion for increased efficiency and were painted with toxin-free silicone paint. Disney Fantasy was also equipped with a bulbous bow, produced by Damen, which will significantly lower drag in the water, reducing demand on the vessel’s engine and cutting fuel consumption and emissions. Chantier Naval de Marseille, France For 20 days in November 2025, Norwegian Cruise Line’s ship Norwegian Pearl underwent refitting work, functional improvements and aesthetic updates at the French shipyard. The garden villas on deck 14 were restyled, a new dance floor was installed in the Spinnaker Lounge on deck 13 and new tiles were installed into The Garden Cafe on deck 12. Work was also carried out on five crew cabins on deck four and the technical tiles of the bakery on deck three were also renovated. In the latter half of 2025 the shipyard also carried out refurbishments onboard Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Infinity and Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Mardi Gras, as well as AIDA Cruises’ AIDAluna and AIDAbella in January and February 2026. North America Seaspan Vancouver Drydock, Canada Seaspan Victoria Shipyards, Canada BAE Systems Jacksonville Ship Repair, USA Detyens Shipyards, Charleston, USA Vigor Portland Drydocks, USA Vigor Seattle Drydocks, USA Caribbean and South America Grand Bahama Shipyard, Freeport, The Bahamas Asenav, Valdivia, Chile Damen Shiprepair, Willemstad, Curaçao Astibal, Astilleros Puerto de Balboa, Panamá Europe and the Mediterranean Viktor Lenac, Rijeka, Croatia Fayard, Munkebo, Denmark Orskov Yard, Frederikshavn, Denmark BLRT Grupp, Tallinn, Estonia BLRT Grupp, Turku, Finland Helsinki Shipyard, Finland Chantier Naval de Marseille, France Damen Shiprepair Brest, France Blohm+Voss, Hamburg, Germany Bredo Dry Docks, Bremerhaven, Germany Emden Dockyard, Germany Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven, Germany Gibdock, Gibraltar BLRT Grupp Western Shiprepair, Klaipeda, Lithuania Vard Søviknes, Søvik, Norway Damen Shipyards Gdynia, Poland Shiprepair Yard Nauta, Gdynia, Poland Lisnave, Setúbal, Portugal Navalrocha, Lisbon, Portugal West Sea, Viana do Castelo, Portugal Astander, Santander, Spain Astican, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain Metalships & Docks, Vigo, Spain Navantia, Cadiz, Spain Oresund Drydocks, Landskrona, Sweden As good as new A map of the world’s leading passenger ship repair and refurbishment facilities 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 4 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 316 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 APCL A&P Falmouth, UK Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK Hythe Shipyard, Southampton, UK APCL A&P Tyne, UK Fincantieri, Palermo, Italy Fincantieri, Trieste, Italy Palumbo Shipyards, Messina, Italy San Giorgio Del Porto, Genoa, Italy Palumbo Shipyards, Paola, Malta Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam, Netherlands Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam, Netherlands Fosen Yard, Rissa, Norway Green Yard Kleven, Ulsteinvik, Norway 50 Ulstein Verft, Ulsteinvik, Norway 34 35 47 48 49 50
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