Bespoke Cofferdams Enable Rapid Underwater Repair

The Hydrex team remove the bow thruster engine while working 8 to 10m below the waterline.

Antwerp based underwater contractors Hydrex have developed the capability to produce bespoke mobile mini-drydocks (mobdocks) to effect major repairs underwater to vessels which would otherwise require drydocking.

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