Six years after a clampdown against the alleged landfilling of grit blasting material under a 5,000sq.m concrete platform at the Palumbo shipyard, the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal has yet ...

Grit-blasting at the Palumbo shipyards, that is polluting the Cottonera area, is set to continue despite residents’ concerns over health risks associated with the airborne by-product of the ...

In reference to Stefan Buontempo’s letter on Palumbo Shipyard Ltd and the use of grit blasting (Private Vs Public Interest In Grit Blasting, January 28), I wish to make the following points. The ...

A first permit issued to the shipyard owners Palumbo to export grit from sand blasting, was issued back in November 2013, with the waste being eventually shipped to Portugal in January 2014.

Grit-blasting is integral to all shipyard operations and has been carried out continually and without interruption for many years, Palumbo Shipyards said this morning. Referring to an article in ...

A specially designed valve developed by Hodge Clemco greatly increases the safety of grit blasting operations by reducing the time taken for equipment to depressurise when it is shut off. On standard ...

LA based C&C Marine and Repair has announced the opening of their new indoor, climate controlled, Paint and Blast Facility. The 83,350 square foot facility can accommodate barges up to 320’x75’x20’ ...

Australia is using two grit-blasting robots to clean the Sydney Harbour Bridge before it is repainted. The robots shoot out compressed air to cut through rust and old paint on the famous Australian ...