yards. Looking further ahead, the yard says it aims to invest in a panamax-sized fl oating dock which will be positioned approximately 40m out from the existing West quay. T e confi rmation of these investment


plans follows on from the announcement in February this year that Öresundsvarvet had purchased the neighbouring Landskronavar ve t ’s f a c i l i t i e s . Subsequently, the parent business has been reorganised and renamed Öresundsvarvet Heavy Industries (OHI), and this owns Oresund Drydocks (the new name for Öresundsvarvet) and a new company, Oresund Steel Construction. OHI has now started to manufacture steel constructions at the former Landskronavarvet’s yard, using its assembly halls, the largest of which measures 300m x 65m. Combined, the OHI group’s companies have 170,000m2 of fabrication space, of which 60,000m2 is covered, around 1000m of quay and cranes with a liſt capacity up to 180tonnes. Heavy liſt transport of pieces weighing up to 250tonnes within the enlarged shipyard facility is now possible.


T e Öresundsvarvet shiprepair yard has


also invested in new workshop equipment to expand capacity and the range of services offered. These include a carousel lathe, with a table capacity of up to 10tonnes, a working width of 1700mm and a working height of 1500mm, and a new steel roller capable of rolling steel plate to a thickness of 20mm, a width of 3000mm and 3700mm diameter. In addition the steel cutting station has been increased in capacity to burn steel plates up to 12m in length and 2500mm width. T e fi rst quarter of this year has been


busy, with the workload of the Oresund Dockyard including several ferry and ro-ro ships. TT-Line’s Huckleberry Finn was docked for painting and cleaning as will as the overhaul of her stabilisers, pipe work and propeller and bow thruster overhaul. Stena Baltic also visited the yard for cleaning, painting and steel renewal work, as well as work to the propellers and bow thruster, tank cleaning and ventilation duct cleaning. Other ferries that have been docked at the Landskrona yard in the fi rst quarter of


2010 include DFDS’ Tor Fiona, for propeller work, and P&O Ferries’ Norking. T e latter was drydocked for cleaning and painting, tank cleaning, double bottom steel repairs, the overhaul of the aſt and stern ramps, propeller blade work and overhauls to the bow thruster and main engines. T e sister vessel Norqueen has also recently been docked for a similar programme of works. Last year ferry and ro-ro work carried


out by Öresundsvarvet included the interior refi t and annual refi t of Viking Line’s Cinderella and steel renewal work on the fast ferry, Gotlandia II, aſt er an earlier collision damage. T e latter contract was secured against tough competition from other yards. Öresundsvarvet is located close


to many ferry lines operating to the south of Sweden and in March the company indicated that enquiries were at a ‘normal’ level for the time of year. Oresund Dockyard speculates, however, that repair and maintenance work might increase this year as a result of the harsh winter and ice conditions in the Baltic and the Bothnian Sea. SRCT


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