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Feature 1 | FERRIES AND RO-RO VESSELS


Remontowa yard docks cruise ferry Silja Europa for rudder repairs


When the cruise ferry Silja Europa’s starboard rudder failed, engineers could not understand the reason for the failure, so the ship has undergone a complete rudder upgrade.


following technical problems encountered by the cruise ferry, Silja Europa. Te vessel’s steering system malfunctioned while sailing from Stockholm to Turku last November and subsequently it was discovered that the rudder shaſt was damaged. When Silja Europa arrived at Remontowa’s


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Gdansk yard, it was not possible to determine the cause of the damage to the starboard rudder shaft as there were no visible signs of any external damage to the rudder. Consequently it was decided that modifications should also be made to the second rudder - although this was working well, to avoid the potential for a similar failure in future. As well as repairing the damaged rudder


and overhauling the second one, the yard also performed a wide range of standard maintenance and repair works, including water- and sand- blasting of the hull and painting of both the underwater and above water surfaces of the hull and the


Silja Europa docked at Remontowa in Gdansk late last year for a mix of emergency and standard maintenance works.


superstructure. Te ferry eventually leſt the yard aſter around 16 days in the dock and returned to service on the Turku-Stockholm route on 19 December last year. Following on from the unexpected visit of


Silja Europa, Remontowa has announced that five medium sized and large ferries had been booked for maintenance and repairs at the yard over the first two months of 2010. Tis confirms its position as one of the leading


repair facilities for ferries operating in the Baltic and North Sea areas in particular. Remontowa has recently expanded its


capacity by leasing graving docks previously operated by the Gdynia Shipyard, prior to its enforced closure last year. Last year the company docked more than 20 ships at these facilities in Gdynia, which include one dock 380m in length and another measuring 240m x 40m. SRCT


Busy start to the 2010 shiprepair season at Birkenhead


In the first quarter of this year the Cammell Laird Shipbuilders and Shiprepairers Limited (CLSSL) facility at Birkenhead docked a total of 11 ferries, primarily ships operating on the Irish Sea trade.


for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company; Ulysses, Isle of Innishmore and Jonathan Swiſt for Irish Ferries; and Clansman for Caledonian MacBrayne. Other ro-ro vessel visitors between January and March included Seatruck Ferries’


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nnual passenger certificate renewal, survey and repair work was carried out on Manannan and Ben My Chree


Clipper Ranger; Northlink Ferries’ Hamnavoe and Hrossey; and Maersk Anglia for Norfolkline. Te yard also undertook a substantial stern ramp conversion for the RR Shield operated by Seatruck Ferries. A further eight ro-ro ship projects have


been confirmed by CLSSL for later in the year, drawing on a similar customer base. Isle of


Man Steam Packet will dock Snaefell, Northlink Ferries the Hjatland and Norfolkline the Liverpool Viking, Dublin Viking, Lagan Viking and Mersey Viking; while Norbank and Norbay will be docked for P&O Irish Sea. Most of these are fairly standard dockings, although the scope of work for the Lagan and Mersey Viking will include stern door modifications. SRCT


Shiprepair and Conversion Technology 2nd Quarter 2010


he Polish yard Remontowa was able recently to demonstrate its capabilities in terms of ro-ro vessel repair


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