Feature 1 | FERRIES AND RO-RO VESSELS
A&P continues to benefit from P&O business
P&O ferry refits have long been a mainstay of the workload at A&P’s Falmouth and Tyne yards and 2010 has been no exception.
P&O group ferries in the first quarter of the year. Tis January the Falmouth yard docked the Pride of Bilbao for a 21 day contract with the vessel being delivered to the owner four days early. Te same month the Pride of Bruges, operated by P&O Ferries North Sea, was at A&P Tyne for annual drydocking and survey work over a 15 day period. Tis included surveying and inspecting the hull, tailshaſt and propeller, rudder, stabiliser and bow thruster, as well as hull preparation and painting, car deck fan repairs, inner ramp steel repairs and accommodation shower space refurbishment. A similar programme of survey and inspection work was carried out at the same yard on Pride of Rotterdam, although in this case the docking required repairs to the stabiliser, exhaust uptake pipe and the renewal of the acoustic insulation of the car deck fans. Tis February the Tyne yard docked the 1987-built Pride of Calais for a 12 day
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&P’s Falmouth and Tyne dockyards have carried out a significant amount of work on
made structural modifications to the stern fender arrangement. P&O is not the only ferry owner to
P&O Ferries Pride of Rotterdam docked at A&P Tyne earlier this year.
annual docking period that also involved life saving appliance surveys and work to determine the thickness of the hull and deck plating. During the vessel’s stay in the yard, A&P replaced the auxiliary generator crankshaſt and entablature as well. Another of P&O’s cross channel
ferries, Pride of Kent, docked in March for her annual drydocking refit. As well as standard inspection and survey activity, the yard overhauled the diesel alternator, repaired electric motors and
BSE docks catamaran A Brisbane-based yard has handled a complex fast ferry project. T 32
he BSE Maritime Solutions dockyard in the port of Brisbane docked a high speed catamaran, Betico II, for a
New Caledonian operator in March this year. According to business development manager, Denis Maher: “The docking set-up was technologically quite complex to maintain the trim required in the vessel, which travelled from Noumea in New Caledonia to our dockyard in Brisbane for the docking.” Te 57m vessel has a top speed of 30knots
and can carry 350 passengers and 10 cars. Te vessel underwent a range of maintenance and repair work at the yard before undergoing sea trials. SRCT
have made use of Falmouth’s expertise this year. Irish Ferries drydocked Oscar Wilde for a 10 day refit in February. Te programme of works included painting the topsides superstructure and underwater anti-fouling, while mechanical works covered valve renewal, cooler overhaul, sewage plant refurbishment and boiler repairs. Major steelwork included the
installation of fairhead rollers on the port side, together with a 2.5m x 2m x 12mm insert on the starboard outer bow door. Various major pipe systems were replaced and electrical overhauls carried out to the vessels fans, motors and winches. Tis included the rewinding of a three stage forward winch motor. Irish Ferries also requested that Oscar
Wilde go alongside to undertake wharf trials due to main engine works carried out by a sub-contractor. Tis process took around 48 hours to complete. SRCT
Betico II docked at BSE Maritime Solutions in Brisbane. Shiprepair and Conversion Technology 2nd Quarter 2010
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