Feature 7 | NORTH EUROPE Steady as she goes for Lloyd Werft
Bremerhaven’s Lloyd Werſt facility reports a stable volume of business this year, with some interesting projects in the passenger ship sector especially.
this year was more or less the same as in the equivalent period of 2009. The company has, however, handled a wide range of vessel types in its docks so far in 2010, including containerships, car carriers, LPG and product tankers, a dredger, passenger ships and a SWATH type pilot vessel. With the completion of newbuilding projects, the yard’s focus is now very much on drydocking repair and conversion work and Passenger vessel contracts currently make up a significant proportion of Lloyd Werſt’s workload. Tis year projects in this sector have included the class docking of the P&O Cruise vessel, Artemis, the conversion of the German cruise ship Astor for Premicon/Transocean Tours, and an overhaul of the Phoenix Reisen cruise ship, Alexander von Humboldt. For Artemis, Lloyd Werft carried out
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extensive scheduled work, including hull and topside painting, pipe repairs, and propulsion plant, stabiliser and bow thruster maintenance. The Astor was docked for the complete modernisation of 247 cabins and suites, and the installation of a number of new suites, as well as the upgrade and refurbishment of public spaces and the spa area. Te vessel was also coated with a fuel-saving silicone coating and a new main engine crankshaſt, while some general repairs and maintenance were further carried out. Te vessel was laid up at the yard for a
period of time from late 2009 to early 2010, prior to conversion works starting. However the actual conversion part of the project took around two months to complete and the ship leſt the yard in May. Another extensive project undertaken by
Lloyd Werſt this year involved the Alexander Von Humboldt, which was also in the yard for almost two months. During this time Lloyd Werſt installed a new bulbous bow and three new shell doors, carried out interior modifications, major tank and machinery repairs, overhauled the bow thruster and carried out lifeboat maintenance and overhauls.
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loyd Werſt indicates that the number of vessels docked for repair or conversion work in the first half of
From left to right, the senior management team at Lloyd Werft, Rudiger Pallentin, Werner Lueken and Carsten Haake.
Lloyd Werft has handled a number of interesting projects this year and has upgraded its floating dock.
Te trailing suction hopper dredger Ham
316 was another important visitor in the first half of 2010. In this case the drydocking involved repairing and overhauling a significant quantity of dredger equipment in line with classification society requirements. Later this year, Lloyd Werft will be undertaking two substantial passenger vessel
conversions, involving the ro-pax ferries Stena Trader and Stena Traveller, for Stena RoRo which is chartering them to a Canadian operator. Both vessels, originally 212m length overall, will be shortened by about 12.5m in order to better meet the requirements of their new deployment, serving the Canadian ports of Port aux Basques and North Sydney. New
Shiprepair and Conversion Technology 3rd Quarter 2010
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