NEWS
Ms Lee-Lin Wang, executive director of Sembawang Shipyard and Paul Oliver, general manager of CLSICo, signing a repair contract for five LNG carriers.
Mediterranean Gibdock completes
This follows on from the successful refurbishment of Pacific Jewel in November 2009. The scope of work includes repairs to life boats
and tender boats, installation of four new tender boats/davits, and the fabrication and installation of a new teenage entertainment centre. The major refurbishment will also include the addition of a big screen on the pool deck, the creation of new restaurants, bars and lounges and the development of a new spa. Pacific Pearl is expected to arrive at the shipyard in November 2010 for a scheduled three-week long stay. Sembawang has furthermore secured some
notable LNG carrier work in recent weeks. Contracts in this sector include repairs to five membrane-type LNG carriers awarded by China LNG Shipping (International) Company (CLSICo) which will run to 2012. The first vessel, the Dapeng Moon, is expected to arrive in December 2010. K Line Shipmanagement has contracted Sembawang to carry out repairs to three LNG carriers, Tangguh Jaya, Tangguh Foja and Tangguh Palung, also starting this December, while the yard is currently working on a life extension project on the LNG carrier Northwest Snipe for North West Shelf Shipping Service. In addition, Sembawang has secured two FPSO
contracts, reinforcing its leading position in this market. The first has been awarded by BW Offshore and calls for the conversion of a 97,172dwt tanker, BW Genie, into a Floating Production Unit (FPU). This project is expected to be completed by the end of 2011. The second contract involves the upgrading
of the FPSO Glas Dowr for Bluewater Energy Services. The scope of work includes repairs and life extension for a further 10 years and the vessel is due for redelivery to the owner in the second quarter of 2011. Another major contract secured recently by
Sembawang involves the life extension of a cargo ship, Iron Monarch, owned by Bluescope Steel. Australia.
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upgrade Gibraltar’s Gibdock shipyard has successfully completed a challenging maintenance and upgrade programme on the 6430bhp DP2 class ROV/Subsea Service and Platform Support vessel, Toisa Vigilant. Te 2005-built, 3426dwt vessel spent over three weeks at the yard in July and August this year for a diverse package of works. As John Taylor, Gibdock production director,
explains: “Tis project was essentially two contracts in one as we carried out separate jobs for the owner, Sealion and charterer, WesternGeco, in parallel.” For Sealion, Gibdock undertook a series of conventional docking works, including the extensive overhaul of the MAK 8L26 main engines, the two bow thrusters and two stern thrusters. In addition the yard refurbished and repaired other parts of the vessel, including the sea valves, cranes and lifeboats, while also painting the underwater areas of the hull. Main engine and thruster components were
removed from the Toisa Vigilant and taken to Gibdock’s workshops, where an inspection, calibration and full overhaul was carried out, before being returned to the vessel. Charterer WesternGeco contracted Gibdock
to replace equipment onboard used as part of experimental seabed scanning systems. A section of deck was cropped, a transformer unit weighing around 20tonnes was removed and a new unit installed in its place. Deck areas were reinstated, a protective cage installed around the transformer unit and additional ladders and rails fitted. In addition Gibdock and WesternGeco worked
together to develop a solution to a problem with the antenna cable, which had a tendency to get caught up when being deployed. Mr Taylor says: “WesternGeco had some ideas which we were able to develop further. As a result we manufactured and installed a new roller-based system to prevent the antenna cable from snagging in future.” Both WesternGeco and Sealion expressed
themselves to be very happy with the works carried out. Indeed, WesternGeco booked in a vessel on its own account, with the seismic survey ship Western Trident docking at Gibdock for an extensive package of works that was completed in early September.
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