NEWS
South Korea SSA expands in Asia
The underwater maintenance consortium, Subsea Solutions Alliance (SSA), is expanding in the Far East, with the opening of new locations offering maintenance and repair support in Busan, South Korea and Singapore. Using a wide range of specialised dive equipment and
equipment for complex underwater repairs, SSA has performed aſt shaſt seal replacement, tunnel thruster exchanges, tunnel thruster repairs, permanent weld repairs and complex propeller repairs in South Korea recently. Its All-Sea Asia affiliate has, furthermore, successfully salvaged a 50tonne anchor with 300m of anchor chain. Another Far East ‘hot spot’ for underwater services is
Singapore, which over the past two years the company has met by mobilising diver technicians to Singapore. Now, to address shipping company requirements, SSA has established a direct presence in Singapore with effect from January 1st 2012. Specialised equipment has also been stationed in Singapore and in January alone the group received contracts to carry out three complex repairs - a permanent weld repair and two tunnel thruster repairs - employing this new equipment.
Maintenance Belfast yard gets FPSO
contract Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries (H&W) has been awarded a contract to drydock and service the 272m long FPSO SeaRose, operated by the Canadian firm Husky Oil. H&W will dedicate its smaller 335m x 50m repair dock
in Belfast and its 432m repair quay to the project during May and June 2012. Tis intense period of activity will be preceded by the establishment of a dedicated team made up of shipyard and owner personnel, who will be tasked with planning and co-ordinating all activities connected with this project.
Conversion MCV project for Dubai
Kuala Lumpur-headquartered ship owner AET has commissioned Drydocks World Dubai to convert two of its newest tankers into Marine Capture Vessels (MCV). Eagle Texas and Eagle Louisiana, 107,000dwt Aframax tankers delivered this year from Tsuneishi Shipbuilding, will undergo extensive conversion and modification in Dubai, allowing them to perform duties for the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) in the Gulf of Mexico. Both vessels will be fitted with dynamic positioning technology, structural modifications required for
12 Shiprepair and Conversion Technology 1st Quarter 2012 Accommodation Pipelayer upgrade
Singapore’s ST Marine has won a contract from Saipem (Portugal) Comercio Maritimo to upgrade the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and accommodation piping system on the pipe-laying vessel, Castoro 8. The yard will also undertake the design development, engineering and supply of a new chilled water HVAC system for the vessel. Tese upgrades are designed to ensure that the vessel
meets Saudi Arabian regulatory requirements and also complies with Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) regulations covering noise, vibration, air
The FPSO SeaRose, due to dock in Belfast this year.
installation of modular processing equipment, additional accommodation and other facilities. Te work will also include fitting four new generators, four retractable azimuthing thrusters and a tunnel thruster. Once converted, the two tankers will trade as standard Aframax tankers until required for containment duties. Te first vessel entered the yard in December and both conversions will be completed by the end of 2012.
India Cochin seeks repair
interest Cochin Port Trust is reported to have received seven expressions of interest in setting up a ship repair facility on nearby Willingdon Island, on a Build-Operate- Transfer (BOT) basis. Cochin Shipyard and Sultan Marine International, Bahrain, are two of the companies linked with the project. Te port authority currently runs a limited ship repair
facility, close to the Mattancherry wharf, with 800m of quay. Te port authority is said to be prepared to transfer equipment and drydock facilities to the selected operator who will invest in the infrastructure required at the new site.
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