Great Lakes picks up Canada ferry contract
Te Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has awarded a contract for the 5-year drydocking of Pelee Islander to Great Lakes Shipyard.
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elee Islander arrived at Great Lakes Shipyard in early April and will be hauled-out using the yard’s
new 700tonnes capacity Marine Traveliſt. The work carried out will include hull inspection and painting; propeller, shaſt, and rudder inspection; steel work; and other routine maintenance. Pelee Islander is a passenger ferry operated by Owen Sound Transportation Company and is the second Canadian-flag vessel repair project at Great Lakes Shipyard in recent months. In another important development
for the Great Lakes Shipyard, working in partnership with Rolls-Royce the company has
secured a contract to
upgrade Interlake’s tug Dorothy Ann. Te upgrade will convert Dorothy Ann’s Rolls-Royce/Ulstein azimuth thrusters from fixed-pitch to controllable-pitch
propellers. Te project will include the replacement of the lower drive units, as well as all thruster control systems on
the vessel, and is intended to improve the reliability of the propulsion system and reduce overall maintenance costs. SRCT
P&O ferries flock to Falmouth P&O has awarded a number of contracts to A&P’s Falmouth yard this year.
was in Falmouth over the New Year period for maintenance work, including fresh water tank inserts, the replacement of boiler valves, various pipe repairs and re-rubbering some of the shell openings. This was followed by another P&O
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ferry, Pride of Kent, which was docked in February for an annual dry docking period refit and class survey. The scope of work included tail shaft seal renewals, steel repairs to the hull, hull and superstructure preparation and painting, surveys to and testing of the life boats and davits onboard, and overhauls to various equipment items.
pi r i t of Bri tain, P&O’s 49,000tonne super ferry, which was delivered in January 2011,
renewed the tail shaft, overhauled various valves and pumps, painted the hull and various decks, repaired the exhaust system and carried out various pipe renewal and belting repairs. The volume of ferry work handled
P&O’s Pride of Kent in dock at Falmouth. This March Pride of Calais also
visited Falmouth for its annual dry docking period and class surveys. The scope of work in this case was similar to that for Pride of Kent. P&O’s European Endeavour docked in April at A&P Falmouth, which
Shiprepair and Conversion Technology 2nd Quarter 2012
by A&P Falmouth overall in 2011 was similar to 2010, the company reports. Notable projects in the ferry sector last year included work to Seafrance Berlioz, P&O Calais, and the Louis Dreyfus- owned Norman Bridge. In addition last October the yard reactivated a car carrier, Auto Premier, for UECC. As well as remobilising the vessel, the yard carried out the required class survey, blasted and painted the vessel with new colour scheme and undertook various steel renewals. SRCT
39 Pelee Islander will have its five-year drydocking at Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland.
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