yard profile
Palumbo beat fierce competition to finish the partially-completed Bella Desgagnés
piping work and other services. One recent stand-out project has been a newbuilding. A Croatian shipyard was originally commissioned to build the Bella Desgagnés but after it was unable to finish the ferry due to bankruptcy its Canadian owner Desgagnés Transport moved the vessel to Palumbo when the ship was only 60 per cent constructed. The 97.1m and 6,500gt ferry, which has capacity for 65 passengers and 39 crew, arrived last year at Palumbo’s Naples yard. Work included electronics, security features and completion of two decks and furnishings, as well as ensuring that all installations met ice-class and DP class standards in compliance with Lloyds Register and the Canadian flag. The company said that as well as finishing the missing 40 per cent, it had to “perfect” the parts already completed. Bella Desgagnés is powered with
four Wartsila diesel electric generators that power two KONCAR electric motors, giving propulsion to two azimuthal propellers. The azimuthal propellers work together with two bow thrusters, giving an “almost unlimited manoeuvrability”. Each system can be managed in automatic or semi- automatic mode with the dynamic positioning system (DP class AM) or with the C Joy. Each system of the vessel was tested during seven days sea trials in a full load conditions. On board there is also a Liebherr crane
of 30 tonnes with a beam of 35mt, which allows the vessel to independentlyy load and unload containers.
38 I Passenger Ship Technology I 2nd Quarter 2013
Raffaele Palumbo: “We want highly skilled people. We recoup the costs in terms of image and safety”
The yard delivered the ferry to its owner at the end of March, which will serve ports along St Lawrence River in Canada. Mr Palumbo said the company won the job beating fierce global competition. “It is a source of great pride to us because it shows we are recognised as a serious and reliable company,” he summed up. Other recent highlights include extensive work it has recently carried out on ferries belonging to Moby Group. After the Moby Fantasy suffered a serious, heavy front collision, Palumbo rebuilt the vessel’s bow section. The job also included reconstructing a new bulbous bow and installing a new bow thruster. During the bow reconstruction,
a major mechanical overhaul of the main shafts was carried out and new equipment was fitted. It also upgraded another of Moby’s ferries, Aethalia, last year. The main works included repairing its generators and main engine, maintaining its principal electrical power plants and pipe plants and totally rebuilding its public areas. Palumbo does not just focus on
refitting the exterior and mechanical aspects of cruise ships and ferries. Mr Palumbo emphasised that interior work, such as accommodation refurbishments and upgrades, was “one of our strengths” that had been part of the company’s strategy since it started 46 years ago. There were several notable projects last year that concentrated on the interior, including Grimaldi Group’s Eurostar Barcelona, on which 150 new passenger cabins were installed. Grimaldi Group’s Mega Express Five was redesigned and completely rebuilt. The project included 350 new cabins and other public spaces, new decks and new car decks. While Palumbo has 46 years within
the repair, modification and conversion business, its entry into the newbuild catamaran market is more recent. In September 2006 it started building wave-piercing aluminium alloy models. Palumbo has carved out a strong
role for itself within the ferry and cruise repair and conversion market, something that it is looking to build upon even further over the next few years. PST
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