repair & maintenance Oman to boost LNG repair skills
Damen Shiprepair Brest extends its LNG carrier bookings
Oman Drydock Co plans to increase its LNG repair capabilities (credit: ODC)
LNG carrier repairs will be a focus for Oman Drydock Co (ODC), according to its marketing director Johnny Woo. “We see real potential for growth, particularly in becoming a centre of excellence for the repair of LNG carriers,” Mr Woo said. Reviewing the yard’s workload in 2013, during which it had docked or repaired a record 75 ships, he said that LNG and LPG ships had been among that number. Now it plans to invest in new facilities, including developments in its cryogenic shop, so that it can handle up to four LNG carriers at once. As a result of the investment, the
yard hopes to become a specialist in LNG repair technology, including such aspects as cargo containment systems and cryogenic safety valves. These capabilities are supported by a
LPGC is ASRY’s 4,000th ship
Cargo pumps were among the items overhauled when the 49,880 dwt LPG carrier Gas Al-Gurain visited the Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) in Bahrain towards the end of last year. It was the 4,000th ship to visit the yard, which has been in operation since 1977 – longer than any yard in the Arabian Gulf, ASRY said. The ship is owned by Kuwait Oil Tanker Co (KOTC), one of ASRY’s longest standing customers. A yard spokesman told Marine Propulsion that the ship benefited from attention to a wide range of systems and steelwork, including stern
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tube repairs, main engine and turbocharger overhauls and servicing and calibration for all electronic equipment. Steelwork on the hull and superstructure was treated and the water ballast tanks were blasted and painted, while many other items received routine maintenance. ASRY News, the yard’s newsletter, predicted continued success for the yard in its issue for the first quarter of 2014. “With more expansions planned in the five-year strategy, another 4,000 ship repairs at ASRY seem more than likely,” it said.
licence that ODC has recently obtained from Gaztransport et Technigaz (GTT) of France, which specialises in LNG cargo containment systems. This focus on LNG is also expected to benefit from expertise provided by South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), which has been a partner in the yard since its inception and which established an Oman subsidiary in 2008, and its engineering and procurement arm, DSEC. DSME has long experience of building LNG and LPG carriers. “Our partnership with DSME gives us tremendous experience and technical expertise as it provides 30 highly experienced senior managers, including our chief executive Yong Duk Park, to help run the shipyard,” Mr Woo said.
Damen Shiprepair Brest is building a growing reference list for LNG carrier repairs, which now total eight following a pair of bookings from Algeria’s Hyproc Shipping Co. At the time of writing, in early March, the yard was working on the 126,130m3 Mourad Didouche, which was built in 1980. Its visit overlapped with that of another vessel from Hyproc SC’s eight-strong LNG fleet, Bachir Chihani. Both are membrane tankers. The former has a capacity of 126,130m3 and a deadweight of 83,228. The latter is listed as holding 129,700 with a deadweight of 70,328. Details of the work undertaken on the ships have not been revealed but when Bachir Chihani arrived, the yard described the work scope as extensive, adding that it would require almost 30,000 man-hours of work over a period of about a month. Jos Goris, managing director of Damen Shiprepair Brest, said that the vessel ensured the continuation of its LNG activities with Hyproc SC, with which it has conducted previous business.
The yard’s gas shiprepair work is set to continue. “We hope to have some more LNG carriers in the yard over the next couple of months,” Mr Goris told Marine Propulsion in March, despite what he views as a fiercely competitive environment for this type of work. At the time of Bachir Chihani’s arrival, he had praised the yard’s workforce for its LNG skills and experience, saying that these, together with efficiency improvements and its award in November of an ISO 9001:2008 quality and safety management certificate, had helped to win the business.
Those skilled staff joined the Damen group of yards when it acquired the former Sobrena shiprepair business in March 2012 to create Damen Shiprepair Brest. Speaking at the time, René Berkvens, chief executive of Damen Shipyards, welcomed the experience that Sobrena’s workforce brought to the group, especially when it came to LNG tankers. MP
Mourad Didouche and Bachir Chihani extended Damen Shiprepair Brest’s LNG carrier work (credit: Damen Shiprepair Brest)
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