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THE UK’s first 24-hour full engine service and Inboard Propulsion System (IPS) on a windfarm support vessel was successfully completed by specialist marine engine supplier, James Troop & Co which is approaching its 150th anniversary.


The contract for windfarm crew transfer company Njord Offshore saw the year-old catamaran Njord Freyr hauled out of the water at a Wirral slipway for the first time after 1,500 hours’ service to allow planned maintenance to the underwater parts of the vessel’s IPS.


WORK INVOLVED


Bob Troop, Chairman and Managing Director explained: “The work also included servicing Njord Freyr’s ‘quad installation’ – four Volvo Penta D13-700/ IPS 900 engines with our staff working flat out over a weekend.”


“After the vessel was slipped on a Saturday morning, staff worked for 16 hours continuously followed on Sunday by 10 hours’ work, so she could be refloated that evening. Weekend shifts are standard practice for Troops – like the Beatles we work eight days a week!


NJORD OFFSHORE CONTRACT


“This was a crucial part of the contract with Njord Offshore to ensure the vessel was back on station at her Barrow- in-Furness base ready for her next windfarm support sailings in the Northern Irish Sea.” Njord Freyr is a highly-specialist, 115-tonne vessel and one of a class of four built in Singapore, with a length of 26m, a beam of 9m and top speed of 28 knots. Alan Railton, Troops technical manager, and Andrew Thwaites, Njord Offshore marine superintendent, oversaw the


24-hour turnaround, with the very tight timetable dictated by customer costs. Bob continued: “Luckily, before the contract started, the three staff members on this job had been on an intensive training course at the Volvo Penta Training Centre, in Warwick. “We were over the moon to get top marks from Njord Offshore in our customer survey. As a direct result of the success of the Njord Freyr job, we got a £150,000 contract to give 6,000 hour overhauls to four MTU QL3 V8 2000 series engines at our Astmoor Workshops, Runcorn.”


WIND INDUSTRY ACTIVITY


“We’re very active in the windfarm support vessel market and we’re authorised service dealers for MTU and MAN engines, as well as Volvo Penta. “Activity has restarted in the windfarm market after stagnating for the last five years, which is to our benefit. Although Liverpool City Region-based, we’re busy all around the country, especially in the other windfarm bases at Barrow and Grimsby.” Bob concluded.


James Troop & Co


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www.windenergynetwork.co.uk


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