Feature 2 | MEDITERRANEAN
Viktor Lenac becomes the new ‘jewel in the crown’ for Palumbo
Te Palumbo Group has acquired the Viktor Lenac shipyard, opening up potential economy of scale benefits as a member of the largest network of repair and conversion facilities in the Mediterranean
The Viktor Lenac shipyard is now part of the Palumbo Group, and is expected to continue to focus on repair and conversion work for passenger ships, cargo vessels and naval craft
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he Palumbo Group, which manages yards in Naples, Ancona, Messina, Savona, Marseilles, Malta and
Tenerife, has confirmed its successful acquisition of a majority shareholding in the Viktor Lenac shipyard. Te company believes the Croatian yard, one of the longest established in the Adriatic, will complement its existing businesses and enhance its already strong regional network. A statement from Palumbo said: “Viktor
Lenac, with its 122-year history, is one of the leading shipyards in the Mediterranean not only in the field of shiprepairs and modifications, but also in the design and construction of offshore installations. Te acquisition offers us a great opportunity to strengthen our presence in Adriatic region and enhance our service offering as the Croatian yard brings to the group valuable skills, an experienced workforce and considerable know-how.”
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The company believes the acquisition
will have a number of benefits, and will in particular help consolidate its position as one of the leading providers of ballast water treatment system (BWTS) retrofit installations, alongside its traditional areas of the strength in the shiprepair market. While its Messina and Malta shipyards have carried out a number of demanding projects for companies such as Grimaldi, CMA CGM, GNV, Scorpio, MSC, Seaspan and Moby Lines in recent months, and Palumbo Naples remains a market leader in complex ferry refit and transformation projects, Viktor Lenac has been benefitting from greater dynamism in the BWTS retrofit sector.
Ballast boost Viktor Lenac’s first BWTS retrofit was carried out in 2015 onboard the Cable Enterprise, during its conversion from a conventional cable laying barge into a DP2
cable layer, when a Pan-Asia system was installed. Since then other BWTS retrofits have included fitting Ecochlor technology onboard NS Stream and NS Power, in 2016, Tavrichesky Bridge, SCF Amur and SCF Pechora in 2017 and, most recently, NS Point in 2018. In addition Viktor Lenac has this year installed Wärtsilä BWTS technology onboard the containership Louisa Schulte and a Coldharbour Marine system onboard TMS Tankers’ Suezmax Tanker Bordeira. The latter was the first complete
installation of an inert gas-based system onboard a vessel at the yard. Te system will be tested and inspected by USCG to apply for type approved certificate. Te scope of work on the Bordeira included the installation of 7,000m of electrical cables, 2,500 pipe supports in the ballast tanks and main deck, 3,400m of pneumatic pipes, 18,000kg of steel for the deckhouse
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