Fincantieri has lengthened five vessels in the past five ears
Fincantieri will assemble teams onboard to prepare the vessel for cutting. Tese teams will remove the panels, floors and ceilings, and then mark all of the cables and pipes that have to be cut, so that they can be accurately reconnected aſter the mid-body section has been inserted. Fincantieri is no stranger to such projects
cylinders in order to create the space for the insertion of the new mid-body section.” Separately, the mid-body will be
mounted on a specially prepared self-propelled modular transport system. “Tese multi-wheel systems can move a huge amount in terms of weight and will be able to insert the new section in a very precise way within the gap created in the
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existing vessel, so that we can then start the welding process,” adds Toso. Materials in all of those areas which are
in the way of the cutting line will have to be removed to create a clear space around the hot work required to first cut the existing steel structure, and then weld the new section. Around seven to ten days before the arrival of the vessel in the shipyard,
and the Grimaldi vessels will in fact be the sixth and seventh ships lengthened by Fincantieri over the last five years. Te most recent was the lengthening of the Silversea Cruise ship Silver Spirit, which had a 15m section inserted in the central part of the ship between March and May this year. The company believes that ship
lengthening as a means of increasing passenger capacity and internal space will become a growing industry trend. Toso says: “We have received a lot of requests for feasibility studies. Te cruise industry is very interested in this option and I hope we get the same feedback from the ferry market.” SR
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