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Ship Repair & Conversion
Heavy lift vessel repaired in
COSCO Nantong
PANTANAL from Harren &
Partner Ship Management GmbH
& Co KG, which is a multipurpose
heavy lift vessel, arrived at COSCO
Nantong Shipyard on August 10th.
COSCO Nantong has cooperated
many times with this German
company in the past several years
and the two sides still have some
projects under negotiation.
The main scope of work for
this vessel was to replace the hoist
wire for 2 deck cranes as supplied
by the owner. Since the vessel is a
heavy lift vessel, the dimension of
wire is very big and a much more
difficult task than replacement on a
normal bulk carrier.
The yard organized experienced
workers to check the work onboard
upon her arrival and to prepare a
working plan. After acceptance by
the owner, the construction team
started the work immediately in
order to ensure that the vessel
could sail as early as possible.
Finally, the vessel sailed on
time, to the satisfaction of the
owner. In addition, all the tests had
been properly done and approved
“Ginga Merlin” repaired in
COSCO Lianyungang
“Ginga Merlin”, managed by
Unix Line Pte Ltd, is the fourth
vessel repaired this year by COSCO
Lianyungang Shipyard. She is also
the eighteenth vessel repaired by
the yard since 2009.
Unix Line is one of the core
clients of COSCO Lianyungang.
A good relationship has been
established between the two sides
given the yard’s strength in shiprepair.
Since Unix Line’s first vessel
“Ginga Falcon” was repaired in
the yard in February, 2009, the
performance of the yard has
by the site engineer from the
crane maker. Mr. Jens Pohl, the
site superintendent, expressed his
deeply impressed them. On Sep.
1,the Managing Director of Unix
Line, Mr. Koji Yamada, and Ship
Management Dept. Director, Mr.
Advind Raja, visited the shipyard
and, since then, decided to have
two or more vessels repaired in the
closing months of this year.
For Ginga Merlin, the repair
work mainly involved painting and
machinery work, including hull
blasting, painting and other work.
The yard has always been focused
on the technology, quality, schedule
and time. The shipyard and ship
appreciation and his expectation
for further cooperation with COSCO
Nantong shipyard.
owner’s combined efforts ensured
the vessel could sail smoothly and
on time.
S i t e s u p e r i n t e n d e n t M r.
Sasikumar was very satisfied
with the vessel’s repair and fully
pleased with the yard’s service and
both sides’ tacit cooperation. He
said that the project has further
strengthened their inclination to
cooperate with the yard. He also
said they expect to be back for
the repair of their next vessel in
November 2012.
The First Choice for Owner
——the Emergency repair of "Cove Island"
"Cove Island" is a container
vessel belonging to MTM Ship
management. COSCO Shanghai
Shipyard finished a routine repair
of the vessel in July 2012 and
she sailed in good condition.
B o t h t h e o w n e r a n d c r e w
were satisfied with the repair.
Unfortunately, 2 months later, in
the middle of September, Cove
Island had a collision in the
Taiwan Strait. In this accident,
the bulbous bow area was
damaged seriously.
After the incident, the owner
immediately informed COSCO
Shanghai of the accident and the
condition of the vessel and asked
for an emergency repair space
in Shanghai because of the good
impression the shipyard had
made during the last repair. The
yard accepted the repair project
immediately and organized
the technicians to assess the
damage condition and prepare
a draft repair scheme to send to
owner for reference. At the same
time, "Cove Island" left Taiwan
and had birthed in Shanghai by
Sep 18 for her second visit to the
yard in 2012.
T h e ya r d i n s p e c t e d t h e
actual damage on the ship and
discovered that almost all the
damage was located in way of
the double curvature bulbous
bow area. This meant that it was
very difficult to fabricate and
fit the repair inserts, especially
within the six days the owner
had allowed for the repair.
The yard arranged 2 shifts of
technicians to work day and
night to monitor the repair
and ensure a 100% seamless
connection during fitting. All
the workers involved were very
experienced, each one having
more than 10 years experience
in the ship repair industry. At the
beginning the project progressed
well with 90% of the damaged
area removed within the first
day, which gave the project team
a false sense of the simplicity of
the task. However, the team soon
realized that the project was far
from the simple one it seemed
to be: due to limited working
space the team could not carry
out weld preparation and weld
concurrently. It was a difficult
choice, but finally the yard
decided to organize all the labor
to carry out the weld preparation
and grinding work first. This
arrangement assured the quality
of the work but meant that there
was only a limited time left for
the welding and completion of
the repair.
Through the joint effort of the
staff the repair of the bulbous
bow steel work was successfully
accomplished within 6 days.
After the ship had left the yard,
the owner's superintendent told
the project team, "you impressed
us again with your hard work
and good quality. It's really a
pleasure to cooperate with you
and we will come back".
Excellent service, high quality
——An interview with the “GMT ASTRO” representative
“GMT ASTRO”, which came
from Korea and is owned by
DORIKO LIMITED, was repaired
in COSCO Guangdong shipyard.
This is the first time DORIKO
LIMITED and COSCO Guangdong
S h i p y a r d C o ., L t d . h a v e
cooperated on a project. The
shipyard paid a lot of attention to
“GMT ASTRO” during its routine
docking repair.
Upon c ompletion of t he
repair work on “GMT ASTRO”,
the representative of the vessel,
J.W. Jeong, did an interview
for the yard, talking about the
cooperative experiences between
the two sides.
W h e n a s k e d a b o u t h i s
impression of our shipyard, Mr.
J.W. Jeong said, “compared
with other shipyards I have
worked with, COSCO Guangdong
shipyard made a deep impression
on me with its quality control and
workshop management. All the
repair materials and equipment
are arranged very tidily in the
workshop, and the working area
is cleaned every day before the
workers leave.”
He said: “During the two
weeks I worked here, your
shipyard’s service has been very
careful, especially the transport”.
He thought highly of the business
service of the yard and summed
it up in one phrase; “Like coming
back home”.
At the end of the interview,
Mr. J.W. Jeong said, “If my
company has ships to repair,
I would like them to consider
COSCO Guangdong Shipyard,
because I would like to come
back home.”