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4Ship Repair & ConversionGreat Yard, Great WorkThe bulk carrier Mokupahu/HSTC 1, owned by the MatsonNavigation Company, enteredCOSCO NANTONG Shipyardfor her sixth special survey onFebruary 4th, 2012. This isthe 5th repair on this vesselin Nantong since 2001. After50 days full-speed work,the work was <strong>co</strong>mpletedin ac<strong>co</strong>rdance with theschedule.Mr. Michael O’Callaghan,the superintendent, whohas attended to the vesselfor more than 20 years,was very delighted withthe result. “Normally our shippingdepartment would push us forre-delivery of the vessel. But ithas never happened in Nantong.I have known your safety,quality, planning and schedulemanagement practices morethan 10 years. This <strong>co</strong>operationproves the validity of our decisiona g a i n .A l l c r e w s a n d a t t e n d i n gsupervisors feel the same as meabout this. You will receive goodwords from all of them. Greatyard. Great Work. I will <strong>co</strong>meback after 2 years. You will getmore and more <strong>co</strong>ntracts fromMatson.”Loyal Client, Unix LineBeing COSCO LianyungangShipyard’ alliance partner for shiprepairs,Unix Line Pte Ltd, based inSingapore as Tokyo Marine Co Ltd’sin-house ship manager, manages 53chemical tankers and has awarded17 vessels for docking & repairs atCOSCO Lianyungang Shipyard from2008 to 2012. Unix Line is extremelysatisfied with the yard’s <strong>co</strong>operationin achieving high performance inquality, safety management andadherence to schedule.Recently the yard has deliveredthree Unix Line Chemical Tankers.MT Ginga Tiger sailed in Februaryfollowing the successful renewal ofa large amount of engine room &deck piping, steel plate renewal atmore than 100 locations, six ballasttanks cleaned, over 3,000 metersof electric cable renewed in theac<strong>co</strong>mmodation & engine roomand a docking survey carried outwithin 10 days. Unix Line thankedthe yard for its great effort to haveac<strong>co</strong>mplished all the mentioned workin such a limited working period.The other two chemical tankers, MTPine Galaxy and MT Ginga Panther,ac<strong>co</strong>mplished successful docking &repairs in March 2012.Both the vessels’ attendingsuperintendents praised the efficientorganization and high quality ofthe yard. The Technical DeputyGeneral Manager Mr. Kim, sincerelyexpressed his wholehearted wish toexclusively award all their vesselsscheduled for docking in China tothe yard.Low Sulfur Fuels & Ballast WaterTreatment System provided inCOSCO ShipyardIn <strong>co</strong>nnection with new stop service for ship owners,rules of Use of Low Sulfur Fuels we intended to <strong>co</strong>operateand Ballast Water Treatment with renowned internationalSystem issued by IMO and <strong>co</strong>rporations. A free designIACS, our COSCO Shipyard s e r v i c e a n d a l l p r e v i o u sGroup Shanghai Commercial preparations are available forHeadquarter has established a your fleet, so that ship ownersproject team to provide simple can <strong>co</strong>mplete upgrading of theand efficient Turn-Key Solutions two systems without havingto all the ship owners such to worry about the technique,as technical design, product equipment, <strong>co</strong>nstruction andselection and design approval. class approval before the twoAiming to provide a one-<strong>co</strong>nversions be<strong>co</strong>me effective."MSC Claudia" successfully <strong>co</strong>mpletedMSC Management Company’s to arrive at the floating dock<strong>co</strong>ntainer ship, "MSC Claudia", i m m e d i a t e l y, d e s p i t e t h esailed from Nantong COSCO fact that it was evening. TheShipyard recently.whole repair team arrived atThe repair work carried out the floating dock immediatelyon the 292m vessel included after the vessel undocked innormal docking work, nearly heavy rain. We checked the hull1 0 0 t o n n e s o f s t e e l p l a t e <strong>co</strong>ndition carefully, discussedrenewal, cargo hold painting and and <strong>co</strong>nfirmed the percentagesseveral items of mechanical and of hull sand blasting with theelectrical work.owner’s superintendent so asIn order to <strong>co</strong>ntrol the to ensure the utmost accuracyprogress of repair at each step, in <strong>co</strong>ntrolling the dock period.our project team carefully Finally, the vessel departedp l a n n e d a n d c o n t i n u o u s l y on time as a result of ourimproved the repair plan, with the <strong>co</strong>nscientious effort.most reasonable and optimized T h e o w n e r i s s a t i s f i e dproduction management. In with the ship repair and hasorder to discuss the hull sand determined that their next shipblasting and dock <strong>co</strong>ntrol as repair work will be in June andpromptly as possible, the project has already decided it will be<strong>co</strong>mmercial manager persuaded carried out by COSCO NANTONGthe owner’s superintendent Shipyard.Elongation <strong>co</strong>nversion of“S<strong>tj</strong>erneborg”An elongation <strong>co</strong>nversion ofthe Nordana A/S of Denmark andB.Navi Ship Management Srl ofItaly jointly owned RoRo & GeneralCargo Vessel MV “S<strong>tj</strong>erneborg”ex. “Med<strong>co</strong>a Leome” has beensuccessfully ac<strong>co</strong>mplished at COSCOLianyungang Shipyard.The vessel’s original particularswere: Loa 147.7m / Beam 25.8mand the final particulars after<strong>co</strong>nversion are now: Loa 174.3 /Beam 25.8m. The new body sectioninserted was 26.6m in length and1000 tonnes in weight. The projectalso involved six new car deck panelsbeing newly fabricated and installedinto the garage. The yard has also<strong>co</strong>mpletely overhauled two sets ofre<strong>co</strong>nditioned Liebherr deck cranes,newly fabricated and installed twocrane <strong>co</strong>lumns and jib supports.Following insertion of the new bodysection, the associated work involvedsome 4000 metres of variouspipes, 1000 metres of electrical& automatic cable, outfitting, andthe re<strong>co</strong>nnection, installation andrectification of instruments andequipment.During this <strong>co</strong>nversion,extensive repair work includes 170tonnes of steel renewal and chippingand <strong>co</strong>ating of all ballast tanks.After the <strong>co</strong>nversion, thetechnical data associated with thevessel’s whole system testing, inclinetest and sea trials fully met thestandards of RINA Class and theowners’requirements.

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