Large Greek tankers repaired at Remontowa
Over the recent months and years the Remontowa yard repaired several tankers, operated by Greek owners, being large as for Remontowa's facilities, the yard’s press center says. Wide-bodied tankers have arrived at Remontowa sent, among others, by Athens based Delta Tankers - the company Remontowa has been fruitfully co-operating for a couple of years. Four years ago Gdansk saw Delta Captain, Delta Sailor and Pelagos undergoing class renewal repairs. Last year Delta Pioneer was repaired and refreshed for Delta Tankers at Remontowa. Delta Captain arrived at Remontowa this year in April, again, for class renewal repairs followed in May by Delta Sailor (on the picture above). Recently, sister vessel Deep Blue was undergoing repairs at our yard (on the picture below), with another wide beam Greek tanker awaited. All these ships, at 249,99 m overall length and 44,01 m width, are perfect fit, or perhaps, a tight fit in our largest floating dock no. 6, which is 255 long and has inner (effective for accommodated vessels) width of 44,4 m. Large Greek tankers mentioned are mostly sister ships, approximately 10 years old crude oil tankers, built at South Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries. They are aframaxes with draught of 10,9 m and deadweight capacity of approximately 111 000 ton. The Lloyd´s Register classed, Greek flagged and Piraeus homeported ships belong to the fleet of several dozens of aframax and suezmax crude oil carriers managed by Delta Tankers. Also the Deep Blue (ex Delta Blue) belongs to the most popular class of tankers, the aframaxes, ranging 80 up to 120 thou. tons in deadweight, able to call to most of the oil terminals worldwide. They are usually operated on the routes linking Venezuela, East Coast of Mexico, USA and Canada and the countries of North-East Europe and Mediterranean. The main part of works on Deep Blue were associated with class renewal. The range of tasks included overhaul of windlasses and anchor chains, overhaul of main engine fuel pumps, 25 valves, six sea chests (inspection, cleaning, repairs, utilisation of residues, maintenance), replacement of zinc anodes, compensators of two main steam boilers, polishing of 27-tonne propeller's blades. Stern tube seal has been replaced with a new one (including oil replacement, machining, etc.). Lifeboat davits, lifeboats, main engine air cooler (workshop overhaul, cleaning and pressure tests) have also been specified for overhauls. Outlet sea valves have also been examined, so have been rudder, hose cranes and side gangways. Of steel works an insert of a new part of bow structure, port side is worth mentioning. On such a ship, relatively large one, there is always plenty of maintenance and painting works. On the outer hull, some four or five layers are applied. A big ship means significant renewal of surfaces, eg. flat bottom features 7300 m2, sides from bottom to highest "wet" level - 8400 m2 and the freeboard zone - 4100 m2). The maintenance and painting is performed by Remontowa Coating & Equipment with support from subcontractors.