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Repair & Conversion

Polish shipyard as an overwhelming success, and proof of the system's value. Stena Transporter, Stena Transfer and Stena Partner were three vessels in need of vehicle deck re-instatement. Using the SPS system, 12,000 sq. m. of deck was replaced in 60 days, saving the carrier an estimated $5 million based on approximately 140 days at sea saved. The SPS Overlay process is designed to reinstate the structural capacity and wearing/corro- sion surface without disturbing anything below the deck's surface, such as pipes, cables or insulation. The process has additional benefits as well, chiefly sound and vibration dampening, built-in fire protection and an ability to withstand severe operational or accidental impact loads including ballistic and blast protection.

It was the speed and toughness of the SPS solution that encouraged TECO Ocean Shipping to use the technology in the repair to tank tops on the ITB Gayle

Eustace carried out by Bollinger in New Orleans in

June. Figure one demonstrates the heavily corrugated condition of the tank top before the repair and the extremely flat surface achieved by the process.

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October 2003

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More than Just Repairs

While the SPS system, as stated, offers undeniable advantages to shipowners and shiprepairers, the system is not being sold exclusively as a repair solution, and

IE has aggressively sought to tout the advantages of

SPS panels for new construction projects where inde- pendent analysis by yards in Europe and Japan have illustrated weight savings of approximately eight per- cent, and shipyard labor savings approaching 44 per- cent, Welch said. Germany's Flensburger is using SPS panels — panels that they are building themselves — as engine room casings on five ships under construc- tion for DFDS Tor Line. The panels are saving the owner space and weight, and come with built-in fire

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ElectrdWtve makes integration easy. protection. While Flensberger is building the panels themselves, Welch said that the more likely scenario for use of SPS is for a civil engineering firm to pre-fab the panels to exacting specifications and low cost, and deliver them to the shipyard. As the technology is still relatively new, IE is very cognizant of quality issues, and it is adamant those licensed to use the technology achieve and maintain high quality levels. In fact, on the repair side, IE retains responsibility for design, classification society approval and for the injection processes itself. "We're here to help this technology enter the market, and then gradually extend the list of companies who are licensed to use it," Welch said "We don't want to compete with any existing civil engineer- ing firms - we simply see SPS as a logical alternative to stiffened steel wherever it is used today."

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