Turbo-Technik: Rescuing A "Prinsesse"
A summer day in July proved to be unfavorable for Color Line, whose passenger ferry, Prinsesse Ragnhild experienced a fire in its engine room en route from Kiel to Oslo.
The vessel's fire was apparently caused by a defective fuel pipe. The job of repairing the ship was granted to the German team of Blohm + Voss Repair GmbH, Hamburg, who assured Color Line with a quick turnaround, ensuring that the vessel was kept out of a service for a minimal amount of time, due to its tight cruising schedule. Subcontracted by Blohm + Voss was Turbotechnik Repairyard of Wilhelmshaven, who would perform fire damage repairs to the two Stork Werkspoor Diesel-built main engines, SWD 20 TM 410 (14,000-hp each). The vessel's starboard main engine and crankshaft engine had previously been renewed during scheduled repairs in Kiel during 1996. Work for the main engines' repair, included reconstruction, comprehensive repair or renewal of all damaged piping, control and pneumatic lines and equipment, as well as new alignment and re-choking, adjustment and final commissioning. The starboard main engine was examined at a greater length and dismantled, since it was the source of the fire, with the cylinder block being lifted up to car deck for thorough overhaul. Camshafts were removed for full inspection, and the crankshaft was brought ashore for dimensional deflection measurements. The bed plate and main bearing were controlled and measured. A temporary intermediate platform was constructed on staging above the main engines proceeding the installation of the major components, so that repairs could be expedited and other trades could continue work in the area.
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- An Effective Shield from Criminal Prosecution page: 14
- MARCO Signs Contract With S.F. Bar Pilots page: 16
- MAN Acquires Alstom Diesel Engine Ops page: 16
- South Korean January Ship Orders Increase page: 17
- Dockwise Awarded Hanjung Contract page: 17
- The U.S. Navy - Reducing Shipboard Planned Maintenance page: 20
- Safety Charter Targets Old Tankers, Flags Of Convenience page: 20
- High Times Again in Singapore? page: 22
- Ship Repair Yards Ask: Where's the Funding? page: 26
- Ailsa-Troon Continues To Climb page: 27
- Irving Shipbuilding Repairs Wide Selection page: 29
- Vessels Make Pit Stop At Bay Ship page: 30
- Tampa Bay Shipbuilding - Gearing Up For A Boom page: 31
- Bollinger Puts Its Expertise To The Test page: 32
- Turbo-Technik: Rescuing A "Prinsesse" page: 33
- Smooth Sailing page: 34
- Seacoast Delivers Package To Halter page: 34
- JRC Radar Offers Plotter System page: 34
- SKYbolt Enables Real Time Processing page: 38
- Transas Moves Towards Auto Integrated Navigation page: 44
- Litton To Supply For New Passenger Ferries page: 44
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- Washburn & Doughty: Developing New Process To Meet Changing Needs page: 49
- Fictitious Tugboat Character Goes Live In Canada Yard page: 51
- Bollinger opts for Oracle page: 52
- BIMCO Introduces Millennium Software page: 55
- Ship Safety Database Set Up To Avoid Future Disasters page: 55
- WindShip Technology Promises Fuel Saving s page: 56
- Recore Classified As Fireproof For Vessels page: 56
- Sandwiched Composites Offer Promise For Marine Industry page: 57
- Fiberline Offers GRP For Use In Hostile Environs page: 57
- AMT Marine To Construct Utility Boat page: 59
- Sneed Delivers Pushboat To Blessey Marine page: 59
- Alert in Valdez Harbor page: 60
- 3.MAJ Delivers Innovative Tanker page: 61
- Robert Allan Design To Be Built For Brusco page: 62
- New Surface Cleaning Process Saves Navy On Maintenance page: 65
- Jotun Goes Tin-Free page: 66
- Se-Cliff Enhances With CoreKote 2000 page: 69
- Japan: Advanced procedures sustain industry in turbulent markets page: 74
- JAMSTEC Deepsea Exploring Ship Contract Announced page: 75
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