Austal USA Enters Repair Market

Following an accidental collision by a large OSV while in port, the Seba'an was taken to the Austal USA facilities in Mobile, Ala., for an extensive but quick repair.

The damage was to the starboard side at window height breaking all of the windows and damaging some of the fitout and internal structure on that side of the boat.

Originally sold to a client in Japan as the passenger ferry "Speeder" by Austal Ships seven years ago, the ferry was purchased by Otto Candies, LLC, in December 1999, and renamed "Seba'an".

Bender Shipbuilding in Mobile converted the ferry to a crew/supply vessel by attaching a platform to the back of the boat for the loading and offloading of supplies and passengers and adding crew quarters inside.

After the collision in Mexico, Otto Candies, LLC, contracted Austal USA to replace the broken windows, replace some sections of the superstructure side shell and framing, remake the mid ship boarding doors, rebuild most of the internal walls on the starboard side and paint.

The repairs were completed in short order and the Seba'an was last month on its way back to Mexico just 3.5 weeks after its arrival in Mobile.

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