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Repair & Conversion

For new construction applications, methodologies have been developed for fabricating curved sections, inspection and testing, repair during service and disposal at the end of its service life.

Most importantly, SPS is approved by all of the world's leading classification societies.

P&O: A Good Reference

The process of introducing anything new, particularly to a relatively conser- vative industry such as the marine busi- ness, can be a daunting process for com- panies, even those with strong track records in other industries. Paramount to building momentum is acquiring strong references, which IE has admirably done with P&O and Stena, the former the first customer to use the SPS overlay.

P&O ferries in 1999 had to install new

RoRo decks onboard the 1975-built, 900-lane-m passenger RoRo Pride of

Cherbourg. The job. using the SPS

Overaly solution, was carried out by

A&P Falmouth to LR class. Today, according to Welch. P&O specifies this

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Recently, A&P Birkenhead won a fur- ther three-ship contract from P&O

European Ferries for passenger/car fer- ries operating across the Irish Sea. The ships involved are the 14,426 grt

European Pioneer, the 18,653 grt

European Envoy, and the 12,879 grt

European Leader. The first was due to arrive in Birkenhead on July 21.

All three will receive deck renewals using the "Sandwich Plate System" from

Intelligent Engineering. Other sched- uled repair work will also be carried out, with the yard remaining very flexible over the requirements of P&O.

During the P&O ships stay at A&P

Birkenhead, a total of over 2,723 sq. m. of decks will be repaired on all three ships using the SPS Overlay technology.

The breakdown includes the European

Leader (a total of 1,936 sq. m.),

European Envoy (202 sq. m.) and

European Pioneer (585 sq. m.).

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Intelligent Engineering

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Atlantic Marine

Completes Several

Repairs

Several vessels have been repaired recently in the Mobile Shipyard of

Atlantic Marine — Shih Wei

Navigation's 40,864 dwt bulk carrier

Federal Pescadores was in the yard for a quick propeller change-out, as was TECO's 36,414 dwt bulk carrier

Cynthia Fagan. Associated

Maritime's 106,118 dwt tanker New

Alliance came in for a special survey and routine drydocking work.

U.S. Shipping Lines' 34,930 dwt chemical tanker Chemical Pioneer is undergoing complete tank recoating,

Global Industries' 24,406 dwt bulk carrier Global Pioneer was recently in for general repairs, and Waterman

Steamship's MSC support vessel

Major Stephen W. Pless is undergo- ing a 21 day drydocking and repair period. Atlantic Marine was also recently awarded the contract for the

USCG Decisive, which included pri- marily hull coatings application.

Ships due include Bisso Marine's support vessel DB Boaz for an ABS survey and Seabulk International's 49,530 dwt tanker Seabulk Trader at the end of this month (September) for a standard docking.

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Atlantic Marine,

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