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A vibrant and growing cruise business Carnival. Celebrity ‘Summit’ visited in April for to support major water park and slide re- spells good news for Grand Bahama On the hotel side, GBS supported the a major azipod overhaul. The yard team furbishments.

Shipyard (GBS), which in 2017 record- Carnival Hotel Refurbishment Team are so experienced in this work that the ed a “robust” year with 23 cruise ships with interior structural modi? cation vessel was ready to return to operations Looking Ahead to 2018 in for repair, and in 2018 is eying a “re- works on several vessels and the con- within seven days of going dry. 2018 Highlights will be: a project for cord” year with 29 cruise ships sched- struction and installation of the “Water Norwegian Cruise Lines dry docked CCL similar to the aforementioned Ela- uled to come into the yard for repairs, Works” attraction. The late 2017 repair ? ve ships within the ? rst half of 2017. tion project, were a vessel will undergo a refurbishments and revitalizations. season welcomed additional CCL ships NCL’s ‘Sky’ dry-docked for works that “revitalization” within a 30-day period.

In the year past, generally the scope of including the the Carnival Elation proj- included UTM on pool structures, re- GBS turn-key solutions will include works included propulsion and techni- ect, which included deck fabrications placement of galley equipment. GBS the fabrication and installation of new cal systems overhauls, hull treatment, for cabins and passenger areas and other supported Rolls-Royce on the overhaul steel structures, including: a cabin block accommodations and public spaces up- complex steel fabrications, along with of CPP and thrusters, and GBS further structure which will incorporate addi- grades and the addition of onboard at- the installation of a ducktail and spon- assisted by constructing and maintain- tional cabins, new structures which will traction facilities. However, work on sons to aid buoyancy. The level of exper- ing complex scaffolding in support of become balconies for mid-ship and aft

Carnival Elation, which graces the cover tise required for successful installation interior renovation projects. cabins on several deck levels, the fab- of the January 2018 edition of Maritime of the ducktail and sponsons involved The Pearl’s and Jade’s extensive work rication and installation of a ducktail

Reporter & Engineering News, was a detailed “mapping” of the existing hull programs included full blast and applica- and sponsons, steel fabrications as base project completed in the fall of 2017 and form, then matching existing frames to tion of silicone coatings, the installation components for interior work which will termed “pivotal” for GBS as it was a the frames on the new structures. Work of new ballast water treatment system enhance general public spaces. GBS “? rst” for the yard to fully provide CCL at GBS in 2017 included several other pipe lines; the overhaul of thrusters, sta- will fabricate the major support struc- a turn-key solution of complex steel fab- cruise majors and brands. bilizers and azipods. Holland America tures for the new waterpark. Standard rications for a major revitalization proj- RCCL’s Grandeur of the Sea’received dry docked four vessels during the late overhauls to piping and mechanical sys- ect. a scrubber system, enhancements to alu- 2017 repair season. Works included the tems are planned, along with complete

In total, Carnival Cruise Lines dry minum and steel structures of the upper installation of the GBS fabricated sea hull treatment, thruster and stabilizer docked ? ve vessels within the ? rst deck and complete hull blasting plus ap- chest, complete hull treatment and livery overhauls and ABB Azipod overhaul. half of 2017. Similar on each dry-dock plication of silicone coating. A project painting, UTM and steel repairs to vari- On another CCL vessel, “bridge wing project were full hull blasting and ap- of note undertaken by the yard was the ous structures, hull and super structure, suites” will be added, these have proven plication of silicone coatings; major erection and maintenance of an impres- new overboard ballast water treatment to be a success with CCL customers on technical projects including major steel sive 1500 cu. m. complex scaffolding system, thruster and stabilizers over- other ships in the ? eet. RCCL will have replacement in underwater areas and structure to support interior renovations. hauls. GBS facilitated a new scrubber two “revitalization projects within 2018, pipe replacements on multiple systems Two additional RCCL vessels arrived project and exhaust line replacement, major projects will run concurrently throughout the vessels. GBS supported for late 2017 dry dock period to receive laundry equipment replacement, ABB with the GBS turnkey projects of fab- the overhaul of thrusters and stabilizers, similar works. Princess Cruise Line’s re- co-op Azipod repair, and constructed ex- ricating and installing aluminum deck as well as fabrication and installation of turned with two vessels, Caribbean Prin- tensive interior and exterior scaffolding blocks for the incorporation of suites. sea chests that were ? tted into hulls to cess and the Paci? c Princess. Both re- structures to support works throughout On these projects GBS will also fabri- support the requirements of newly in- placed approximately 11 tons of steel in the vessel. cate the major support structures for the stalled scrubber systems. Other major structural projects on the hull and upper Disney Cruise Lines docked Fan- new waterparks. A success from the ? rst technical projects were the positioning decks. Other projects of note included tasy for its ? rst class related dry dock- “signature of excellence” program, HAL of additional diesel generator modules the application of the intricate Princess ing. Works included an extensive hull will add “Lanai Cabins”, on several of (ADG) on four vessels and the installa- livery on the bow of each vessel by a treatment and anode replacement pro- their vessels, this giving their customers tion of cyclo-convertor, the latter being team from the GBS Hull Treatment De- gram, the erection and maintenance of a the opportunity of direct access from the a major co-op project with GBS/ABB/ partment. 10,000 cu. m. of complex scaffold stage cabin to the promenade deck.

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