The 326-meter, 145,655 tonne Norwegian Breakaway lately finished 11 days in dry-dock at Damen Shiprepair Brest for set up upkeep as well as repair.

The major goal of the completely dry docking was to carry out mechanical work with the ship’s 2 ABB Azipods in close collaboration with ABB. The job consisted of fixing the shaft bearings as well as changing the slewing seals needing the elimination of both props.

At the exact same time as the azipod job, Damen Shiprepair Brest professionals collaborated with employees from Brunvoll regarding embark on upkeep of the vessel’s 3 bowthrusters, in addition to taking down, preserving and after that renovating both Fincantieri stabilisers.

The hull was additionally painted, which entailed the typical paintworks plus the attractive art work on the vessel’s onward topsides.

While in the shipyard’s 420-meter number 3 completely dry dock, big amounts of the rugs inside the cruise liner were gotten rid of as well as changed by a professional.

Laurent Salou, Project Manager at Damen Shiprepair Brest, commented: “I truly believe that all the personnel at Damen Shiprepair Brest really appreciated the opportunity to work on Norwegian Breakaway as the collaboration with the ship’s staff was more than excellent during the entire dry-docking period. I’m personally really proud of the work which has been achieved by my colleagues, and honoured to have worked on such a notable project.”

ABB geared up Norwegian Breakaway with 2 17.5 MW Azipod XO propulsion devices, offering the ship with a full throttle of 22.5 knots as well as a travelling rate of 21.5 knots.

“The client chose us for this project not only because we are capable of handling a ship of this size, but also because we are close to the major cruise terminal at Southampton, which was its last port of call. They were also very satisfied with the works that we performed on the Norwegian Epic in 2015 and I am pleased to be able to report that the client was very happy with performance of the DSBr workers and the yard on this project as well,” Salou included.

The Norwegian Breakaway left Damen Shiprepair Brest on May 8.