The crane ship Wei-Li belonging to Shanghai Salvage simply accomplished a 10-day drydock present process upkeep and restore at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque.

The 141-meter, 18,330 DWT crane ship required particular dock mattress preparations because of the 3,000 tonne crane mounted on her stern and her unconventional hull kind.

A complete of 225 blocks have been required, together with a further 56 metal pillars of as much as 7 meters in size to help the strict. Wooden wedges additionally needed to be added to the lateral blocks to take account of the bizarre hull form and to make sure full stability throughout the drydock.

The scope of labor over the ten day interval included, together with the usual work for sophistication survey, blasting and portray the hull and the overhauling of the interior and overboard valves. The scope of {the electrical} works was in depth given the tight time-frame, with a lot of motors eliminated and transported again to workshop for overhaul earlier than being returned and refitted.

The starboard propeller blades have been additionally rebuilt. This required re-welding ideas onto every of the blades adopted by a full polish for each propellers. Six generator coolers have been additionally eliminated for overhauling, as have been their bearings, and a few main repairs have been made to the lodging.

After all work was accomplished, the vessel departed September 11 to make the brief journey as much as Rotterdam.

The Wei-Li was constructed by Zhenhua Heavy Industries in 2010 and this summer time was concerned within the set up of the 11,000 tonne jacket for the Ivar Aasen challenge within the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

Photos (c) Damen Group

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