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The lengthening of 2 Grimaldi Group team cruise ship ferryboats by Fincantieri’s Palermo, Italy, shipyard previously this year was completed making use of heavylift tools and also knowledge provided by Stafford, U.K., based ALE.
The Grimaldi Roma and also Grimaldi Barcelona operate the hectic Civitavecchia-Barcelona path and also the lengthening has actually given them both with raised capability.
ALE utilized its skidding and also shipyard transport knowledge to mount brand-new areas and also effectively extend each ship by 30 m, taking them to around 255 m when total. As both ships were comparable, the maneuvers can be executed making use of the exact same expert heavylifting treatment.
In each instance, the brand-new center area, determining 30 m long and also considering 2,540 t, was moved from a setting up location within the shipyard. The skid footwear were mounted in 3 slip lines, one main and also 2 side. Then the bow area, determining 225m lengthy and also considering 10,500 t, was skidded 45 m.
Afterwards, the intermediate area was moved to its last setting to be accompanied the aft area. Finally, the bow was skidded to be signed up with to the brand-new area. In factor to consider of the large dimension and also weight of the areas, ALE went with side skidding to make certain security throughout.
“We used our experience from similar operations around the world to complete this kind of project for the first time in the country,” clarified Filippo Anello, Global Projects Division Director for ALE.
“By working closely with the client, applying our knowledge and a tailored engineering solution in this way, it represents a major milestone for ALE in this sector and demonstrates our commitment to providing specialist heavylifting services to our clients in Italy with the potential to utilize these methods on other projects.”
ALE maximized its tools fleet and also released skid footwear, differing from 500t– 1,000 t capability, in addition to 96 axle lines of SPMT in a setup of 4 x 2 documents 24.
The Grimaldi Roma and also Grimaldi Barcelona are 2 sister ships that were integrated in 2007 and also 2008 specifically. Following the extending, each ship currently has 600 extra direct meters for hefty automobiles, capability for an added 80 resting berths in brand-new traveler cabins and also 2 brand-new public areas.
