Finnish modern technology firm Wärtsilä on Tuesday stated it has actually gotten to a contract with overseas boring specialist Maersk Drilling produce a long-lasting technique targeted at lowering prices and also downtime related to thruster upkeep throughout Maersk’s fleet of contemporary deepwater boring gears.

The distinct collaboration establishes the program for drawing up a 25-year technique for doing thruster repair and maintenance for Maersk’s 3 semi-submersible gears and also 4 drillships. The thorough technique specifies preparing treatments for arranged upkeep, thruster solutions, and also tools exchange in emergency situation situations. By lowering exchange time, the deepwater gears and also drillships will certainly invest much less time needing to go back to protected waters for thruster upkeep.

“Increased understanding of one another’s operations and demands helps the two companies to plan and further develop the optimal and most efficient ways of executing thruster maintenance,” Wärtsilä stated in a declaration introducing the collaboration. “With open exchange of information and knowledge, Wärtsilä and Maersk can also adopt a holistic view of the maintenance needs for a fleet of vessels over an extended time period, and thus optimise logistics and cost efficiency.”

Maersk Drilling semi-submersible gears Maersk Developer, Maersk Discoverer and also Maersk Deliverer are outfitted with 8 Wärtsilä LMT-FS3501 thrusters each.

Under the arrangement, Wärtsilä’s will provide extra thrusters along with long-lasting storage space upkeep. Specifically, 4 brand-new extra thrusters will certainly be supplied throughout 2018 and also included in the 4 existing extra devices. “By having a full set of eight spare thrusters it is possible to reduce the shutdown period significantly by hot swopping all eight thrusters with the spare units. This provides additional flexibility to planning shutdowns in collaboration with clients to ensure minimal impact on operations,” according to Wärtsilä.

“Our fleet operates in remote locations and very demanding weather conditions, which poses a challenge to maintenance,” states Frederik Smidth, CTO,Maersk Drilling “Together with Wärtsilä, we have created a comprehensive strategy that takes into account a variety of realistic scenarios and provides detailed responses. It is clear to us that this kind of intensive collaboration produces tangible results and benefits for both companies and our customers.”