Sapura Brazil PLSV. Image copyright Sapura Navega ção Maritima 2019.
Sub- sea solutions professional Sapura Brazil has actually authorized a five-year maximized upkeep arrangement with Wärtsilä. The arrangement covers Sapura’s 6 pipe-laying assistance vessels (PLSVs), which are fitted with Wärtsilä 32 engines and also Wärtsilä transverse, steerable and also retracting thrusters.
The arrangement will certainly sustain the fleet’s functional efficiency and also boost both its performance and also integrity by precisely forecasting upkeep needs. This will certainly additionally reduce running expenses.
The Wärtsilä service consists of possession diagnostics of the vessels’ major engines and also thrusters to specify the real problem of the tools. This makes it possible for use an anticipating upkeep approach where maintenance tasks and also overhauls are performed based upon the well-known problem of the tools elements, as opposed to on dealt with arranged periods.
Sapura Brazil will certainly additionally have accessibility to the Wärtsilä Expertise Centers to get complete technological assistance for its procedures.
Wärtsilä’s Dynamic Maintenance Planning (DMP) service enhances the time in between significant upkeep job and also raises the performance of the vessels’ procedures. By decreasing both arranged and also unscheduled downtime, higher use of the vessels will certainly additionally be accomplished.
“This agreement provides the customer with the benefits of the extensive experience and know-how we have, plus the latest predictive analytics technology. Wärtsilä is able to accurately analyze the need for maintenance on the ships’ engines and thrusters, and with our class-approved DMP concept we can achieve the flexibility and cost savings not possible with conventional manual-based maintenance planning. The necessary work and spare part requirements can be efficiently planned and scheduled in accordance with the Sapura vessels’ utilisation demand, and based on the true condition of the propulsion equipment,” states Andr é Bosman, Director, Business and also Operations Support, Wärtsilä Marine.
“This project further tightens our relationship with Wärtsilä and will deliver significant benefits to our operations. It is important to have this type of preparedness, which is focused on prevention, since it allows us to feel more confident about the integrity and reliability of our equipment,” states Rog ério Salbego, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of Sapura Brazil.
With this service, Sapura Brazil will certainly have accessibility to the Wärtsilä Expertise Centers to get complete technological assistance for its procedures. The ships covered by the arrangement are fitted with Wärtsilä 32 engines and also Wärtsilä transverse, steerable and also retracting thrusters.
