China: CIC Changxing Shipyard Repairs 300.000 DWT Tanker MT Xin Ping Yang

On September 28th, 2011, CIC Changxing Shipyard successfully completed the repairing project of M/T Xin Ping Yang. The captioned vessel is 300,000DWT tanker whose classification is ABS, size:330m*60m*28.9m. She went into the shipyard on September 8th, 2011 for repairing.

The main jobs were mending by replacing of some internal members in No.1-No.5 ballast water tanks and forepeak tank, newly making a slop tank in E/R, grating renewal on the mooring winch and windlass platform, welding the English letters on 52 pcs. fairleads and mooring bitts, handrails, renewal of mooring winch cover, life buoy frame and flagpole, bead-welding on five star pulley and the bottom plate of some oil tanks, cropping and renewing of rubber channel of some side hatch covers, renewal of inner parts for twelve ventilation caps.

Changxing Shipyard’s engineering department arranged the schedule reasonably, the department manager paid great attention to this vessel. The hull workshop organized 8 working teams to ensure the fulfillment of the contracting period, safety, quality and service. Main scope of the work scattered in the ballast tank that was confined space with high air temperature, meantime had deep depth with high danger coefficient. The working area of the slop tank in engine room was a distance from the skylight, the material must be transported by the hand because of the big size. The working teams overcame all the difficulties, with the help of the existing hanging point and the combination of the chain block and hand conveying, and completed the repair in time by working overtime.

The timely completion of M/T Xin Ping Yang has insured the capacity for China Shipping Oil Tanker Company.

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Source: csgcic, October 4, 2011