China: Repaired Vessel Santa Rafaela Leaves CIC Changxing Shipyard

MV Santa Rafaela, which belongs to CPO company from German, arrived in CIC Changxing Shipyard shipyard on February 2nd. The main scope of work for this repair project was to renew the vent duct iwo 7pcs of cargo holds, totally 9 pcs of vent ducts in each hold.

There were 3 teams who took part in the vent ducts renewal job. The height of each vent duct was 15 m. To ensure the safety during the whole repair period. All the workers wore the safety belts and erected the safety enclosure on each floor. The difficulty was increased due to many workers had to work in the limited space. It required the repair manager to take necessary solutions for the working schedule.

CIC Changxing shipyard production department and machinery workshop organized the manpower, overcame the problem by the limited space and the big quantity of the vent ducts renewal, under the cooperation and efforts of the supervisor and work teams, remembered well shipyard’s management idea “keeping integrity and upright, Shipowners first”, actively faced the difficulty, completed all the repair job on schedule. At the same time, it also showed the good example for the repair of MV Santa Rebecca which arrived in yard on Feb 15th as sister vessel with MV Santa Rafaela from the same owner company.

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, March 27, 2012;