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              Pro-ecological                        A giant which was               Ronia Diamond
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              Stena Scandinavica                    given a second life             as good as new
              We help ship owners to make their     Self-discharging bulk carrier   Unlucky cruise of a new ship
              ships more environmentally friendly   Yeoman Bontrup                  with a happy shipyard ending
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        14 years of cooperation with Brittany Ferries
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                              We’ve enjoyed
                              a ferry                                                                                                                                                                                                   Express
                              parade...                                                                                                                                                                                                 engine repair
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                                                                                                          Pro-ecological                        A giant which was               Ronia Diamond

                                                                                            in magazine
                                                                                                          Stena Scandinavica                    given a second life             as good as new
                                                                                                          We help ship owners to make their     Self-discharging bulk carrier   Unlucky cruise of a new ship
                                                                                                          ships more environmentally friendly   Yeoman Bontrup                  with a happy shipyard ending
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    Since the beginning of 2018,              (Brittany Ferries). For several                      3 Express engine
    Remontowa SA has enjoyed a                days (until January 25, the day of                   repair 14 years of
    real ferry parade. Within just one        departing straight from the dock,                    cooperation with Brittany                                                                                                            Brittany Ferries is a leading Breton shipping operator in the English Channel, with
    day - on January 11, three ferries        the Pride of Rotterdam ferry), as                    Ferries                                                                                                                              a fleet of 10 passenger and car ferries, including one fast catamaran, and an exten-
    entered the yard, two of which op-        many as eight ferries of renowned                                                                                                                                                         sive network of crossings on routes between France, England, Ireland, and Spain.
    erate quite far away on a daily ba-       Western European, Scandinavian                       5 Pro-ecological
    sis. Pride of Rotterdam (P&O Fer-         and Baltic operators were being                      Stena Scandinavica
    ries), sails across the North Sea         together serviced at Remontowa,                      We help ship owners to
    - on the route linking Rotterdam          not to mention two other vessels                     make their ships more
    (Europort) and Hull in the UK.            - the Finnwave ro-ro vessel, op-                     environmentally friendly
      Another one - Mont St Michel,           erated by Finnlines, lengthened
    in the colors of the French oper-         at Remontowa and departed on                                7 The Princess
    ator Brittany Ferries - arrived at        January 25) as well as the Spir-                            after renovation
    Remontowa from its place of work          it of British Columbia (BC Ferries)                         Our new client - Princess
    on the English Channel (La Man-           ro-pax under conversion to LNG                              Anastasia, property of Moby
    che), from the Caen Ouistreham -          propulsion. Taking this into ac-                            SPL
    Portsmouth route. The third one,          count the number of ferries be-
    Baltic Princess (Tallink) had to          ing together serviced at that time                      9 The project
    leave the route connecting Turku          amounted to as many as nine!                            runs smoothly
    (Finland), Stockholm (Sweden)                One of these days, the drone                         Finnlines decides to lengthen
    and Mariehamn (Åland Islands,             video footage was recorded. A                           two further vessels
    Finland). She was moored at the           video made of this footage, show-                       at Remontowa SA
    shipyard’s quay, while the remain-        ing an extremely-busy Remon-
    ing two ferries immediately en-           towa Shiprepair Yard in Gdansk,                      13 A giant which
    tered the floating docks.                 gained a lot of audience not only                    was given a second
      The above-mentioned ferries             in Poland but also abroad. It has                    life Self-discharging bulk
    saw other vessels of this type,           been also shown by specialist, in-                   carrier Yeoman Bontrup
    already berthed or docked in              dustry - maritime news portals, in-
    Remontowa SA. It was, among               cluding in the United States (pop-                          16 Ronia Diamond
    others, the ro-pax ferry Stena            ular gCaptain website), Turkey                              as good as new
    Scandinavica (Stena Line), that           and Greece among others.                                    Unlucky cruise of a new ship
    visited the yard to be retrofitted           You can watch the video at                               with a happy shipyard ending
    with scrubber.                            https://youtu.be/crqHkTJUWqQ                                                                                                                                     Barfleur berthed at Remontowa SA.
      In the first two months of 2018            If you want to know a bit more                    18 To see the ships                                                                                         Photo: Sławomir Lewandowski
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The cooperation between Brittany Fer-          St. Malo, Bilbao, Santander. Just 25
    there were also other ferries re-         about some ferry projects listed                     from the “other                                                                                                                                      ries and Remontowa Shiprepair Yard             km from Cherbourg, there is a small,
    paired at Remontowa SA: Stena             above (and not only about them),                     side”... We have hosted                                                                                                                              SA began in 2004. Since then, every            picturesque fishing village Barfleur
    Spirit (Stena Line), Princess An-         just check in this issue of our mag-                 navigation students from                                                                                                                             year, this well-known French shipown-          from which the ferry takes her name.
    astasia (Moby Lines) and Barfleur         azine!                                               Norway                                                                                                                                               er entrusts the shipyard with the re-             Built in 1992, the ferry serves a dai-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        pair of their ships. In the first quarter of   ly route between Poole on the south
                                                           Grzegorz Landowski                                                                                                                                                                           2018, two Brittany Ferries’ vessels ar-        coast of England and Cherbourg in
                                                                Editor-in-Chief                                                                                                                                                                         rived in Gdansk - Barfleur and Mont St         France. In the Remontowa SA ship-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Michel.                                        yard, the ferry underwent maintenance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       with a complete overhaul of the four
    Remontowa Ship Repair News is a customer magazine of Remontowa Shiprepair Yard, member of Remontowa Holding SA                                                                                                                                        The Brittany Ferries company op-             main engines and three auxiliary en-
    Publisher: Temat Ltd., Na Ostrowiu 1, 80-958 Gdańsk, Poland.                                                                                                                                                                                        erates its ferries between the ports of        gines. After completing the work and
    Editor-in-Chief: Grzegorz Landowski. Phone: +48 58 307 17 90, e-mail: grzegorz.landowski@portalmorski.pl                                                                                                                                            Cork, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Poole,             undocking the ship, the engine room
    The content of the magazine (with the exception of photos) may by reproduced provided the source.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Cherbourg, Roscoff, Le Havre, Caen,            was ready for start-up. The ship was

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                                                                                                                                                                                  We help ship owners to make their ships more
                                                                                                                                                                                  environmentally friendly

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                                                                                                                                                                                  Stena
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                                                                                                                                                                                  In January 2018, Stena Scandinavica, one of the largest car-passenger ferries in
                                                                                                                                                                                  the fleet of the renowned Swedish shipowner Stena Line, moored at the wharf of
                                                                                                                                                                                  Remontowa Shiprepair Yard SA in Gdansk.

    Docked Barfleur underwent an express repair of
    her engines.
    Photo: Sławomir Lewandowski

    checked on mooring trials. In February,
    after only three weeks in the shipyard,
    the ferry left Remontowa SA and sailed
    to France.
       How did Remontowa manage to car-
    ry out all the work in such a short time?
    Specialists from the shipyard went to
    Cherbourg to start working on the fer-
    ry before its arrival in Gdańsk. During
    the cruise, the shipyard’s team inten-
    sively cooperated with the French me-
    chanics responsible for the main en-
                                                     Mont St Michel (left) and Barfleur moored head to head at Remontowa.
    gine room and auxiliary engine room.
                                                     Photo: Skyland
    This allowed them to save time and
    properly plan the production capacity
    necessary to perform all tasks in the
    shipyard; when the ferry arrived at the
    wharf, workers, specialists, and me-
    chanics were ready to get on board               on car decks, pipelines, and electrical               Work was also carried out in the ho-
                                                                                                                                                      Stena Scandinavica is a frequent visitor to
    and start work.                                  work.                                              tel department as well as numerous steel
                                                                                                                                                      Remontowa SA.
       In addition to overhauling the main              A large scope of work was also car-             works in various parts of the ship, includ-   Photo: Slawomir Lewandowski                   A ship with a length of 243 m, a width     yard Hyundai Heavy Industries as Ste-
    and auxiliary engines, the pumps, the            ried out on the ferry Mont St Michel,              ing repair of ramps at the bow and stern.                                                   of 29.3 m, a gross tonnage of 57,958       na Britannica II.
    steering gear elements, the hydrau-              which also regularly visits Remontowa                 Both of these Brittany Ferries met in                                                    units, a loading length of 3,800 m, able
    lic system for the stabilizers, and the          Shiprepair Yard SA. This time, general             the Polish shipyard, mooring board to                                                       to take on board 1,300 passengers and        This is its second visit to the Remon-
    crankshaft seals on the four main en-            repairs to the four main engines as well           board. Mont St Michel, which was the                                                        300 cars, operating on the Gothenburg      towa SA yard. In 2010, it came here
    gines were also repaired. The ship               as to the auxiliary engines and pumps              first to arrive at the shipyard, left soon                                                  (Sweden) - Kiel (Germany) line. It was     under the name Stena Britannica for a
    also underwent maintenance work                  were carried out.                                  after Barfleur’s arrival.∙                                                                  built in 2003 in the South Korean ship-    large conversion. Back then, we built

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                                                                                                                                                                                   Our new client - Princess Anastasia,
                                                                                                                                                                                   property of Moby SPL

                                                                                                                                                                                   The Princess
                                                                                                                                                                                   after renovation
                                                                                                                                                                                   After repair, the car- passenger ferry Princess Anastasia, belonging to Moby SPL,
                                                                                                                                                                                   left the Remontowa Shiprepair Yard SA company. This was the first ship from this
                                                                                                                                                                                   shipowner to visit the shipyard.

                                                                                                                                                                                                   Princess Anastasia, 176.8 m long and        However, this one is unique, not just
                                                                                                                                                                                                   32 m wide, has 834 cabins and can           because it was in this shipyard for the
                                                                                                                                                                                                   take on board 2,500 passengers and          first time.
                                                                                                                                                                                                   over 300 crew members at one time.
                                                                                                                                                                                                   This is one of a record number of fer-        This ferry is an example of a joint
                                                                                                                                                             The Princess in the dock.             ries that have joined the Remontowa         strategic venture between the Russian
                                                                                                                                                             Photo: Slawomir Lewandowski           SA shipyard in the first quarter of 2018.   shipowner St. Peter Line and the Italian

    Apart from being retrofitted with scrubber, the ferry has received silicone coatings applied on its hull.
    Photo: Slawomir Lewandowski

    100 new passenger cabins on the ferry                   scrubber, assembly and commisioning,                ships. These include scrubbers, eco-
    and a public space - restaurants, bars,                 to handing over to the shipowner.                   logical propulsion types, or the installa-
    kitchens, arranged in a more modern                        So far, Remontowa S.A. has made                  tion of more streamlined bulbous bows
    way. The ferry left the shipyard with a                 over 40 such installations on several               which reduce fuel consumption. A sig-
    new name on the shipboard.                              dozen ships of leading European ship-               nificant number of such projects have
       In March 2014, a new 90-ton bul-                     owners.                                             been commissioned by the Swedish
    bous bow was installed on the vessel                       In addition to the installation of the           operator to Remontowa SA.
    at Remontowa SA. Two years ago,                         flue gas desulphurization system, the                  Let us also remind you that in 2014,
    our shipyard workers also carried out                   scope of work on the ferry was very                 the Stena Germanica ferry was con-
    an emergency repair at an expedited                     wide. 110 tons of steel were processed,             verted in the shipyard. The ship has
    pace.                                                   15 kilometres of cables and approx. 10              been adapted to be supplied with meth-
       This year, the most important point                  km of pipelines were laid. The exhaust              anol, a colorless biodegradable fuel
    in the repair schedule was the instal-                  system was also replaced with four                  that can be produced from natural gas,
    lation of scrubber - a system that radi-                main engines, and silicone coatings                 coal, biomass, and even CO2, reduc-
    cally limits the emission of sulfur to the              were placed on the hull.                            ing sulfur emissions by 99%, nitrogen
    atmosphere in the exhaust gases gen-                       Stena Line has been undertaking en-              by 60%, and carbon dioxide by 25%
    erated by the ship’s engines.                           vironmentally-friendly activities on a              compared to currently used ship fuel.
       The implementation of this service                   large scale for several years now, sys-                The modernized, pro-ecological Ste-
    was carried out from the initial design                 tematically implementing more envi-                 na Scandinavica left Gdańsk in Febru-
    of the system, through the supply of                    ronmentally friendly technologies on its            ary this year.∙

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                                                                                                                                                                         Finnlines decides to lengthen two further
                                                                                                                                                                         vessels at Remontowa SA

                                                                                                                                                                         The project
                                                                                                                                                                         runs smoothly
                                                                                                                                                                         Finnlines has entrusted Remontowa Shiprepair Yard SA in Gdansk, with the task
                                                                                                                                                                         of lengthening its two ro-ro vessels Finnbreeze and Finnsea, as a continuation of
                                                                                                                                                                         the entire lengthening programme executed at the Polish yard.

                                                                                                                                                                                         The Finnlines’ EUR 70 million Energy        Thanks to the lenghtening, the ves-
                                                                                                                                                                                         Efficiency and Emission Reduction In-     sels will become more energy efficient
                                                                                                                                                                                         vestment Programme started in 2017        and environmentally friendly by cutting
                                                                                                                                                                                         with the lengthening of its four Breeze   emissions. Each one is to be length-
                                                                                                                                                                                         series vessels: Finntide, Finnwave,       ened with an approximately 30 m long
                                                                                                                                                                                         Finnsky and Finnsun with an option for    insert, weighing some 1,500 tons each.
                                                                                                                                                                                         two additional ones.                      After the modification the vessel is
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   217.7 metres long and has a capacity
                                                                                                                                                Finnsky lengthened by 30 metres            In March 2018 Finnlines decided to      of around 4,200 lane metres.
                                                                                                                                                at Remontowa SA.                         exercise the option for the lengthening     The project has been executed on
                                                                                                                                                Photo: Sławomir Lewandowski              of Finnbreeze and Finnsea.                schedule. The first two vessels have al-

    Princess Anastasia of Moby SPL is a new client of Remontowa SA.
    Photo: Sławomir Lewandowski

    ferry operator Moby Lines from Milan,             tract passengers from Italy; its decks      was the reparation of turbines and air
    specializing in transport in the Mediter-         are decorated with graphics by Riccar-      coolers, because these elements have
    ranean Sea. Both companies created a              do Guasco, the world-renowned Ital-         a very large impact on the engines’ ef-
    joint venture in 2017 called Moby SPL.            ian painter and illustrator, whose works    ficiency.
       The ferry itself, built in 1986 under          inspired by the work of artists such as        The reparation of the main engines,
    the name Olympia for use by the Viking            Picasso, Depero, Munari and Rodari,         made in France, due to their complex
    Line, later known as Pride of Bilbao              are often also presented in advertising     construction was particularly difficult
    and sailing in the colors of P&O Fer-             campaigns, magazines, books, calen-         and constituted a big challenge for
    ries, in 2010 was sold to the Russian             dars, and even... on playing cards.         shipyard specialists.
    company St. Peter Line.                              Paintings on the decks are the result       The rescue equipment was replaced
       Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova                  of his cooperation with Armando Testa,      on the ferry and the MES (mass evac-
    was the Grand Duchess of Russia,                  the largest Italian group specializing in   uation system) was also modified. The
    the youngest daughter of tsar Nikolai             advertising and communication.              infrastructure relating to passenger
    II of Russia, the last ruler of the Rus-             Numerous attractions await passen-       service was also modernized. The re-
    sian Empire and his wife Aleksandra               gers on the Princess Anastasia deck,        furbishing of equipment in the catering
    Fiodorowna, and is commemorated by                among them the specialties of Italian       area of ​​the ferry was carried out by fur-
    the current name of the ferry.                    and Mediterranean cuisine.                  niture company FAMOS, belonging to
       Since April of last year, the ferry Prin-         In Remontowa SA, the ferry under-        the Remontowa Holding capital group.
    cess Anastasia has been operating                 went, above all, a comprehensive over-         During the stay in the dock, standard
    cruises in the Baltic Sea, running on             haul of three main engines and two          repair work was also carried out on the
    the St. Petersburg - Helsinki - Tallinn           auxiliary aggregates. A very important      ferry, including equipment surveys,
    – Stockholm route. It is designed to at-          part of the work on the main engines        maintenance, and painting works.      ∙

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    Upon its arrival at the yard, the ship’s hull was cut and divided into two parts.
    Photo: Sławomir Lewandowski                                                         ready been converted at Remontowa,         increase competitiveness and improve
                                                                                        while the third one was scheduled to       efficiency of capital employed on our
                                                                                        departure by the end of March. The         fleet. This investment is also in line with
                                                                                        fourth vessel was expected to arrive       sustainable development: by increas-
                                                                                        in April and planned to be lenghtened      ing our energy efficiency further we will
                                                                                        by the end of May, whilst the lengthen-    contribute to reducing emissions per
                                                                                        ing of Finnbreeze and Finnsea will be      transported tonne - he emphasizes.
                                                                                        carried out in September–December             The most important task is to length-
                                                                                        2018.                                      en the ship by 29.5 m, as well as to ad-
                                                                                          According to Finnlines, the first two    just the new insert to the existing hull. It
                                                                                        vessels, Finntide and Finnwave, have       has proved to be a great technological
                                                                                        already been operating in their extend-    challenge. In the final phase of the proj-
                                                                                        ed length.                                 ect, the ship is delivered to the owner
                                                                                          - These two lengthened vessels in        according to the rules and rigour be-
                                                                                        addition to the previous four, will help   ing very similar to those applied to new
                                                                                        us meet increased demand and enable        ships, as virtually all ship systems are
                                                                                        us to serve our customers more effi-       discontinued due to cutting of the hull.
                                                                                        ciently - says Tom Pippingsköld, CFO       All the sections must fit to the last milli-
                                                                                        of Finnlines.                              metre, with surgical precision.
                                                                                          - One of our strategic decisions is         As Michal Habina, the CEO of
                                                                                        to focus on improving our operational      Remontowa SA explaines, the length-
                                                                                        performance. This decision to length-      ening of the Finnlines’ ro-ro vessels
                                                                                        en another two vessels will help us to     is of primary importance for the ship-

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                                                                                                                                                           We host the largest self-discharging bulkers

                                                                                                                                                           A giant which was
                                                                                                                                                           given a second
                                                                                                                                                                         life      In the beginning of
                                                                                                                                                                                   2018, two massive
                                                                                                                                                                                   twin ships called at
                                                                                                                                                                                   Remontowa. One of
                                                                                                                                                                                   them triggered our
                                                                                                                                                                                   memories...

    The steel insert before being welded and integrated
    into the ship’s hull.
    Photo: Sławomir Lewandowski

                                                          yard. Remontowa has vast experience         npartner, Finntrader and Finnclipper.
                                                          and a long track record in lengthening      Many other Finnlines-operated ships
                                                          or shortening projects as well as in vir-   have also been serviced and modern-
                                                          tually any kind of ships’ conversions.      ized in our docks. We are very happy,
                                                             - Good cooperation between Remon-        to help the renowned Finnish owner to
                                                          towa and Finnlines has continued for        make his ro-ro fleet both more efficient                                                Yeoman Bridge in the largest dock of
                                                          years - Habina emphasizes. - We have        and more friendly for the environment -                                                 Remontowa SA.
                                                                                                                                                                                              Photo: Sławomir Lewandowski
                                                          already converted its vessels as Fin-       he adds. ∙

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    In 2018 Yeoman Bontrup underwent significant renovation work at Remontowa SA.                                                              Almost 9 tons of steel being internal structure and external sheathing was exchanged on the Yeoman Bridge self-discharging bulk carrier.
    Photo: Sławomir Lewandowski                                                                                                                Photo: Sławomir Lewandowski

    Almost 250 metres long, Yeoman                   gear room, the force of which ejected          underwent significant renovation work.     ing & Equipment from the Remontowa                   in the axis of the ship. The unit is de-             area several years ago with a cargo of
    Bridge underwent renovation, during              part of the stern deck together with su-       In the holds, approx. 33 tons of steel     Holding group, while a company indi-                 signed for the transport of aggregate.               aggregate for the construction of the
    which almost 9 tons of steel being in-           perstructure.                                  were replaced - of which 8,7 tons was      cated by the shipowner was respon-                   She visited the ports in the Triple City             Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway. ∙
    ternal structure and external sheathing             Reconstruction of the unit after the fire   in the tanks and 24,2 tons on the bulk-    sible for painting the bulkhead. Our
    was exchanged. This year in February,            was, at that time, one of the largest ship-    heads of the holds. In addition, on the    specialists helped this company in ob-
    a twin unit - Yeoman Bontrup arrived at          yard production tasks. Winning a contract      lower parts of the bulkhead and sides      taining access to the cargo hold in ship-
    Ostrów Island.                                   to perform this prestigious and very com-      of the holds, a surface of approx. 241     building conditions, thanks to a propri-
                                                     plicated task was not easy. The choice of      sq m Teflon plates have been added         etary solution that saved our client time
       Both bulk carriers have regularly             our offer was decided by the trust we had      which are attached to the ship’s struc-    and money.
    moored at Remontowa SA for several               with the shipowner, with whom we have          ture. They enable better load transfer        Yeoman        Bontrup       (previously
    years, undergoing scheduled surveys.             been cooperating for many years.               onto conveyor belts, preventing dam-       named Western Bridge) was built in
    However, the second above-men-                      At the beginning of 2015, we installed      age to the steel structure of the hold.    1991 in the Japanese shipyard Tsu-
    tioned ship was particularly memora-             a desulfurization system (scrubber) on           There were numerous steel works,         neishi Tadotsu Factory. The overall
    ble. At the end of 2010, she arrived             the bulk carrier. Yeoman Bontrup had           among others locksmith work and steel      length of the ship is 249.9 m, width
    at the shipyard for a complicated and            become an environmentally friendly             repair. All hatch covers were removed,     - 38 m, speed - up to 15 knots and
                                                                                                                                                                                                        On Yeoman
    time-consuming reconstruction.                   ship, not only because during fuel con-        and rubber gaskets replaced. Mea-          draft - 15 m.                                          Bontrup, mea-
       A few months earlier, during mooring          sumption, much less sulfate is now re-         surements were made on the rudder             The ship is owned by the British com-             surements were
    at the aggregate terminal at Glensanda,          leased into the atmosphere. Scrubber           and the propeller was polished. The        pany Western Bridge Shipping Ltd and                     made on the
    on the Morven peninsula in Scotland,             also allows more efficient burning of          dock work also included an inspection      managed by SMT Shipping. The bulk                     rudder and the
    a dangerous fire broke out on the bulk           heavy fuel and more economical and             of outboard valves as well as painting     carrier is distinguished by a character-                propeller was
                                                                                                                                                                                                           polished.
    carrier (the conveyor belt of the aggre-         efficient operation of the ship.               and maintenance of the hull.               istic red hull and superstructure, as well                    Photo:
    gate caught fire), which in turn caused             During this year’s visit to the Remon-        The painting of the sides of the holds   as the boom conveyor used for unload-                      Sławomir
    a dangerous explosion in the steering            towa SA shipyard, Yeoman Bontrup               was carried out by Remontowa Coat-         ing, placed in the front of superstructure,           Lewandowski

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                                                                                         It is one of the most modern ships in the        former Gdańsk Shipyard, was equipped        bakk, told Norwegian portal Salmon-
                                                                                         world, designed for loading and unload-          and delivered to the shipowner by the       Business.com.
    Unlucky cruise of a new ship with a happy                                            ing fish direct from breeding grounds.           Norwegian shipyard Kleven Myklebust            The crew was forced to direct an

    shipyard ending
                                                                                         It is fully equipped for transporting fish       from Gursken. At the end of December        80-meter ship to the Sortland port,
                                                                                         in open, closed, and semi-open cargo             2017, instead of sailing to the recipient   where divers checked the hull cover,

    Ronia Diamond
                                                                                         tanks with the use of UV radiation. The          with the next load of Norwegian salm-       which, as it turned out, required imme-
                                                                                         tanks can hold up to 500 tons of cargo.          on, it headed towards the friendly Bal-     diate reparation.
                                                                                                                                          tic Sea, finally arriving at Remontowa         The unit underwent the first repair
                                                                                            The shipowner is Sølvtrans, the worlds’       Shiprepair Yard SA in Gdansk.               in the Norwegian shipyard Myklebust
                                                                                         largest company operating ships for the             The reason for this change of plans      Verft AS from Gursken, which allowed

    as good as new
                                                                                         transport of live salmon and trout. It is        was the event that took place on De-        it to cruise to Gdansk. The task of the
                                                                                         a leader in the development of environ-          cember 14, of the last year. In the         Remontowa SA shipyard was to re-
                                                                                         mentally friendly technology for a “closed       morning, the ship had settled on the        store the ship to its condition before the
                                                                                         system” of transport, limiting the risk of in-   rocks near Klo in the archipelago of the    collision with the rocks.
                                                                                         fection, having a positive impact on ani-        Vesterålen islands, in northern Nor-           After entering the Polish shipyard on
                                                                                         mal welfare, and ensuring cost-effective         way.                                        December 29, 2017, Ronia Diamond
    It is extremely unfortunate that a newly built ship, only two months after being     transport and handling of fish.                     - What actually happened? They           immediately went to the floating dock.
    handed over to its owner, would run aground and suffer serious damage. Howev-           Ronia Diamond, with a hull built and          made a wee miscalculation and               Inspection showed the scale of dam-
    er, even after such an event, this unfortunate fate can be reversed, as was proved   partly equipped by one of the Polish             veered slightly off course - Sølvtrans      age to the hull to be extensive. The
    by the story of the ship Ronia Diamond.                                              companies operating on the site of the           Managing Director Roger Halse-              length of the cover to be replaced was
                                                                                                                                                                                      about 25 metres and extended from
                                                                                                                                                                                      the bow to the area around the 77th
                                                                                                                                                                                      hull frame. In addition to the outer shell,
                                                                                                                                                                                      part of the internal structure of the hull
                                                                                                                                                                                      also required replacement.
                                                                                                                                                                                         During the reparation work, many
                                                                                                                                                                                      components and devices including the
                                                                                                                                                                                      pump were dismantled and repaired.
                                                                                                                                                                                      Shipbuilding specialists in Remontowa
                                                                                                                                                                                      reconstructed all the damaged instal-
                                                                                                                                                                                      lations in the interior of the ship and
                                                                                                                                                                                      the cargo tanks and pumping station
                                                                                                                                                                                      were painted using so-called metalliz-
                                                                                                                                                                                      ing coating.
                                                                                                                                                                                         The shipowner’s wish was that after
                                                                                                                                                                                      the renovation the ship would be like
                                                                                                                                                                                      new. This aim has been successfully
                                                                                                                                                                                      achieved.
                                                                                                                                                                                         Sølvtrans was founded in 1986 and
                                                                                                                                                                                      has its headquarters in Ålesund, Nor-
                                                                                                                                                                                      way. In Chile, Sølvtrans has its office
                                                                                                                                                                                      in Puerto Montt. The company’s fleet
                                                                                                                                                                                      consists of 21 modern workers, main-
                                                                                                                                                                                      ly employed on the basis of long-term
                                                                                                                                                                                      contracts with leading fish farms in
                                                                                                                                                                                      Norway, Scotland, Canada, Chile, and
                                                                                                                                                                                      Australia.
                                                                                                                                                                                         Most of the vessels owned by this
                                                                                                                                                                                      company are called “Ronja” after its
                                                                                                                                                                                      two heirs, Robin and Anji Halsebakk.             ∙

                                                                                                                                                                                      We took care of Ronia Diamond reverting her to
                                                                                                                                                                                      the previous state.
                                                                                                                                                                                      Photo: Photo: Sławomir Lewandowski

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    We have hosted navigation students from
    Norway

    To see
    the ships
    from the
    “other side”...
    On February 2, 2018, a nearly 30-person strong group of navigation students from
    Maritime Students Navigation of Bergen visited the Remontowa SA shipyard in
    Gdansk. As it turned out, the choice of this location was not accidental.

                                                                                       A family picture of Norwegian visitors taken on the Front Quay at Remontowa SA.
                                                                                       Photo: Sławomir Lewandowski

                                                                                       One of the Norwegian students got in                   - Until now I had only had the op-        ent types of ships that are mooring at
                                                                                       contact with the shipyard on the rec-               portunity to see small Norwegian ship-       the wharves or being serviced in the
                                                                                       ommendation of a superintendent who                 yards, a shipyard as large as this one, I    docks. We could also observe how a
                                                                                       had previously been here several times              have never seen before. It is amazing,       large shipyard and its departments
                                                                                       with a ship under repair. A few months              such are the ships being repaired here       work. For us, it is a very valuable expe-
                                                                                       ago, the student sent an e-mail asking              - said Sondre Maelumshagen, a partic-        rience - emphasizes Eirik Skale, lectur-
                                                                                       if a group of navigation students from              ipant on the trip.                           er at Maritime Students Navigation and
                                                                                       Bergen, who wish to work at sea in the                 - There is something I have not seen      group supervisor.
                                                                                       future, could visit the Polish yard.                before in any other shipyard, hundreds          During several hours spent here,
                                                                                                                                           and even thousands of shipyard work-         guests from Norway saw, among oth-
                                                                                          The Norwegians had arrived in Gdańsk             ers who work here and such a huge            er things, production halls, a shipyard
                                                                                       the day before. They explained that it              amount of traffic on the street, it all      fire brigade unit for rescue services,
                                                                                       was the last year of their studies and the          looks a bit like a small town - adds Er-     and they also boarded several ships,
                                                                                       trip was also an opportunity to integrate           lend Grimen.                                 including the Norwegian ship Ronia
                                                                                       the whole group. They came to Gdańsk                   - It is a great opportunity for my stu-   Diamond. At the end of their visit, they
                                                                                       to learn, hence their arrival at the Gdańsk         dents to see a large shipbuilding or-        went to the Front Quay, from where
    Sondre Maelumshagen (from left) and Erlend Grimen in Remontowa.                    island of Ostrów, where “the heart of the           ganization, which would be difficult in      they could see one of the most beau-
    Photo: Photo: Sławomir Lewandowski                                                 Polish shipbuilding industry” beats.                Norway. Another thing is the differ-                                    ∙
                                                                                                                                                                                        tiful views of the shipyard.

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