Naval marine services
Full ship repair and sustainment services for warships and support vessels
Dockside: Caledonia Sky completes third docking with Babcock
Babcock was very pleased to dock the 4,200 grt Caledonian Sky in November 2018. This is the third time the international cruise ship has dry-docked with Babcock confirming the trust and confidence that customers have in our ability to provide them with the service desired.
The Caledonian Sky project was one of the most intense work packages in terms of work scope versus time in hand that has been undertaken by Babcock NZ. This year’s docking was for a Class Renewal Survey, and some key structural repairs. With a very fixed repair window between cruise bookings (passengers were flying into Auckland to join the vessel the day after the planned dry-dock period completed) it was a challenge for all. Our project team had been working with the Salen Shipping Technical Director based in Sweden since early 2018, and preparations included ship inspections in Auckland and Darwin to plan the work package accurately and allocate sufficient resources to ensure the agreed work package could be completed. Contingencies were put in place to deal with any unforeseen emergent work that may have arisen following in-dock survey.
Approximately 17,000 working hours were planned for 16 days although for projects of this size (noting the potential conflicting activities such as propeller shafts and stabilizer surveys, structural steelwork repairs and hull preservation) we would normally allow a longer duration. A strong consideration in the planning process was to achieve the condensed timeline without affecting the quality of our workmanship or in any way compromising ship and personnel safety. The approach was to assign additional work teams and subcontractors and employ additional shifts, in a seven day working week to ensure that the timeframe was achievable.
Caledonian Sky dry-docked
We are certified to AS/NZS ISO 9001:2008 standard and work with allied marine engineering and specialist contractors in dry-docking repairs, conversions, alongside voyage maintenance and repair, NDT and ultrasonic thickness gauging, general engineering, engineering design and naval architecture.
Caledonian Sky with stern being high pressure water blasted prior to removal of propeller shafts
Approximately 17,000 working hours were planned for 16 days although for projects of this size (noting the potential conflicting activities such as propeller shafts and stabilizer surveys, structural steelwork repairs and hull preservation) we would normally allow a longer duration. A strong consideration in the planning process was to achieve the condensed timeline without affecting the quality of our workmanship or in any way compromising ship and personnel safety. The approach was to assign additional work teams and subcontractors and employ additional shifts, in a seven day working week to ensure that the timeframe was achievable.
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