During the month of June, we were contacted by a Ship management company regarding one of her 37,332 tons bulk carrier. The vessel suffered major underwater damage on its bulbous bow, fore peak tank and bow thruster compartment after a collision with the railroad Gamboa Bridge inside the Panama Canal.
Immediately our experienced engineers boarded the vessel along with the insurance and class surveyor to determine a work plan to be performed once the vessel got to the Cristobal inner anchorage.
The divers made a detailed underwater survey to determine the full scope of the damage. The agreed proposal involved
making arrestor holes to all five ruptures and sealing them by fitting and welding, underwater doubler boxes, which were
custom made as per the deformed shape of the hull.
Internally we fitted 82 steel elements, as longitudinal and transversal reinforcements, in the collapsed structure inside the fore peak and bow thruster compartments. The vessel was moved alongside the repair berth to pour approximately 11 m3of concrete to reinforce the collapsed compartments, the deformed areas inside the confined space, and the bottom plate.
The repairs were completed to class and designated local superintendent satisfaction. Talleres Industriales, now more than ever, will put ourselves in our customers’ shoes, to make sure their vessels get to their final destinations on time.