The benefits of the Metalock process

A damaged main engine cylinder casing has now been returned to service in Bulgaria, after a repair operation lasting just seven days, saving almost eight months of off-hire time.

The shipowners, faced with an eight-month replacement estimate for the engine, called in local Metalock engineers who worked to perform a full repair. The entire operation took one technician, seven days and was conducted without removal or disassembly of the engine.

Details of the repair have been released by the Metalock International Association (MIA), in a whitepaper, ‘The Benefits of the Metalock Process’, highlighting the loss to shipping caused by unfamiliarity with the Metalock technique.