Healthy order book for Grand Bahama Shipyard

The scope of works included major steel fabrication and repairs, engine and technical systems overhauls, hull treatment and tank cleanings.

With a healthy order book, the yard has secured work as far as three years in advance. GBSL believes this approach is cost/time effective by helping our customers prepare their docking schedules and specifications to fulfil periodical classification requirements thereby reducing time out of service.

In terms of container vessels, bulk carriers and ro-ro ships, VShips USA brought two bulk carriers, ‘CSL Acadian’ and ‘CSL Argosy’ to GBSL to do tank cleaning on both. While the ‘CSL Acadian’ also received extensive pipe work.

Wihelmsen Ship Management docked two container ships in May, ‘Seaboard Atlantic’ and ‘Seaboard Patriot’. A third vessel from Wilhelmsen Ship Management, ‘Seaboard Sun,’ received extensive hull treatment work during a 26-day dry docking in June.

Within the tug and barge sector, Crowley dry docked three vessels, ‘Barge Jacksonville,’ ‘Barge 650-1,’ with tug ‘Pacific Reliance’ all in for extensive three week or more docking periods to provide classification work including steel work and complete hull treatment.

Sviter was supported by GBSL in dry docking three tugs in 2016, namely the ‘Svitzer Grand Bahama,’ ‘Svitzer Nassau,’ and ‘Svitzer Lucaya.’ all received general dry dock maintenance services, hull treatment and works to propulsion systems.

Alongside this, Solvang ASA operated tankers ‘Clipper Victory’ and ‘Clipper Sirius’ both dry docked for general dry dock maintenance along with steel repairs followed by hull treatment this summer.

While transport Desganges Inc. docked two tankers ‘Espada Desganges’ in May for an extensive 23 dry dock period which included hull treatment, general dry dock maintenance services, and pipe replacement.

‘Laurentia Desgagnes’ followed in September for significant work namely hull treatment, general dry dock maintenance services, and pipe replacement during its 22-day dry dock period.

These are just a few examples of the vast number of vessels which were repaired, refurbished or retrofitted at the shipyard last year.