GRE pipe retrofit completed on Swedish icebreaker

The installation of the sea water cooling system in the engine room was successfully completed while the vessel was alongside in Lulea, Sweden and she is now back in service. In addition to the GRE pipe system, some of the ship’s lubrication oil filters and plate heat exchangers were replaced. About 2,700 bonded connections were made.

Marc Groenewoud, unit manager shipbuilding of FPI said: “We are proud to have successfully completed this first major retrofit project with our Swedish partner Scanunit. The skills of the Scanunit crew, combined with qualified supervision by FPI, ensured that this complex project was delivered on time and at high quality”.

FPI will commence the retrofit work on the second icebreaker

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in June 2011. The company has already started prefabrication of spools in Scanunit’s workshop for this project and are confident that there will be a significant reduction in installation time onboard this vessel in Lulea this summer.