May 2025
May has been all action as we worked to maximise our time in dry dock. After the high-pressure jetwash the essential NDT test of the hull produced favourable results with attention only being required in an area of the counter adjacent to the rudder stock which needed platework repairs. A hole was cut in the port side of the hull below the water line; a boss was welded into position and a new phosphor bronze valves and thick wall piping installed in the Engine Room for our new high-level condenser suction. New anodes were also welded into position on the hull followed by painting with a Hempel Marine paint system. By 15th May, all work was completed, the dock was flooded and breasted alongside the tug Svitzer Trident, we left Cammell Lairds to cross the river to our regular berth in Sandon Dock. We then started to return all the various equipment and contents we had removed three weeks previous to the vessel prior to the visit from the Boiler Inspector for the dry examination. No probl...