5 Dec 2018 10:43 (GMT+1)

Underwater stern tube seal repair on tanker in Tenerife

Last month one of our diver/technician teams carried out an underwater stern tube seal repair on a tanker berthed in Tenerife. The ship was suffering from an oil leak, making an on-site repair necessary. Using one of our flexible mobdocks, the team was able to carry out the entire operation on-site and underwater. This saved the owner an expensive and time-consuming trip to drydock.An earlier inspection had revealed that a rope had gotten entangled around the stern tube seal assembly. The rop...
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