Norbulk Shipping, required their vessel ‘Amanda C’ to have its ballast tanks and cargo tanks repaired.
Norbulk Shipping, required their vessel ‘Amanda C’ to have its ballast tanks and cargo tanks repaired.
2 PagesOverview Shipmanagement company, Norbulk Shipping, required their vessel ‘Amanda C’ to have its ballast tanks and cargo tanks repaired. Dry blasting and solvent-based coatings were not permitted. Chemco was able to provide a solvent-free and wet tolerant solution with life-expectancy of 10 years plus. Challenge The vessel ‘Amanda C’ was docked in Riga for extensive steel repairs to upper wing ballast/cargo tanks entailing some 11,000m2 in 10 tanks. The vessel was stemmed by the charter to load cargo in Italy 45 days after leaving Riga. To prepare the tanks in the normal fashion of dry-blasting and application of the conventional paint in the given time was not possible. All other companies declined the contract due to time restraints. Solution The ow
