Afloat repairs

ROG Ship Repair facilities in Rotterdam are suited to cater to every need. With open sea access, the yard is easily reachable for any size of ship: whether it is a seagoing or o shore vessel, including jack-up vessels. Let’s take a look at one of the recent projects completed by the ROG team.

ROG Ship Repair has been able to complete many great projects in the past year.

One of these projects was a bulbous bow repair on buoys.

At the end of November 2022, a vessel belonging to of one of ROG’s customers left the harbour after a maintenance job to await its next voyage at the anchorage. While at anchorage, another ship was drifting, which made a collision inevitable.

With great force, the ship was hit on the bulbous bow and at the side, which resulted in a considerable damage. The ship owner immediately called ROG Ship Repair to make preparations to repair the damage. The challenge with this repair was that the ship had to be repaired on buoys, because a repair quay was not available at the time. With the help of the drawings, the company was able to prefabricate the plates for the bulbous bow and the hull damage. Pontoons with sca olding on them were moored around the damage and the ROG team started to cut out the damaged areas and apply the new steel. All this was made possible without having to go into drydock.

As ROG specialises in afloat repairs, the ship was back in service in no time. The work was delivered on schedule to the satisfaction of the client.

With the right equipment for each job, scheduled and unscheduled ship repair and maintenance are critical elements within the ROG business process.

With the right equipment for each job, scheduled and unscheduled ship repair and maintenance are critical elements within the ROG business process. Customers can rely on the knowledge, craftsmanship and fully equipped facilities of ROG 24/7, both dockside and onsite. Listening to and processing the customer’s needs are therefore the most important aspects of their initial work. The seamless operation between their sales and engineering departments ensures a solution that completely answers all customer needs in every situation. From ship repair, maintenance, and conversion of seagoing, o shore and jack-up vessels to (de)mobilisation solutions for o shore installation vessels, barges, and platforms.

From the shipyard, both Rotterdam city centre and the airport are a fifteenminute drive. During the maintenance activities, ROG takes care of the ship and crew by accommodating the vessels at their facilities and by having the right equipment and knowledge to keep downtime to a minimum.

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