Sister-vessels, Oceanic Sirius and Oceanic Vega have completed a round-the-clock, 10-day maintenance programme at Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm). For eight of those days the two 106-metre vessels were in the yard’s 250-metre drydock no.4 in a tandem arrangement, to maximise the efficient use of resources.
Namely, the major reason of the vessels' visit was to have a series of repairs and upgrade their hulls by having them cleaned and repainted.
Moreover, the upgrade of the vessels includes maintenance on the propeller nozzles and, by tenting the area around the propellers, DSAm was able to undertake the work without interrupting or delaying the paintworks.
As a result, minimum time was spent in the yard. The two vessels departed DSAm on the 4th November.
CGG Eidesvik Ship Management AS, a longstanding Damen client was responsible for the work that was happening to both vessels.
Finally, according to Damen's press release, both of seismic vessels are state-of-the arts and belong to CGG Eidesvik Ship Management AS, a partnership between Eidesvik Offshore and CGG. The builder is Ulstein Verft in Norway.
Source:safety4sea
