Hydrex Finishes Repairs
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27 Oct 2011
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To save time and money for the owners of a 270-meter container vessel that was leaking oil, a Hydrex diver/technician team replaced four stern tube seals on site, using one of Hydrexs flexible mobdocks. This enabled the team to carry out the entire oper
Propeller blade cold straightening in situ
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02 Apr 2012
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A 190-meter bulker had suffered a bent propeller blade. Hydrex was therefore contacted, and rapidly mobilized a diver/technician team to Rotterdam to perform a detailed underwater inspection and repair of the damage in early January. Later that month a team carried out a similar operation in the same port on a 230-meter vessel.
The team...
Genmar Kestrel' collided with another suezmax tanker
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15 Jun 2009
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The 150000 DWT fully laden tanker collided with another suezmax tanker ('Trijata') off Port Said, Egypt.
The 'Genmar Kestrel' was holed (approx. damage 20 mtrs x 20 mtrs) and spilled crude oil from her cargo tank.
...Underwater stern tube seal replacement
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11 Apr 2012
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Last month Hydrex mobilized a diver/technician team to a 145-meter general cargo vessel in Las Palmas, Spain when oil was leaking from the stern tube seal assembly of the ship. The team used the Hydrex flexible mobock technique to create a dry working environment around the assembly and replaced three damaged stern tube seals on-site, in...
Hydrex In-situ repair of 40 ton azimuth thruster on crane barge in Gabon
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17 Feb 2010
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When one of the four 40 ton swing-up azimuth thrusters of an offshore crane barge which was servicing rigs on an oil field off the coast of Gabon malfunctioned, Hydrex was called in to remove the thruster and perform the necessary repair work while the unit stayed at anchorage just outside the field.
While it is possible to maintain location with...
