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Vessel Repair & Maintenance

Busy March for A&P Falmouth

A&P Falmouth has won two significant orders which are being undertaken this month.

The first involves the 31,290dwt containership Safmarine Europe , which is part of Safmarine's Great White Fleet .

The vessel is in the shipyard for 24 days, with work including underwater hull cleaning and painting, refurbishment of three deck cranes and renewal of approximately 40 tonnes of steel in the peak tank, deep tank, wing tank and double bottom tanks, cargo holds (including cell guides), hatch covers and shell plating.

The second contract is from Sweden's DFDS Tor Line involving the 8,696dwt freight ferry Tor Anglia , which operates out of Felixstowe. The vessel is undergoing a complete underwater hull blast and paint, cargo gear overhaul and test, and removal of the starboard rudder and rudder stock in order to renew the stock seals. This is the second time a vessel rom this owner has drydocked in A&P Falmouth.

MJ Information No: 19247

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