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Carries out successful repairs on Fancourt Kontor managed by Rickmers Shipmanagement, Hamburg
Rickmers Shipman-agement, Germany managed MV. Fancourt Kontor (DWT: 13,834, LOA:147.80 M, Beam: 23.25 M) called in for drydock repairs during mid-December 2014. The container carrier trading in the regional waters selected Colombo as the repair centre for her special survey requirements.
Rickmers Shipman-agement GMBH & Cie.KG has fleet of over 100 vessels, is owned by Rickmers Group, the shipping backed company has a historical background dating back to 1834.
The business had been secured as a result of the contacts generated at SMM, Hamburg, where Colombo Dockyard’s capabilities were showcased to the German Marine fraternity. This is the first instance where a Rickmers vessel had called for drydocking and lay up repairs over the recent past. The exclusive representative in Germany for Colombo Dockyard Combitrade GMBH also played a key role in coordination of the project.
The owners/managers were confident of stemming the vessel to Colombo with past experience on similar projects and the proven track record of the shipyard’s on time delivery and quality of workmanship.
During this call the vessel was accommodated in Drydock No. 01 (30,000 DWT) which is ideally suited to handle container carriers among other types of vessels.
Yard teams worked in well planned manner to ensure that the vessel was re-delivered to on schedule and she could join placed for loading cycle in the port of Colombo itself minimising any down time on account of placement. The drydocking repairs were completed within the total time duration of nine days.
The strategic geographical location of Colombo Dockyard, close to the main sea routes, while being located inside the port of Colombo itself minimised any down time for the managers as she was received directly in to drydocks soon upon completing her cargo discharging in the port of Colombo.
Colombo’s professional approach and speedy service was appreciated by the Owners/ Managers, as the repair project was re-delivered on schedule meeting owner’s requirements. The project team was headed by Ship Manager D.S. Arangala who was well supported by all production departments in redelivering this project.
The owner’s interests were looked after by Miroslaw Szambelan Deputy Fleet Manager, Fleet Team Hamburg. The repairs were carried out meeting the Germanshire Lloyd class society requirements. Wilhelmsen Ships Service handled the local husbanding work smoothly.
