10-07-2013, 08:47am
This ship has been VERY unlucky, from the very start!
Just before the owners took delivery of the brand new ship from the shipyard, a welding job on the main deck led to a fire that totally destroyed the almost finished accommodation quarters and all the navigational and electronic equipment on the Bridge.(the whole 'block of flats').
They decided to use the superstructure (accommodation/bridge/funnel) module being fabricated for a subsequent sister ship to replace the burnt out module on the Emma Maersk. The entire burnt-out module was cut off at deck level and then sold to a nearby recycling company for demolition. The replacement module (completely fitted out with furniture, equipment, wiring, galley, refrigerator chambers, plumbing, exhaust/induction systems, electronics, etc, etc) was lifted and placed onboard in one 1200 tonne lift. The lost time due to the fire was only four weeks.
Sort of like buying a brand new Busa, the only one available, and it then catches fire in the dealers workshop while doing its pre-delivery inspection? You'd have to be a little pissed off?
(PS I hope you guys find this stuff interesting? I know its not to do with Busa's, but it is a machine/engine/vehicle?)
Just before the owners took delivery of the brand new ship from the shipyard, a welding job on the main deck led to a fire that totally destroyed the almost finished accommodation quarters and all the navigational and electronic equipment on the Bridge.(the whole 'block of flats').
They decided to use the superstructure (accommodation/bridge/funnel) module being fabricated for a subsequent sister ship to replace the burnt out module on the Emma Maersk. The entire burnt-out module was cut off at deck level and then sold to a nearby recycling company for demolition. The replacement module (completely fitted out with furniture, equipment, wiring, galley, refrigerator chambers, plumbing, exhaust/induction systems, electronics, etc, etc) was lifted and placed onboard in one 1200 tonne lift. The lost time due to the fire was only four weeks.
Sort of like buying a brand new Busa, the only one available, and it then catches fire in the dealers workshop while doing its pre-delivery inspection? You'd have to be a little pissed off?
(PS I hope you guys find this stuff interesting? I know its not to do with Busa's, but it is a machine/engine/vehicle?)