With the new MARPOL ballast water regulations coming into effect, the vessel required a Ballast Water Treatment Plant (BWTP)retrofit during dry dock to remain fully compliant. While the engineering and planning phase had already been completed, my responsibility was to supervise the entire onboard execution and ensure the project ran smoothly from start to finish...
During a scheduled dry docking, significant hull damage was discovered in the vessel’s flat bottom area. The damage had developed over time due to faulty ICCP (Impressed Current Cathodic Protection) equipment and incorrect handling of the system onboard, which had gone unnoticed until the vessel entered dry dock for inspection...
With the introduction of stricter MARPOL regulations requiring significant reduction in SOx emissions, many vessel owners opted to install Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) as a compliant solution. In preparation for one such retrofit, I was assigned to oversee the vessel readiness phase ahead of dry dock installation...