It was an early thursday morning and the MV BOCAS MARINER, was underway to our Yard Slipway. Everybody was nervous, since after 4 docking and undocking operations, our team knew that everything was required to be done with accurancy.
The Pilot, guide the ship right into the cradle and altough it was looking like an easy task, the experience and skills to perform this operation where no to be easily underestimate.
After several minutes that where like hours, the vessel finnaly was sitted on the cradle, just in the right position and with the right angle.
Then the next part of the operation, commenced. The newly installed 37 ton bollard pull certified winch starts to pull the vessel out of the water.
On the previous 4 operations since the purchase of the facility, on March 15th 2010, the winch performance was always perfect.
However the configuration of the cradle and blocks, where always a delicate operation. Smoothly and with the perfection of an operation well organized, the vessel started to get out of the water.
Historicly an operation on this shipyard for vessels this size, has a duration of a minimum 36 hrs.
However even when the first vessel, just the next day after receiving the yard, take about this time, the next 3 where considerbly shorter on time, and all the team was expecting this vessel not to be the difference.
Finnaly after 9 hrs of operation, since the Pilot board the vessel, the MV BOCAS MARINER, sister ship of the MV BURICA MARINER, also repaired on the yard, was in position to start ship repair operations.
If you want to learn more about our Ship Repair Services, please go to http://www.mecshipyards.com/. If you want to book space for your vessel repair, please do not hesitate to contact us at +507-6674-7992 or send us an email to sales@mecpanama.com, with your vessel particulars and before 1 hrs, you will receive an estimation of the dry docking costs.
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