Vision 2012/1 - Rolls-Royce

The global demand for quality marine services continue
to increase. Rolls-Royce is making significant
investments in enlarging and enhancing the capabilities
of its service centres around the world.
A global network
New purpose-built facilities in Germany and
Poland opened recently, the latter to serve
the important Baltic region with the
workshop and spares centre in the
Netherlands has virtually doubled in size.
The number of service centres is now 28,
and set to grow further in 2012.
The Netherlands – Rotterdam.
In 2011 Rolls-Royce has opened its newly
expanded and modernised service centre in
Rotterdam, one of the world’s busiest ports.
“Shipowners are seeking to maximise vessel
availability and we are helping them through
a global network of highly skilled service
engineers, maintenance facilities and
long-term service and maintenance
contracts. This state-of-the-art facility in
Rotterdam enables us to better meet the
needs of our offshore customers,” says Martin
Hall, Rolls-Royce Senior Vice President Europe,
Services. The facility, located on the
waterfront in Pernis, is close to a number
of the city’s major repair yards and was
originally opened in 2001. Since then it
has undergone a major expansion
programme, and the latest investment has
doubled the maintenance workshop space
to 1,500 m 2 . The investment also included
updated machine tools needed to service
the complete range of Rolls-Royce products,
such as diesel and gas engines, thrusters,
steering gear and propellers. A larger parts
warehouse enables the range of spares
carried locally to be increased to more closely
match the projected demand.
Namibia – Walvis Bay. The new
Rolls-Royce workshop in Walvis Bay was
formally opened in April 2011. Developed in
collaboration with Elgin Brown & Hamer
(EBH) Namibia, the facility is located in
refurbished facilities within a short distance
of the port’s Syncrolift and two floating docks
that have capacities of 8,000t and 6,500t. It
has a combined workshop and stores area of
1,800m 2 and has lifting capacity to handle
the overhaul of the full range of Rolls-Royce
diesel and gas engines, steering gear,
thrusters and propellers.
The facility will provide round-the-clock
support for customers operating
predominantly in the oil and gas fields off the
west coast of Africa – one of the world’s
fastest growing areas for oil and gas
production.
“Ship operators used to be faced with long
voyages to Cape Town for repairs before the
port of Walvis Bay began to expand,” explains
Jon Gutteridge, Service Centre Manager, West
Africa. “We now have the skilled staff and
equipped facilities with access to drydocks if
required, to provide the level of support that
is necessary and expected.”
Skilled engineers from Walvis Bay will also
carry out servicing and repairs on board
vessels throughout the region.
Poland – Gdynia. In June, last year,
Rolls-Royce opened a new Marine Service
Centre in the port of Gdynia, Poland,
providing a broad range of repair and
overhaul services for customers that operate
throughout the Baltic region.
From the opening of the new service centre in Gdynia, Poland.
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