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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. 22 VISION 1/12
of Rolls-Royce support ROLLS-ROYCE SERVICE CENTRES The site benefits from having direct access to the waterfront for ease of access to the nearby repair yards. Over 1,000m2 of well equipped workshop and stores area mean the new facility can handle the overhaul and repair of a wide variety of Rolls-Royce equipment, such as diesel and gas engines, thrusters, steering gear and propellers. It also has the specialist machining capability to provide a range of marine equipment including propeller blade polishing and root machining. By 2014, around 60 service engineers are expected to be operating from Rolls-Royce Poland facilities. The new Gdynia facility is replacing the smaller service office located in the city. Germany – Hamburg. On September 9th 2011 the new service facility in the Port of Hamburg, Germany, opened, marking the latest stage in the development of a global Marine Service Centre network comprising dedicated repair facilities in 35 countries. The new 1,100m2 facility serves a variety of customers from Offshore, Merchant and Naval sectors. Employing up to 70 people, it handles the repair and overhaul of a wide range of thrusters, propellers, steering gear and winches. It also benefits from specialist machining capabilities, allowing a wide range of repairs to be undertaken in-house. Martin Hall, Rolls-Royce Senior Vice President Europe, Services, says: “Rolls-Royce has been investing to expand its global marine service network for several years. This latest worldclass facility in Hamburg gives us a significant presence in one of Europe’s main centres for ship repairs, and one of the largest commercial ports in the region.” The facility is the new base for Rolls-Royce Intering, which design and manufacture tank-based stabilising and anti-heeling systems. The new service centre brings together personnel who used to be working at three sites in the city, and replaces the existing marine offices and workshops located in the Hamburg Freeport Area and northern suburbs. The Rolls-Royce service centre at Walvis Bay was formally opened in April 2011. The port also has two floating drydocks to aid service work. VISION 1/12 23
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