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DIESELFACTS 1/2010
Container Ship ‘Sneeks’ Back into Service
PrimeServ Frederikshavn goes into overdrive to replace feeder vessel’s engine block
In the hour of need, MAN Diesel
PrimeServ sprang into action. Over
Christmas and the first few weeks
of the new year, PrimeServ swiftly
carried out a repair job in Denmark
to put Dutch container feeder-vessel
M/V “Pride of Sneek” back in business
on its regular route between the
Netherlands and the UK.
The story started in December
when the 11-year old container
vessel suffered major damage to
its MAN Diesel 12V28/32A main
engine. The break-down happened
off Immingham, which
forms one point of the vessel’s triangle-service
between the Dutch
inland waterways and the English
west-coast harbours of Immingham
and Blyth.
Close investigation revealed the
extent of the necessary repairs to
owner, Douwe Visser, and his insurance
company who accordingly
rang the PrimeServ service hotline.
An immediate exchange of facts
and photos led to PrimeServ issuing
a quick quotation and specification
to the owner. After evaluation
of the repair options available
and the different time-scales on
offer, the Pride of Sneek chose
PrimeServ Frederikshavn and was
towed to its facility in Denmark.
Douwe Visser chose Freder-
ikshavn because it alone could
handle all aspects of the repair
job, including steelwork, heavy lifting,
new parts and spares, engine
repair, starting-up and sea trials,
and all at the one location. Another
important issue was out-ofstock
parts availability – including
a new engine block – the timing
M/V PRIDE OF SNEEK - Principal Data
IMO number 9189574
of which was vital to the project,
together with options for repairing
the crankshaft.
Repairs finished successfully in
January 2010 and a happy Douwe
Visser said: “It was the right repair
decision. The job has been well organised
with few hands involved,
resulting in no bad surprises with
Ship type Cargo / Fully Cellular Container
Owner Douwe Visser, The Netherlands
Construction year 1999
Shipbuilder
Kroeger Werft GmbH & Co. KG,
Germany
Port of registry Sneek, The Netherlands
Flag The Netherlands
Gross tonnage 2,986
TEU 366
Length, oa 99.5 m
Breadth 16.9
Draft 5.9 m
Speed 15.2 kn
Engine MAN Diesel 12V28/32A
regard to time and technical quality.
We came in with the vessel on
Friday December 11th, and overthe-weekend
actions meant that
the damaged engine was out of
the vessel already on the following
Monday. With that, it has to be
noted that my engine crew had
done some dismantling during the
towage to Frederikshavn. And now
we could leave 5½ weeks after,
and earlier than originally promised
in spite of coinciding with Christmas
and New Year celebrations”.
The necessary paperwork done by Douwe Visser, flanked by Jesper Stokholm
Larsen (left) and Brian Grusgaard (right), both MAN Diesel
PrimeServ Frederikshavn took care of repairs (above) including the logistics of
lowering the engine back into place aboard the Pride of Sneek (below)