Work underway on CalMac Ferries' MV Isle of Mull.at Cammell Laird
CAMMELL Laird engineers have completed a major ferry repair project at the firm's Birkenhead yard.
Delivered as part of the vessel’s annual survey, the work involved removal of the 33-tonne bow visor on CalMac Ferries' MV Isle of Mull; also replacing its hinge pins and bearings.
The programme involved a series of heavy lifts using 200 tonne jacks and a 350-tonne mobile crane to transfer the bow visor to rigging on the bottom of Laird's number 6 dry dock.
Paul Owen, managing director at Cammell Laird Shiprepairers & Shipbuilders Limited said: "Removal of bow visors is not a commonplace activity but it was necessary on this project to facilitate the removal and replacement of the Isle of Mull’s main hinge pins and bearings.