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Maintenance & repair
Safinah provides authoritative, expert advice on the whole chain of activities that links ships, structures, coatings and the environment.
Paint and coating costs vary widely. The cost of repairing non-performing coating systems in service can be high and quite disproportionate to new build costs.
The cost of coatings and their application may typically represent:
- 0-5% of total ship cost at construction - commercial ships
- 0-15% of total ship cost at construction - chemical tankers
and
- 5-15% of annual maintenance costs for commercial ships
but
- up to 50% of dry docking costs – for large ships
Case Study: Wind Farm Coating
The Client
Wind Energy Company, Insurance Company
The Project
An offshore wind farm with windmills erected on mono-piles started to show evidence of coating failure after a few years. The failure was identified as corrosion and blistering from the splash zone upwards.
Safinah were instructed to examine, quantify and identify the reason for the coating breakdown for the owner and their insurer. Based on this, a procedure to repair the windmill in situ was then proposed.
The Outcome
Safinah’s repair recommendations were followed and Safinah was asked to inspect the repair process to authorise the work as it progressed. The repair was successfully carried out to the owners and the insurance companies satisfaction.
Case Study: Functional specifications to reduce through life costs
The Client
The owner of a fleet in Northern Europe
The Project
To develop a method to assess the technical merit of bids from rival paint companies after the owner had put a fleet coating contract out to tender.
Safinah used a functional coating specification approach to identify the key attributes for the client in the critical vessel areas.
The Outcome
The owner selected coatings based on through life costs and technical merit - rather than simply on the basis of the lowest bid.
The selected products are performing in line with expectations.
The client continues to use Safinah for technical support work.
Case Study: Identifying the cause of paint failure and the cost and method of repair
The Client
Marine insurance company and leading loss adjusting firm.
The Project
Insurers faced a significant claim by a major oil company after a coating failure on an offshore structure.
Working on behalf of the insurers, Safinah was able to assess the nature of the failure and recommend an alternative solution reducing the claim value by 30%.
The Outcome
The claim was ultimately settled for the amount stipulated by Safinah and Safinah was awarded the contract for five other similar structures with coating problems.
Latest Industry News
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Windfarm Coating Specifications
February 2010
As more windfarms are built companies are realising that a particular specification for the coatings is needed to prevent failures in use and costly repairs. Both land based and offshore towers need have particular specification requirements. Read the full article in PCE magazine here.
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Safinah Initiate 'Design for Improving Structural Protection' Research Project
December 2009
In partnership with
Safinah was audited by LRQA, in areas covering; "The provision of consultancy services for coating in the marine, protective, offshore and heavy duty markets" and gained accreditation to ISO9001:2000 in March