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Tandanor, an Argentine shipyard located in the South Dock of the Port of Buenos Aires, has completed the repair work on the Panamanian-flagged chemical tanker Ginga Bobcat, which was involved in two separate accidents on the Paraná-Paraguay waterway.
During the process, the boilermaking department renewed hull plates and internal structure in the forecastle and bow bulb. Additionally, work was carried out on the renewal of the internal structure in the stern, in the gym area, and in the void space of the rudder engine room.
Furthermore, the port anchor was repaired, including the straightening of the anchor shank and the renewal of the cross pin bushings. The dented section of the anchor hawsepipe was also cut and renewed. The fairing area performed surface treatment on the areas worked on by the boilermaking department in the forecastle, bulb, and stern section.
The habitability sector carried out the replacement of the thermal insulation in the stern gym, where it had previously been removed to allow for hull repair, thus completing the comprehensive recovery of the intervened area.
Finally, quality control performed non-destructive testing using penetrant liquids and ultrasonics on the weld beads, in accordance with the requirements of the NKK classification society.
The first incident occurred in early May, when the vessel collided with the oil tanker Helios off the town of Campana. The event raised alarms in the maritime and port sector due to the intense traffic in that stretch and the fact that the Ginga Bobcat was transporting approximately 10,300 tons of sulfuric acid.
The vessel's situation became complicated just 12 days after that first collision. While anchored off Rosario, the Ginga Bobcat was again the center of an incident on the Paraná River when it was struck by a convoy being towed by the HB Perseus.
