When Carnival Cruise Line’s fashionable Carnival Vista wanted repairs to the ship’s major propulsion system, they went about it a bit otherwise. Carnival will use a floating dry dock; one thing not beforehand out there for ships needing repairs. It’s all attainable as a result of Netherlands-based Boskalis, a worldwide chief in marine options.
“This groundbreaking process made attainable by Boskalis is a revolutionary manner to make sure Carnival Vista’s repairs are accomplished in a secure, well timed and environment friendly method, so the ship can resume her fashionable seven-day schedule,”
Lars Ljoen, Carnival Cruise Line Marine Operations
The process concerned loading the 133,500 ton ship onto a semi-submersible heavy transport vessel, Boka Vanguard, after which docking the vessel on the Grand Bahama shipyard for the restore work.
It’s an fascinating process, with every step detailed on this video:
The precise first-time occasion went off with no hitch too:
Boka Vanguard arrived in Bahamian waters on Friday, July 5 to organize for Carnival Vista’s arrival on July 12. The loading, transport and repairs have been anticipated to take roughly two weeks, permitting Carnival Vista to return to Galveston in time for her July 27 voyage, at present underway.
