Dragons for the giants of the ocean!

Briefing:

The first briefing from our customer was short but urgent: An immense dragon of about 60m long had to be placed on each side of the ship's bow. Also 6 large flags had to be applied on both sides of the stern of the ship.

Quite a challenge, especially if you know that the deadline was (again, how could it be otherwise) very short and that on top of that, the ship was anchored at the shipyard in the port of Dalian in northern China!

Project:

Each of the 14 ships that sail under the flag of Ineos (Ineos leases the ship through a chartering agreement with Evergas.) is always equipped with a personalized dragon, so this new ultramodern gas tanker of the Type-C 85K VLEC, which was given the name JS INEOS MARLIN, should not be left behind!

The King of the East Sea dragons had to be applied on the steel base of the ship that also had a slope of about 45°, so the necessary climbing harnesses, cords, helmets, etc had to be used!

Not only the slope but also the weather conditions during the application of the stickers created challenges for the 6-member team of X-Treme! At the time of application, the temperature flirted daily with the freezing point, there was a very high humidity and it was often very foggy in the port of Dailan.

No sinecure to deliver a good result under time pressure.

Logistics is also a challenge in China, but the experience and enthusiasm of the team ensured smooth progress and perfect results!

After this first mastodont Evergas started the complete makeover of their fleet of 8 smaller gas carriers (still 180m in length). The 5 year old vessels got a full technical maintenance, a whole new paintjob, and of course a new dragon.
This servicing happens in drydock, but because of a complicated time schedule for the first vessel of this series, the team had to work on anchorage in Skagen, the most northern point of Denmark. Working on a ship at sea, even hanging from the hull was a different but interesting experience!

Doing the same job in different seasons comes with big changes in working conditions, going for very comfortable to extreme. This demands adaptations and flexibility, but luckily that is exactly what the team excels at.