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A Maltese flagged oil/chemical tanker which required emergency repairs is at the shipyard of Harland & Wolff, Belfast having arrived earlier this month, writes Jehan Ashmore.

The 127m red hulled tanker, Songa Crystal called to Belfast Lough on 8 January and is from a fleet of chemical, crude and product tankers. Afloat.ie has identified the tanker is part of Songa Shipholding, of the Blystad Group which owns the vessel and technically is managed by division, Songa Shipmanagement Ltd, based in Paisley, Scotland.

Once in the fairway in Belfast, Songa Crystal proceeded to H&W’s Belfast Dry-Dock, the smaller of two dry-docks at the marine engineering facility located on Queens Island.

Emergency repairs took place of the 12,927 deadweight tonnes (dwt) tanker which has Panama as a port and registry and was built in 2006 by Samho Shipbuilding, in Masan, South Korea.

During dry-docking of the 18 year-old tanker which has had two previous names, has seen the H&W team involved in extensive cleaning and replacing works to both the engine room. This has also applied to the fuel tanks and to the port and starboard side shells.

According to H&W, they have been liaising closely with the ship's staff, ships superintendent and classification society, which has led to efficiency that has enabled progress with the steel repair process.

This was to ensure that the Songa Crystal will be fully operational as soon as possible, as the tanker it is understood, is to depart this week to rejoin the 21 strong fleet, which ranges up to 25,000dwt.

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