X2 Projects Member, Fleet Line recently successfully executed another crew boat, measuring 41m x 8m x 12m with with a total weight of 160 tons with a final destination in Dos Bocas, Mexico.

The operations team had to make elaborate plans to load the crew boat on the break vessel BBC Maine as the 41 meter long crew boat had no cradle available. Theteam had designed and fabricated a bespoke cradle in the FleetLine warehouse based on technical drawings of the crew boat, which was then transported to the allocated berth at Jebel Ali port and required the necessary permission obtained from port authorities for welding and assembling of the cradle onshore.

Upon the break bulk vessel’s berthing, the assembled cradle was lifted on board, at which point FLS appointed divers who were ready to put the slings around the crew boat. The boat was then safely lifted from water using the ship’s onboard cranes and placed on the cradle.

FLS also arranged the crew boats agency matters such as crew sign off, coast guard permission, berthing permission, customs clearance etc as a one stop solutions for the whole project.

Posted on April 14th, 201