Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding Retrofit / Upgrade / Repower
Vessel Refit and Repowering
Refits of pilot boats and passenger ferries, including repowering with new diesel engines, keel-cooling conversions, structural repairs and system upgrades.
Description
Gladding-Hearn refits and repowers existing vessels. Work shown includes major overhauls after 50,000 operating hours with new diesel engines, mechanical and electrical updates and full recoating; a 2018 repower converting engine cooling from seawater to keel cooling with interceptor trim control and new hydraulic steering; installation of a 4000-pound gyro stabilizer; repowering a 154' high-speed ferry with new twin diesels and replaced exhaust, cooling and ventilation systems; and refits of Government of Bermuda ferries. One refit extended a 37-year-old, 700-passenger ferry's life by about 15 years.
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