Future Pipe Industries Group (FPI), the global leader in the fiberglass pipe industry, has announced that it has completed the replacement of 1,200 meters of corroded steel pipe with glass fiber reinforced epoxy pipe systems (GRE) onboard Swedish icebreaker Atle.
The installation was successfully completed and the ship is back in service. In addition to the GRE pipe system, some of the ship’s lubrication oil filters and plate heat exchangers were replaced. About 2,700 bonded connections were made. Marc Groenewoud, Unit Manager Shipbuilding of FPI said: “We are proud to have successfully completed this first major retrofit project with our Swedish partner Scanunit. The skills of the Scanunit crew, combined with qualified supervision by FPI, ensured that this complex project was delivered on time and at high quality”.
He added: “We will commence the retrofit work for our second project onboard the icebreaker Frej in June 2011. We have already started prefabrication of spools in Scanunit’s workshop for this project and we are confident that there will be a significant reduction in installation time onboard this vessel in Lulea this summer.”