REDUCING RISKS DURING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF SHIPS IN DRY DOCKS

Ships require continuous maintenance and refit operations to keep them in good working order. These activities involve risks linked to metallurgy (welding fumes, enclosed spaces, manual handling, painting with aerosols, etc.) or building and civil engineering (falls from height, traffic, handling, etc.). In addition, ship owners put pressure on maintenance technicians to keep the downtimes of the ships as low as possible. Working night and day and having to respect deadlines which affect a shipyard’s reputation as much as its technical expertise means that ship repair and maintenance is extremely challenging.