Gets a new home port in the stern

14 February 2023

The seismic vessel has been re-registered. Then a new home port must be welded on in the stern.

This is what it looks like when the Amazon Conqueror changes home port in the stern.

Text and video: Sveinung W. Jensen, Tellus Communications

- We also carry out a number of such jobs, says workshop manager Ronny Christoffersen.

Two welders from FFS are busy removing "Panama" from the Amazon Conqueror's stern.

The welding slag hits the bottom of the steel scaffolding which is placed on a barge along the hull. The violent sparks create pure New Year's atmosphere.

SHOULD SOON new letters are welded in place. Amazon Conqueror will now sail under the Bahamas flag. Nassau is the new home port.

- We have 3-4 men working on this job, and expect to spend around one week. After the name is welded on, we carry out surface treatment, says Christoffersen.

A SHIP SHIFTS name and flag several times during its lifetime, it is often the political issue in the area where the ship is to operate that is decisive for which flag the ship carries and not necessarily the nationality of the ship's owner.

- We constantly get requests to remove and apply new names to the boats, and think such assignments are a bit funny, says Christoffersen.