The Nordlaks wellboat Harald Martin will be out of service for an estimated two to three months after flooding caused extensive damage to electrical systems during a routine yard stay in Svolvær.
The 84-metre LNG-powered vessel took on water in its lower engine room last week while undergoing its five-year classification survey at Skarvik yard. Local fire services attended the scene.
“In connection with the five-year classification of the wellboat ‘Harald Martin’ at a yard in Svolvær, an incident occurred that led to water ingress in the lower engine room,” communications director Heidi Torkildson Ryste told Norwegian newspaper Lofotposten. “It has caused major damage to electrical components.”
Ryste said the volume of water that entered the vessel was sufficient to require replacement or repair of several large electrical components. Harald Martin is a gas-electric hybrid vessel equipped with shore power connection and powered by LNG.
Nordlaks will charter external wellboat capacity to maintain operations at its Stokmarknes-based fish farming sites while repairs are carried out. The company has not disclosed the cost of the incident.
Repairs are expected to take two to three months.
