The Gargantuan Task Of Restoring A 17,000 Ton Ferry

The P&O Ferry Norbank is a sleek and reliable vessel renowned for its efficient service and comfortable accommodations. With spacious interiors, amenities, and top-notch safety features, it ensures a smooth journey for passengers across the seas.
However, this 17,000 ton ship needs to be cleaned in order to continue a smooth operation and the job falls to dock workers in Merseyside. The job is no walk in the park and requires meticulous planning from all involved.
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[@WaddedBliss]

Imagine painting that with a hand roller. Bloody Nora.

[@KeesAlderliesten]

Clickbait title, that is not restoring, that is maintenance.

[@MattBrownbill]

I do like Bob The Builder telling me how ships are cleaned and painted. 😊

[@damonrobus-clarke533]

Can he narrate it? Yes he can!

[@MattBrownbill]

​@@damonrobus-clarke533😂😂😂

[@smp1990]

they never showed how they removed the muscles... :(

[@yewenyi]

I mean, you wonder if the people on wooden ships stranded at sea, could have eaten the shellfish living on their boats.

[@user-gc6bo4oy8j]

And what’s about parts, which are covered by wooden pylons?

[@RangieNZ]

They didn't say if it was done in this case, but normally, part way through the work, they will re-flood the dock, move the ship a metre or so forward/back, then pump it out again. The areas that were on the supports are then cleaned and painted.

[@darylovaltine]

Ships have several docking plans that lay out the location of blocks and at each docking the ship is put on a different plan/layout so over its lifetime the whole hull is painted several times. Its not very common to refloat and move a ship in dock because all under water work must stop and the dock needs to be cleared and then everything put back in again. While this video says the paint is a special type but most marine paint can last long enough that even for the sections that are missed each second docking there is no damage to the hull and marine growth is kept low over a small area. They also say its two years between dockings and most ships operate on a 5 year docking schedule to line with class surveys

[@RangieNZ]

@@darylovaltine Search for "drydock fleeting", Battleship New Jersey has just done this to paint under all the keel blocks.

[@RangieNZ]

@@darylovaltine Search "drydock fleeting". Battleship New Jersey did this just a few weeks back.

[@John.S92]

This is less "restoring" anything as much as just "powerwashing the hull of the ferry", akin to a car going through the car wash rather than a restoration.

[@marleypye1867]

Who does the voice over

[@ManxAndy]

Neil Morrisey from Men Behaving Badly fame👍

[@user-fz8ep5ey4v]

Neil Morrisey .

[@asthenewt]

Sammy the Chamois (shammy) 😂

[@amcluesent]

Before the eco-loons took over, copper-based anti-fouling paint would last for years

[@timbritt9345]

Yea really, so sad that we have to take the well-being of marine life into consideration now a days😢

[@jobathano1660]

Yes why not start using TPT again, or maybe even finding something even more toxic. The paint used in the video is most likely copper based.

[@robertlafnear7034]

How about DREDGING out the area back of the Dry Dock of the MUD ?🤔

[@agentsuperdave2191]

Clickbait rubbish. Standard ship maintenance.

[@RJM1011]

Nice ship apart from the scum that own it sadly.

[@foxtrot789]

So annoying... just tell us what's happening, we don't need the pseudo drama built into a completely normal task.