Here the seismic boat is made ready for sailing

Text and photo: Sveinung W. Jensen, Tellus Kommunikasjon

- We do many jobs in parallel, so it's busy here, says workshop manager Ronny Christoffersen, and takes us for a ride on board the nearly 90-metre-long seismic boat.

The first people we meet are several FFS employees, pulling on a roll of pipe.

- THESE GUYS replaces all water pipes on four floors, so that the fresh water supply is good on board, explains Christoffersen, before he strolls into the ship's galley. There, FFS has provided new tiles on the entire floor.

Then it carries along at a good speed down several steep stairs.

- Now we are in the engine room, Christoffersen exclaims when he has reached the bottom.

DOWN HERE HAS other employees welded up a number of steel brackets. One of the compressors needs to be replaced - and it's too heavy to be carried by hand.

- We have created a system where we can jack up the compressors and then pull down towards the opening. One old compressor will be taken out and replaced with two new ones, says Christoffersen.

UP ON the seismic deck, an FFS duo gives us a thumbs up as we pass by.

- They will dismantle four cylinders, change the gaskets, carry out testing and then fit them in place, says Christoffersen.

On the outside of the hull, there is also full activity. Here, the crew on board carries out general maintenance.

- The plan is for SW Amundsen to leave Lundevågen in June. Before that, we expect that there will be a lot of work for us at FFS, says Christoffersen.