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New engine for new CG ship
One of the main engines aboard the Icelandic Coastguard’s newest vessel, the "Þór", was broken when the ship was handed over last autumn. Rolls Royce is paying the cost of installing a new engine to replace the one which vibrated strangely and which engineers have tried unsuccessfully for months to repair. The engine swap will cost Rolls Royce around 6.1 million Euro. Rolls Royce, the manufacturer of all engines on the "Þór", has decided to replace one of the ship’s two main enigines because no solution has been found to the unusual vibration first discovered when the ship was inspected in Iceland in November 2011. Crankshafts inside the engine were changed in Chile before "Þór" even left its port of build. The portside engine was also not in acceptable condition when it arrived in Iceland, however, changes to the oil piping system solved the problem in part. The ship is still under builder's warranty.
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