$108M rehab for MD Steve N

Motor Dredge Steve N is expected to undergo some major rehabilitation works over the coming months.
This was revealed by State Minister Joseph Harmon, who said Cabinet has approved awarding of the $108.1 million contract to the Guyana National Industrial Company Incorporated (GNIC Inc) for docking and rehabilitation of the dredge.
The Steve N dredge, reputedly the largest vessel owned by the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD), had last undergone rehabilitation in 2016.
Reportedly in critical need of repair, the dredge had then been out of operation for some eight weeks after it had been dry-docked, and repair works took close to a month before completion.
After some two months in the shipyard, it had been fully repaired and brought up to specification.
The scope of works carried out on the Steve N two years ago included: fabrication works to the hull, hopper and ballast tanks; repairs to propulsion system: propeller shafts, propellers, bushes and rudder; sandblasting and painting of hull, hopper and main decks; electrical works, including installation of three 35,000 BTU air conditioning units; removal and installation of 2 generators; installing an echo sounder system; and mechanical repairs to hopper doors, suction drag head pipe, dredge pump pipe, and valves in engine room and pump room.
Those works back then were also carried out by the GNIC.