COMPA Repairs technology is used on board container vessel for a scrubber system

composite technology pipe repair

Our COMPA Repair engineers and technical specialists once again managed to repair leaking glass-fibre pipe during a port call in Antwerp, Belgium. The purpose of the repair was to ensure more permanent structural integrity and watertightness of the pipe containing natrium hydroxide (NaOH) and being the part of the scrubber system. The pipe was previously repaired by the ship’s crew using a pipe repair kit, but the pipe started leaking after […]

Innovative COMPA Repairs technology presented at 72th IIW Conference in Bratislava, Slovakia

compa repairs IIW 2019

As an expert of Polymer Joining and Adhesive Technology in IIW (International Institute of Welding) Committee XVI, our Managing Director Darko Frank presented the article “Study of tube and tank specimens repaired using a carbon fiber reinforced epoxy“. For more info about COMPA Repairs technology, have a look at our brochure.  

Another COMPA Repair of sea water pipe

Repairing vessel's sea water pipe in confined interior place

We had another busy month applying COMPA Repairs technology. The latest repair was conducted during the vessel’s stay in Genova port and involved repair of the crack on a leaking main sea water pipe.  To reinforce the pipe and to gain watertightness, our specialists applied COMPA patches to the inner and outer side of the […]

Composites in shipbuilding event by E-LASS and RAMSSES in Vigo

After a successful week at Nor-Shipping, our Managing Director Darko Frank is participating in the joined E-LASS and RAMSSES event in Vigo, Spain from June 11-14, where he is presenting the technology behind COMPA Repairs. E-LASS is European network for lightweight applications at sea that gather stakeholders interested in lightweight design for the marine and […]

Invitation to Nor-Shipping 2019

It is our pleasure to invite you to Nor-Shipping, Lillestrøm, Norway 4th – 7th of June 2019, where we would like to introduce you to COMPA Repairs technology for composite, carbon-based repairs of ship pipes and structures. We will be exhibiting at Nor-Shipping, stand number C01-52 and would be happy to meet you there. Please contact us at info@comparepairs.com to book […]

COMPA Repairs of sea water pipes

COMPA Repairs team performed another repair on-board a Ro-Ro ship. The service was carried out on the main sea water recirculation pipe and cooler inlet pipe during a short stay in the port of Antwerp. COMPA Repairs is an innovative technology that utilises carbon-composite to reinstate strength and water tightness to repaired parts.

New application of COMPA Repairs

The past months have been busy for COMPA Repairs engineering and technical team. We have successfully engineered and implemented several COMPA Repairs using carbon/glass reinforced epoxy patch. The repair cases onboard Ro-Ro vessels varied including: a repair of a corroded bulkhead between ballast and HFO tanks, a repair of double bottom tank plating, reinforcement of […]