At 4pm on Friday afternoon we were contacted by a key marine client operating their vessel on one engine due to a suspected governor failure.
As a major freight carrier between The Netherlands and the UK, a quick reaction was needed to maintain the vessels punctual working schedule avoiding lost revenue or penalties.
2 engineers left Bartech within the hour for Vlissingen, taking a spare Woodward PGA governor, allowing around the clock travel and labour to rectify the issues in the smallest time frame possible whilst the vessel was still running on one engine.
On inspection, the fuel rack servo was found to be too weak, stopping the servo spring from returning the fuel rack to the correct position. After installing the new governor the engine speed was still not right and the fault was located with the governor drive. The gears were replaced and governor re-calibrated, allowing the vessel to operate back at full speed to continue its journey. After our engineers disembarked from the vessel they returned the governor to our workshop for a full overhaul.
Our quick response allowed the client avoid penalties for being behind schedule and loss of revenue should the vessel be taken out of action, whilst being assured that the equipment on their other vessels is also maintained to a safe and operational level.
