We invited Tradewinds Engineering onboard to carry out a survey of the chillers on our 115m superyacht as we were struggling to keep the boat at temperature during the summer in Dubai.

 

Tradewinds used specialist test equipment that we had never seen any other contractors use & it showed us the exact cooling capacity produced. They highlighted issues we hadn’t seen, including liquid return & refrigerant contamination.

 

Tradewinds offered support explaining their findings and guiding us through the processes to fix the problems. They’re specialist in their field and I learnt a lot whilst they were onboard and from the follow-up support.

Tradewinds have been the only vendor out of 3 who could supply the correct engineering services within Ensco’s operational timeframe. They have twice came forward with the correct equipment and services when other approved HVAC vendors could not.

 

They are competitive in their product line and offer another option in a very difficult market.

Stuart and his team of Commissioning Engineers rose to the challenge and mobilised 800 miles North from their base in Somerset, at very short notice, to help my client achieve the pre-commissioning and commissioning of their new HVAC installations for the upgrade on board the Borgsten Dolphin drilling rig.

 

Through their dedication to the tasks presented to them they identified and helped our client to rectify any issues found during pre-commissioning and allowed the schedule to be remain intact.

 

In the end their efforts and attendance allowed the commissioning of the HVAC systems to be completed ahead of the sail away date and to the satisfaction of DNV, our client’s certifying body.