PROJECT INFO
Project start: 2016
Project Completion: 2016
CLIENT INFO
Client: Nakilat- Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (N-KOM)
SERVICES PROVIDED
Environmental
PROJECT DETAILS
In order to meet the functional and economical requirements of the shipping industry, Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (N-KOM) has planned to establish an electroplating facility for coating the grooves of piston crowns. The N-KOM management has observed the need to include an in-house Electroplating unit to facilitate more comprehensive service options at its ship repair operations. The proposed additional services now would include hard chromium plating of piston crown. However, the proposed additional service will be a part of preventive maintenance; it would be influence by the new on case to case basis at the ship repairs. It will be purely based on need basis, whenever the preventive maintenance of the vessels at the ship yard facility is required. At the maximum, piston crown to be electroplated will be 19 piston crowns per month (provided if the operations are continuous). This particular coating system is selected as it provides maximum wear protection and is suitable for piston crowns.
The proposed electroplating facility activities would include pre-treatment of piston crowns through degreasing, rinsing and followed by chrome plating. The plant capacity for product category will be on need base only. The plant would have necessary pre-treatment and electroplating dip baths at the facility to ensure availability in the event of the same if required at the maintenance activity.
N-KOM management has retained the services of Qatar Design Consortium (QDC) to carry out the baseline environmental study and prepare an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study report.
In order to relate the existing environment with the proposed project activity, it was imperative to carry out detail evaluation of the baseline environmental characteristics including: Ambient air Quality, Noise Level, Soil Quality, and Groundwater quality. Applicable regulatory requirements were reviewed and compiled before commencing a structured and detailed baseline studies and a refined modelling analysis has been conducted using AERMOD.