OptiFresh welder repairing piping in Douala
Ship Repairs

Repairs Done Right. Sailings Kept.

Certified welders, fitters, machinists and electricians attending your vessel alongside or at anchorage in Douala. Planned maintenance or 02:00 emergency — the same standard applies.

Repair Services

Six disciplines. One accountable partner.

Steelwork & Welding

Hull plate inserts, doublers, deck and hatch coaming repairs, ladder and railing renewal. Certified welders, procedures aligned to class expectations, full documentation for your class society and superintendent file.

Piping & Fabrication

Sea water lines, ballast, fuel, hydraulic and sanitary systems — repair, renewal and fabrication in steel, copper-nickel or GRE as specified. Pressure testing documented.

Mechanical & Machining

Pump overhauls, valve reconditioning, purifier service, winch and windlass repairs, in-situ machining. We bring the workshop to the water.

Electrical & Automation

Motor rewinds, starter panel repairs, lighting, alarm systems, and troubleshooting that finds the fault instead of replacing parts blindly.

Emergency Response

Breakdown alongside? Failed pre-departure? Call the emergency line. Assessment team aboard fast, honest prognosis within the hour, and a repair plan built around your sailing time.

Riding Teams

Certified crews who sail with the vessel to complete work underway — planned maintenance without port time. Gulf of Guinea rotations arranged.

Process

Scoped. Executed. Reported.

01
Send specs or symptoms

Photos and a description are enough to start.

02
Assessment & fixed quote

Scope, price, timeline. If we find more once open, we stop and call you first.

03
Execution with updates

Daily progress reports with photos to your office.

04
Completion report

Workmanship documented, test results attached, invoice matching the quote.

Work in progress

Recent repairs from our yard.

Steelwork, piping, NDT and inspection — a look at jobs closed to class standard.

Hull framing & fabrication
Hull framing & fabrication

New-build hull assembly on the shop floor — frames, longitudinals and shell plate.

Internal structure
Internal structure

MIG welding of internal framing and stiffeners inside a vessel section.

Insert plate cut-out
Insert plate cut-out

Marked and cut insert on 3 mm plating, 1300 × 75 mm — ready for the doubler.

Dye penetrant testing
Dye penetrant testing

NDT on a completed insert weld to confirm no surface defects before paint.

Multi-pass insert weld
Multi-pass insert weld

Completed multi-pass fillet around an insert plate — before finishing.

Finished & inspected
Finished & inspected

Same weld after grinding, cleaning and PT — ready to sign off.

Underwater hull inspection
Underwater hull inspection

Technicians thickness-gauging and inspecting the hull under scaffold.

Flanged pipe repair
Flanged pipe repair

Sea-water line flange section prepared for renewal on the dockside.

Piping & cone fabrication
Piping & cone fabrication

Fabricated pipe sections and reducer cone laid out for fit-up.

Credibility

Workmanship your class surveyor won't argue with.

Our technicians work to recognised marine standards, our consumables are certified, and every job closes with a report your technical department can file without questions. We built this company on repeat vessels — that only happens when the work holds.

Emergency line — 24/7

Breakdown alongside? Failed pre-departure?

+237 674 290 279

Fix it right the first time.

Send specs or symptoms — assessment, fixed quote, and a repair plan built around your sailing time.