Mobilizing its Towable Diving System along with personnel consisting of one diving supervisor, two divers, and one tender\commercially licensed driver, the Phoenix team was dispatched to the C-Port dock in Port Fourchon, Louisiana to perform the propeller cleaning. Upon arrival at the site, all safety procedures were completed and the divers commenced cleaning both the suction and pressure face of the propellers using a Phoenix custom made hydraulically powered propeller cleaning kit. Also included in the work was inspection of hardware and rope guards for damage, followed by propeller polishing with a hydraulic polishing tool using consumable plastic discs. Cleaning and polishing was completed in a 3.5 hour dive per propeller.
Sanco Star Captain, Ventsislav Gradeshliev, stated, “Phoenix personnel did an outstanding job on the inspection and propeller cleaning/polishing. After their services were performed, the load on the propellers dropped by 80 KW each, which is almost up to dry dock conditions. We are very pleased with their services.”