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"CMA CGM Otello" arrived at COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard at the end of June and was docked on July 6. Compared with the previous two conversions, the ¡°CMA CGM Otello¡± project involved quite a lot of extra work in addition to the bow conversion, including a cargo hold fan motor and air passage renewal, cargo hold guide rail repair, ICCP renewal, overboard pipeline work, deck and shell plate painting, all of which had to be completed during the same repair period as the other simpler conversions. COSCO (Zhoushan) made comprehensive pre-preparations and arrangements, effectively avoided cross-construction, ensured the integrity inspection of the bulbous bow block was completed before docking, and finished the removal of the old bulbous bow and the installment of the new one with great precision and high efficiency. Based on rich production experience, in the removal and instal lment process, COSCO (Zhoushan) has deve loped exclusive bulbous bow positioning techniques, with the help of which the speed record of the conversion has been bettered several times. The removal of the old bulbous bow and the installation of the new one on "CMA CGM Otello" took 10 hours overall, 2 hours faster than on the previous vessel. According to relevant statistics, after the bulbous bow conversion, fuel efficiency of the same type of vessels sailing at the same speed can be increased by approximately 5%, and the yearly fuel saving of one vessel is expected to exceed 1 million US dollars. "CMA CGM Tosca" and "CMA CGM Nabucco" were successfully completed in May and June, respectively. COSCO Shipyard Group Co. Ltd. press release 
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