Babcock Australasia has completed the first maintenance availability on an Anzac class frigate since assuming the role of Regional Maintenance Provider West (RMP West).
Over 17 weeks, RMP West completed Intermediate Maintenance Availability 11 (IMAV11) on HMAS Stuart (FFH 153) and also replaced the ship's starboard diesel engine. The work was overseen by a 20-strong team of Babcock project managers, engineers and production specialists. It included 374 tasks across more than 41,000 work hours.
“We are thrilled to have completed the first of what will be many surface ship maintenance packages through RMP West alongside our Regional Maintenance Centre West colleagues as part of the Maritime Sustainment Model,” said Babcock Australasia CEO Andrew Cridland.
Stuart was the first major fleet unit to go through any of the Regional Maintenance Providers established around the country as part of Plan Gallileo. RMP West is responsible for managing the sustainment of Navy's Anzac class frigates, Arafura class offshore patrol vessels, and one of two Supply class oilers.
“Quality project management hinges on the ability to remain agile and navigate and persist collaboratively through roadblocks as they arise, and we were certainly able to achieve this through new processes, tools and daily critical pathway meetings with key stakeholders to ensure the maintenance packages were completed to the highest standards.”
RMP West's next platform maintenance package will be for NUSHIP Arafura (OPV 203).