Asset Maintenance

Ardrossan handback includes eleven new berthing fenders

Published 28 October 2026 Publisher IMWO Region Europe Confidence Confirmed
Ardrossan maintenance diagram: September award, eleven Arran Berth fenders and retained access platforms

IMWO original ardrossan engineering diagram from the cited primary records

CMAL reports eleven fenders installed at Ardrossan's Arran Berth and a maintenance handback to CalMac. The £404,577 award also covers work supporting continued ferry operation and access.

The award scope matches the installed fender count

Public Contracts Scotland records contract conclusion on 18 September, with ten missing or defective fenders to be replaced and one new fender installed. The owner subsequently reported eleven installed at the Arran Berth. A further fender at Winton Pier was under consideration on 8 October and would be planned with CalMac around services. That additional item has its own location and decision.

Linkspan access remains part of the operating asset

The handback account also describes replacement steelwork between the linkspan and shore, repairs to the passenger-access lifting frame and temporary platforms on linkspan dolphins. CMAL intends to retain the platforms while preparing permanent access. This matters to the maintenance estimate: an inspection or electrical repair at the machinery can require specialist access before the repair itself begins. Retained access can shorten that preparation, provided its condition and permitted use remain suitable.

Evidence conclusion

Replacement planning needs the berth and attachment details

For subsequent fender replacements, the owner and operator need a berth-by-berth schedule linking each unit to its attachment condition, installation access and available service window. Matching the eleven installed units to the asset register establishes which locations remain outstanding. The temporary platforms also need a named inspection and removal or replacement responsibility. Those records allow future repair packages to price the access and steelwork required at each identified fender position.

Outstanding evidence

  • As-built fender locations and attachment inspection records
  • Winton Pier additional-fender decision and operating window
  • Temporary-platform inspection and permanent-access programme

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