MERCY SHIPS awards ALUMINOX for the MERCY GLOBAL Hospital Ship build in Tianjin Xingang Shipyard
It is our privilege to announce that ALUMINOX SA is the awarded Galley equipment maker for the MERCY GLOBAL Hospital Ship build in Tianjin Xingang Shipyard
ALUMINOX SA will be responsible to deliver the equipment for the main galley, the self service areas, the bars and cafeterias.
Working closely with the owner and the shipyard ALUMINOX SA proposed also the layout arrangement in order to ensure a fully functional scope of supply.
The sequential steps in the building process include up to 16 months of detailed design work, construction of the hull and installation of machinery systems, outfitting the accommodation decks/hospital, extensive testing and trials prior to delivery from shipyard, installation of additional medical equipment and general supplies and further testing prior to deployment.
The Global Mercy™ will have meeting and work spaces with numerous design considerations based upon prior operating experience and crew feedback. The ship incorporates the latest comprehensive technology for crew safety and security and will provide accommodation for 641 people including crew and medical staff onboard. The ship services are designed to host up to 950 people when the hospital is working and additional day-crew are serving onboard in various functions such as translators.
The hospital covers most of decks 3 and 4 – approximately 7,000 square meters containing:
supply services
6 operating theaters
102 acute care beds
7 ICU/isolation beds
an additional 90 self-care beds