Survey and rehabilitation of the dry-dock main floating gate

The paper is a theoretical and practical approach to the uncommon way of rehabilitation of the dry-dock main gate of Damen Shipyards Galați. Most of the water tight system of the gate being under water and considering the improper condition of work in the Danube water, the taking out of the gate bottom became a must. The applied method considered the gate inclination of about 90° under floating status by particular actions based on theretical calculation.