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the unit is undergoing topsides installation in the U.K. at Aker

McNulty's yard on Tyneside.

This year, Langsten formalized a contract with PGS for the con- struction of a sixth Ramform seis- mic ship, as further confirmation of the effectiveness of the

Norwegian maritime cluster in providing high-technology, effi- cient solutions to the sophisticated needs of the offshore sector. By melding shipbuilding and offshore industry disciplines, Norwegian designers, yards and equipment producers have opened up new areas of opportunity, broadening their market scope in the process.

An ability to respond to surging demand from a technologically demanding offshore market, cou- pled with heavy commitments to product development and new investments in the means of pro- duction had a signal bearing on the Ulstein Group's financial advance in 1997, featuring a four- fold increase in pre-tax profit and record turnover, order intake and work backlog.

The emergence within the inte- grated shipbuilding, design, equip- ment and engineering group of a new company known as Ulstein

Ship Technology (UST) signals a further refinement of organiza- tional structure aimed at enhanc- ing the business of developing and supplying vessel designs and ship systems. But it also gives expres- sion to Ulstein's perception of its future as being increasingly delin- eated by technology-intensive ves- sel types and associated systems.

Larger vessels for well interven- tion, drilling and production con- stitute a primary target area.

Already this year, UST announced $49 million worth of contracts to provide designs and equipment for a total of six newbuilding anchor- handlers and platform supply ves- sels to be built in Denmark,

France and at non-Ulstein yards in

Norway. Sealed in February, the packages took the new company's workload to $159 million.

Shipbuilding Tools &

Equipment

Scandinavia remains a strong- hold of professional know-how in regard to both ship design and shipbuilding production systems, serving the industry worldwide.

Malmo-based Kockums

Computer Systems ( KCS) has con- tinually refined and embellished its Tribon design and information system tailored specifically to the needs of the shipbuilding sector.

The latest Tribon 4 software has been formulated to raise produc- tivity and efficiency by ensuring full control over all stages in a newbuilding project from tender- ing through design to production and delivery. The product informa- tion model database incorporated springs into the system, from a technology which allows multi- user access to the data. It sup- ports concurrent design and pro- duction engineering in all disci- plines, notably regarding the hull, machinery and outfitting.

One of the latest enhancements to the system is Tribon

Genauigkeit, brought to fruition in collaboration with German ship- builder Howaldtwerke-Deutsche

Werft. As its name implies, the application confers the means of improving accuracy in automated shipbuilding production, by mak- ing the alignment of parts in the assembly process easier, without

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