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World Yard Notes

From MR/EN's recent survey of World shipyards, the following is a quick guide to the planned facility im- provements and market focuses of several builders. will be able to provide a service for handy size vessels.

The floating dock is served by five fixed cranes on the upper deck. A total of four capstans and two mooring winches to- gether with two hauling rails are in- stalled for positioning ships in the dock.

With the new floating dock entering service togetherwith its existing syncrolirt facility, SSE is positioned to provide a larger scope vessels of u^.

Stocznia Polnos

Shipyard)

The shipyard plans to focu. fishing vessels, tugboats, supp., container vessels (up to 500 TEU,. ous workboats and fast ferries.

Soelwerf Vlaanderen

Soelwerf Vlaanderen was established in April 1993 by Gegemann Belgium

N.V. and the Flemish regional govern- ment holding Gimvindus N.V., taking over the former Boelwerf shipyard, now in bankruptcy. To date, a $55 million investment program is planned. The yard will focus on building LPG and

LNG carriers, chemical tankers, reefer vessels and offshore projects.

Flender Werft

Recently this Lubeck, Germany yard installed a new plasma arc and autogeneous gas cutting machine, as well as a new panel production line.

Hitachi Zosen

Involved in several technology develop- ments, including CAD system (HICADEC), CAM system, model test- ing, fatigue analysis, finite element analysis and welding robots. Last De- cember, the Ariake Works put into operation a high-speed optical LAN (FDDI: Fiber Distributed Data Interface).

With this move, it is creating an inte- grated system to maximize production efficiency.

This hign-speed optical network inte- grally links CAD/CAM data as well as production control and office work control systems.

NH-HISAW, a high-speed one-side welding system which Hitachi Zosen developed jointly with Nippon Steel

Corp and Nippon Steel Welding Pro- duction and Engineering Co., has helped increase welding speeds dra- matically, reportedly up to 2.5 times faster than traditional processes.

The NH-HISAW system received the 28th Award of Japan Society for the

Promotion of Machine Industry (1993), and has displayed its efficient capabili- ties in the construction of double-hull tankers at the Ariake Works.

Singapore Shipbuilding & Engineer- ing Ltd. (SSE)

SSE's plan for expansion and diversifi- cation is right on course with recent completion of its multi-million dollar floating dock, which has a lifting ca- pacity of 17,000 tons. The floating dock took on its first vessel on April 20.

With the increased size (it measures 607 ft. (185 m) x 109 ft. (33.2 m)) SSE

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Fundici

The leading producer of shipbuilding profiles

Bulb flats Fundia Norsk Jernverk AS is the leading producer of shipbuilding profiles in Europe with a market share of over 40%—a position attained through a long and close relationship with the European shipbuilding industry.

Located on the Atlantic coast in the middle of Norway, Fundia has the only European mill specializing in the production of shipbuilding profiles.

Fundia Norsk Jernverk AS offers the follow- ing advantages: • widest production range, pro- ducing bulb flats, L-section & angles, flats & universals and welded sections • all grades of shipbuilding steels • regular rollings of all products in fixed schedules • short leadtimes— high flexibility • steel certification by ABS and all other leading classification societies is avail- able • Quality Assurance Certification to ISO- 9002 • high delivery security • excellent port shipping location • well organized and easy to contact • aftermarket follow-up. s 1 A 1—? b

U.S.A. bulb flat stocking pro- gram as of March 31, 1994. Call

Premier Steel for details

Dimension, mm weiqht b s kg/m 100 *6 6.0 7 6.8 8 7.6 120 *6 7.31 7 8.25 8 9.19 140 7 9.74 8 10.8 *9 11.8 160 7 11.4 8 12.7 9 14.0 180 8 14.8 9 16.2 10 17.6 200 9 18.5 10 20.1 11.5 22.5 220 10 22.8 11.5 25.4

Dimension, mm weiaht b s kg/m 240 10 25.4 11 27.4 12 29.3 260 10 28.3 11 30.3 12 32.4 280 11 33.5 12 35.7 300 11 36.7 12 39.0 13 41.5 320 12 42.5 13 45.0 340 12 46.1 14 51.5 370 13 54.6 15 60.5 400 14 63.9 16 70.2 430 15 73.9 17 80.6

U.S. MARKETING AGENT

Premier Steel Inc. 560 Sylvan Avenue

Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 07632

Tel: 201-894-5200 • Fax: 201-894-5223

FUNDIA NORSK JERNVERK AS

Marketing Department •

FUNDIA NORSK JERNVERK AS

Nydalsveien 15 • P.O. Box 4225 Torshov

N-0401 Oslo, Norway • Tel: +47 22 45 08 20

Fax: +47 22 18 35 69 • Telex 76 068 jverk n

All weights refer to nominal dimensions and density 7,85 kg/dm3 •Dimensions not included in DIN 1019

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Oceanic Marine Consultants International, Inc. 3739 Mt. Ariane Dr.

San Diego, CA 92111

Tel/Fax: 619-576-1438

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