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efits stemming from a seamless transi- tion between the basic and detailed design phases. The all-important Prod- uct Information Model(PIM), the core database in Tribon and an asset of prospective, long-term value, can now be implemented and built up at an earli- er stage than before. The PIM contains all information about materials, struc- tural components and equipment, allows simultaneous, multi-user access to the data, and supports concurrent design and engineering activities. Through the

PIM, the Basic Design application is totally integrated with other Tribon 5 or

Ml modules, so that data created at the basic design stage is immediately avail- able to all subsequent phases, through to outfitting and assembly planning.

Tribon MI Basic Design not only pro- vides the means of defining the 3-D geometry of the hull structure, as the basis for the detailed hull structure development, but also enables various design alternatives to be quickly evalu- ated, with regard to steel weight and work input implications. Time savings, accuracy gains and enhanced data man- agement are the keystone advantages for users.

So as to ensure that the system can benefit the industry at large, and not simply the larger or more extensively- equipped players, the latest software can be used on Intel-based personal comput- ers (PCs) and laptops running on a

Microsoft Windows NT4 platform.

KCS reckons that its design and infor- mation systems are in service at yards and design engineering offices account- ing for nearly 40 percent of the present world orderbook of commercial vessels in excess of 1,000-gt. The Swedish innovator acknowledges that its large customer base continually creates new ideas and projects for enhancing the Tri- bon system. The Basic Design modeling tool will have its first application in

Japan, adding a new client to KCS' books.

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Innovative class for the banana trade

Unequivocal in its belief that Euro- pean shipbuilding's future will ultimate- ly be determined by its capacity and pre- paredness to innovate, Howaldtswerke-

Deutsche Werft (HDW) has put down a new marker for the industry with a record-breaking class of refrigerated cargo carrier.

Bringing unprecedented unit scale to the business of transporting perishable produce, the 1,000-FEU (40-ft. equiva- lent unit) Dole Chile and Dole Colom-

February, 2000 bia are testaments to HDW's prowess in containership technology, and to its sus- tained plough-back of funds into appli- cation-oriented research and develop- ment.

The U.S.-owned pair maintain the international profile of a yard which headed the seminal Schiff der Zukunft (Ship of the Future) research program of the early 1980s, and which subsequent- ly delivered milestone, post-Panamax linehaul vessels to American President

Lines, and the world's first open-top containership to Norasia Lines.

The slots encapsulated by the Pana- max-beam Dole Chile correspond to a total, refrigerated cargo capacity of approximately 2-million cu. ft., far in excess of the volume offered either by the largest, pallet-optimized reeferships or by existing, cellular container vessels with a high reefer intake.

The 21-knot design is all the more sig- nificant for its almost entirely hatchcov- er-free arrangement, and for a compara- (Continued on page 11)

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