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THE SHIPYARDS • Repair & Conversion, New Construction, Investment

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UK-based ship repairer the SMS Group, which focuses on mechanical engineering, started 2019 focused on several major re? t wins.

Photo: SMS Group

The future USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) returns after completing acceptance trials.

Photo: U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Bath Iron Works

Photo: SMS Group

Ingalls Shipbuilding’s seventh U.S. Coast

Guard National Security Cutter, Kimball (WMSL 756), during sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Virtu Ferries 110m ship launched at Incat.

Photo: Incat

MV Werften’s new shipbuilding hall com- plex in Rostock.

Photo: MV Werften

Photo: U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Bath Iron Works

This project was complex in construc- Allied Shipyard worked with naval ar- by a team led by Gerry Harris from In- be offering interior out? t in 2019. In tion with a tight installation schedule. chitects at Cleaver and Walkinshaw to ? nity Marine Systems of Gibsons, BC addition, Dan Lockyer joined SMS af- “This was a successful project for AL- perfect the design. involved creating an access to the engine ter Christmas 2018 as out? t manager.

MACO not only because we were able Proof of design and construction is room through a door cut in the hull at the “We’ve exemplary relationships with to work closely with Crystal’s and Lloyd always in the performance. The Viking waterline. very many ferry operators, commercial

Werft’s teams, but also because we were Star and her sisters have, in this instance, ship operators, superyacht owners and

SMS Group: Several Re? t Winsable to make our own project team more given ample evidence of excellence. For defense contractors.” agile and lean, with thorough risk analy- a forty-year-old vessel quality is also re- UK-based ship repairer the SMS

NAVY/COAST GUARD sis and prevention plans,” said Tommi ? ected in the maintenance, again the Vi- Group, which focuses on mechanical

Virta, ALMACO’s Project Manager. king Star and her owners demonstrate a engineering, started 2019 focused on

Bath Iron Works: DDG 51 Contract high level of pro? ciency several major re? t wins. Dave Chaf- The U.S. Navy awarded General Dy-

Viking Star Repowered

In recognition of this quality the own- fers, mechanical manager for SMS, said: namics Bath Iron Works a contract to

In 1978 Allied Shipyards of North ers recently decided to give the boat a “The big news is the three major me- build a ? fth DDG 51 destroyer as part

Vancouver built a series of three big new engine. In keeping with the tradi- chanical re? ts that we’ve won. We’ve of the multi-year award announced in steel purse seiners that have become tional excellence and contemporary in- over 30 time-served marine mechanical September. In the most recent multi-year much-admired classics amongst the ex- novation, a new in-line 6-cylinder, 4-cy- engineers in the business now, which competition, BIW was awarded four cellent ? eets of British Columbia. In the cle, Cummins KTA19 marine engine is pretty unique on the South Coast (of ships. The Navy held a separate com- years since the boats have changed own- was chosen to replace the outdated and England).” petition for an option ship as part of its ers and changed names. One, the Viking tired two-cycle 8V149 Jimmie. At 500 “We’re currently, simultaneously, un- commitment to growing the ? eet. There

Star, has even shifted from being a dedi-

HP the new engine matched the original dertaking several 12,000 hour overhauls are currently ? ve DDG 51 destroyers cated purse seiner to a transport vessel power of the GM engine but the renewed on Stork-Wartsila FHD 240s, 30,000 in production at Bath Iron Works: Dan- for salmon farms for the Walcan Seafood vigor earned a new Twin Disc 5170 ma- hour overhauls on Ruston RK270s, the iel Inouye (DDG 118), Carl M. Levin plant on Quadra Island.

rine gear. The new gear came in a 5.03 20-cylinder engines, and several over- (DDG 120), John Basilone (DDG 122),

The success of the design, of which ratio compared to the old ratio of 4.04, hauls on Scania D12 generators.” Harvey C. Barnum (DDG 124) and Pat- more than a dozen were eventually built, so the original 3 blade prop was taken SMS Group offers national coverage rick Gallagher (DDG 127). The ship- is often attributed to a drawing on a res- from 61.5D X 40P to 61.5 X 53 to get from the business’s seven primary sites yard’s backlog includes Louis H. Wilson taurant napkin by designer Ron Burchett the torque curve into the right range for in Lowestoft, Dover, Portsmouth, South- Jr. (DDG 126) and the ? ve ships that are and ? sherman Alfred “Hutch” Hunt. maximum performance and ef? ciency. ampton, Poole, Bristol and Plymouth. part of the multi-year contract awarded

Legendary builder Arthur McLaren of

The job, complete at Arrow Shipyards From the sites, the SMS Group will also this fall. BIW also is building the third 34 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • JANUARY 2019

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