MARINTEC ROUND-UP
OR over 30 years, MacGregor has been working in China, and this commitment to the country is paying off, with equipment and services being supplied by the company for newbuildings at a number of Chinese yards. Typical of these is a contract for the design and supply of key components for lift-away hatch covers for 15 container ships (plus an option for two more) being built at the Huanghai Shipyard. These 600TEU vessels (hull Nos HCY37-41 and HCY44-53) are destined for Intership Navigation, of Cyprus. Negotiations are underway that may lead to MacGregor cranes also being installed on some of these hulls. The lift-away covers can be operated in a non- sequential order. Each shipset will comprise 12 panels arranged to serve three container holds in either three, four-, or five-panel configurations. The panels are designed to accept container stack loads of 55tonnes/20ft units and 70tonnes/40ft units for carrying cargo on deck. Supporting the hatch covers will be MacGregor Flexipad replaceable bearing pads. Additionally, the company has received a similar order for lift-away covers from the Chinese shipowner Dalian Jifa Bohai Rim Container Lines, which has booked three 600TEU container ships (hull Nos HCY31, HCY34, and HCY36) from the same yard. The main difference between this project and the one above is that in this case the vertical stoppers use steel pads.
MacGregor is also supplying hatch cover outfits for another series of 600TEU container vessels for V-Ships, which are being built at the Huanghai shipyard as well. For this order, the hatch cover concept is different, accommodating longitudinal coamings. Four 11,800dwt multipurpose container vessels ordered from Xingang Shipyard by Swiss shipowner Enzian Shipping feature MacGregor cranes, hatch covers, and lashing equipment. The ships have capacity for 711TEU, and have three holds.
Three MacGregor GL-type cranes will be carried, and these will be installed on the port side. The forward two can handle 80tonnes at a maximum outreach of 20m, 60tonnes at 24m, 45tonnes at 30m, and 40tonnes at 33m (GL8020/6024/4530/4033-2 models). The aft GL45/28/4033-2 crane has capacity for 45tonnes at a radius of up to 28m, and 40tonnes at up to 33m. Both cranes and crane jibs are specially designed for efficient cargo operations on both sides of the ship. Heavy lifts of up to 160tonnes will be handled on the port side, and normal cargo operation will be handled from the starboard side.
Hatch cover outfits comprise a combination of Foldtite and lift-away covers on the weatherdeck, and lift-away covers on the tweendeck. The hatch covers are manually cleated and weathertight.
Hold No 1 has a clear opening of 20.3m by 10.8/7.0m and uses two high-stowing folding panels at the aft end and a lift-away panel forward. Hold No 2 provides a clear opening of 39.2m by 17.9m and employs four high-stowing folding panels (a pair at each end) and two lift-
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away panels. Hold No 3 has a clear opening of 25.9m by 17.9m and features a pair of high- stowing folding panels and a pair of lift-away panels. Covers on the aft two holds can withstand uniformly distributed loads of 3.5tonnes/m2
design loads of 4.6tonnes/m2 4.14tonnes/m2 (middle) and 3.77tonnes/m2
, and the three panels on No 1 have (forward), (aft).
The tweendecks covers are non-weathertight, and the short panels can be used as grain bulkheads. There are 13 panels: three in No 1 hold, six in No 2, and four in No 3. Aseries of six 17,300dwt multipurpose cargo ships being built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard for Wagenborg Shipping (two) and Beluga Shipping (four) are a repeat order of vessels previously ordered by Wagenborg (hull Nos H1362A- H1365A). MacGregor's scope of delivery for hatch covers comprises design and key components. The company is also supplying lashing equipment on hatch covers, and in cargo holds. Weatherdeck hatch covers are the high- stowing folding type, operated by external hydraulic cylinders and bell-crank arms, while tweendeck covers are lift-away panels. The two- hatch ship uses four panels to close No 1 hatch, which has a clear opening of 35.9m by 17.75m, while No 2 has two forward panels and four aft to close an opening that is 52.2m long and 17.75m wide. Container stack loads are 50tonnes for TEU and 60tonnes for FEU. The ships have a 962TEU capacity. MacGregor container lashing systems include container fittings in the tanktop, on the tweendeck pontoons and on the upper deck hatch covers. General cargo fittings include 10tonne SWL flush lashing eyes in the hatch coaming and on the end bulkhead in the cargo holds, and timber lashing eyes on the hatches. Finally, four 10,000TEU carriers, ordered by China Ocean Shipping Group Co (COSCO) from Hyundai Heavy Industries, Korea, are claimed to be the world's largest container ships with a declared capacity. MacGregor is providing the hatch cover design and key components for these vessels. The ships are set to be delivered between late 2007 and mid- 2008.
The vessels have a length of 334.0m, a beam of 45.6m, and a design draught of 13.0m. Speed is 25.8knots. Each of the 10 holds are located forward of the accommodation block, and there are two more aft. Each shipset of hatch covers comprises 78 lift-away panels; maximum weight of a panel is 40tonnes.
Manufacturing and aftersales Heading up MacGregor's container lashings equipment manufacture in China is Dalian Shidao Marine Fittings (DSMF), located in Dalian. A new 15,000m2
factory is planned to
come on stream soon, for the manufacture of hatch cover and lashing components. For the aftersales market, MacGregor lashing components are being manufactured by Sundo Industrial Co Ltd at a newly built factory in Liyang specially designed for production of lashing components.
Class societies team up on yard quality
TALIAN classification society and certification group RINa and the China Classification Society (CCS) have joined forces to deliver quality management system expertise to small and medium-size Chinese shipyards, which intend to build ships for the international market. The two class societies have set up a joint venture company, Yizhong Marine
I Technical Services, based in
Shanghai. This will assist between five and ten yards in its first year.
The yards, suitable for building ships up to 50,000dwt, are those which currently build only to internal Chinese standards but which wish to enter the international shipbuilding sector. Yizhong will train management teams and help them set up and run a complete quality management system capable of building ships to international classification standards.
The first yards scheduled for assistance have been identified, and it is expected that systems will be in place at least five of them within a year. RINa sees this as the first step in developing wider services within China. It already has an extensive industrial certification and expertise-sharing programme in India, and it hopes to share that experience with growing businesses in China.
New factory for interior panels
established TNF Interior products in China, by starting production at a factory which, the company claims, will be the largest panel manufacturing plant in the world.
T This
factory, located in Nantong, with an area of 40,000m2
, will be ready to start production
this month (February). The facility will become Inexa's primary factory for producing TFN Magic - a specialist interior wall finish, created to replace PVC walls - but the secondary factory will remain in Denmark.
This move was made by the company to increase its business in the Far East region, and as a good logistical base. Inexa believes that China will soon be building new- generation river passenger vessels, and sees a good market for its prefabricated cabins. Bathroom units are also starting to be produced in China, due to a cooperation agreement with a company in Shanghai.
THE NAVALARCHITECT FEBRUARY 2006
HE interior accommodation company, Inexa, based in Denmark, recently
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