Features: - Tanker Operator

SMM PREVIEW
To cope with the number of stands,
the floor space has been enlarged
from two years ago by about
10,000 sq m to 87,000 sq m to
cater for the expected 47,000 visitors.
SMM's organisers have developed a system
whereby a visitor will be able to obtain an
admission ticket promptly and easily and thus
avoid waiting at the cash desk.
With the new online ticketing, a visitor will
now have the opportunity to order an
admission ticket from home via the internet.
Tickets can be booked and paid for
instantaneously. Payment is exclusively by
credit card.
A visitor can also take advantage of the
convenience of online ticketing by receiving
an invitation ticket from an exhibitor. Printing
tickets out at home saves time and ensures
you can arrive at the SMM without stress, the
organisers said.
Upon arrival, the visitor will be confronted
by 11 halls, seven of which are new. A new
'sales lounge' will be built in the Central
Entrance -upper floor. Information will be
available on SMM Istanbul to be held 21st -
23rd January next year in the Turkish city.
SMM 2008 will be opened by German
Federal Minister of Economics and
Technology Michael Glos at 19.00 on 22nd
September. At the opening ceremony new EC
vice president in charge of transport Antonio
Tajani, honorary president of the Community
of European Shipyards Associations (CESA)
Corrado Antonini and Hamburg's Mayor Ole
von Beust will give addresses.
Several side events are also taking place
including Europe INNOVA Standards
Network (EUROMIND), which will be
organising an international workshop on
'Improving Interoperability in the
Shipbuilding Supply Chain' to be held on 23rd
September at VSM - Verband für Schiffbau
und Meerestechnik e.V.
The shipbuilding industry is characterised
by intensive co-operation between different
stakeholders (shipbuilders, suppliers,
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SMM set to break
records
This month's SMM shipping exhibition, the 23rd to be held in Hamburg
will be the largest ever, as the event has already attracted more than
1,800 exhibitors from over 50 countries, 250 of which will be new to SMM.
classification societies and others) and the
increasing demand of working in highly
flexible networks, with often changing project
arenas. This intensive co-operation is apparent
in all phases of shipbuilding projects from
conception, design to production of the ship
until end of life.
Leading edge shipbuilding production is
aimed at the integration of latest developments
in ICT and logistics in the local and
distributed shipbuilding process. Without the
interoperability of ICT systems, which require
standards and compatibility between
standards, advanced forms of E-business are
impossible. Real progress towards reducing
production cost and lead time depends on a
deeper understanding of the integration of
internal processes and those of suppliers into
an 'integrated production system'.
The EUROMIND network, a project funded
by the European Commission, defined a
generic highly flexible reference standard
through a pragmatic bottom-up approach by
borrowing and learning from standards that
are best in their field and extending these for
the use in the maritime industry.
The consortium will present its results
during a special event, organised by VSM in
Hamburg. The workshop on 23 rd September,
will start with a walk-in session and
continuing with a workshop in the afternoon
with guest speakers from the European
Commission, the industry and European
associations.
Of course, the number of exhibitors are far
too numerous to be mentioned in this
TANKEROperator preview. However, we have
endeavoured to mention a few together with
their exhibits in strict alphabetical order.
Advanced Polymer Coatings will be
showing the technology that has persuaded
leading shipowners worldwide to specify the
coating- MarineLine®.
Donald Keehan, APC's chairman, the
developer and manufacturer of the
MarineLine® coating system, said, "The first
ship coated with MarineLine® was in 1994. In
2006, we announced in Hamburg at SMM that
the milestone 100th tanker ship had been
coated with MarineLine®. Just last year, 107
tankers were coated with MarineLine®, and in
2008 we expect to break that record, and we
are doing larger tankers then ever before. At
SMM 2008, this fall, we will present the
300th MarineLine-coated ship."
Demand for MarineLine® has led
Advanced Polymer Coatings to open offices in
the major shipbuilding centres across the
world. Existing offices, including Advanced
Polymer’s headquarters in Avon, Ohio US,
MarineLine Europe in the UK, and
MarineLine Turkey in Tuzla, have now been
joined with new offices such as Advanced
Polymer Coatings China in Shanghai,
MarineLine Korea in Pusan, MarineLine
Japan in Shizuoka, and Advanced Polymer
Coatings SEA in Singapore.
At SMM 2008, the company is preparing to
launch an application company that will offer
services in applying MarineLine® and other
coatings. "With our vast experience gained in
the past 18 years with regard to MarineLine®
application, heat curing, and inspection, we
know we can take coating application to
another level, thus ensuring for shipowners
and shipyards that their coatings work is done
professionally and will meet all the warranty
requirements."
Alfa Laval will display its PureThinking
solutions PureBallast and PureVent, as well as
the new S and P Flex range separator module
and the F-152 fuel oil filter. The focus will
also be on integrated ship support, which
combines spare parts procurement with other
value-added services. Similar to Alfa Laval's
preventive maintenance initiative, it provides
a way of streamlining and safeguarding a
supply chain, enabling faster and smoother
communication that results in more
economical operation.
Alfa Laval will also unveil AQUA - a new
freshwater generator - as well as the new
Gunclean Toftejorg i65 D tank cleaning
machine.
TANKEROperator � August/September 2008