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vt halter marine: a case Study Building on a Legacy and Rebuilding From Adversity by Joseph Keefe executive interview Brigadier General Boyd E. “Butch” King, U.S.A. (Ret.) by Joseph Keefe turnkey Synergy Ship Design Turns the Corner With Improved Production Engineering and Product Data Management by Marex staff VT Halter Marine launches the Crowley tug Resolve. editorial Baseball, hotdogs, apple Pie and...hyundai by Joseph Keefe executive achievement - remembering captain thomas Johnson iii - Upi Kamal, CEO - Fincantieri Marine Systems, North America by Marex staff Washington insider Deepwater Finds itself in Deep Water by Larry Kiern art of Going Public Superior Offshore International Enters the Stock Market With Momentum by Marex staff contents 06.07 Operator’s Perspective A Conversation With Richard M. Currence, Jr., Senior VP of Rigdon Marine Corporation by Marex staff celebrating 100 Years markey machinery marks 100 Years of remarkable engineering and Design by Joseph Keefe State of the industry Shipbuilding - Summer 2007 A Half Hour With Donald “Boysie” Bollinger by Marex staff view From the Boardroom W&O Supply’s David turner in europe by Marex staff the maritime executive 3
turnkey synergy Turnkey Synergy: ship Design turns the Corner With improved production engineering and product Data Management by marex Staff A Robust Shipbuilding Market: A Good Time – To Improve It is a very good time to be in the business of shipyard repair, conversion and newbuildings in North America. The summer of 2007 promises a continuing and robust market for American shipyards, and the active ship-replacement business related to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90) phaseouts is anything but over. Today’s good times all but obscure the agony created by a devastating 2005 hurricane season for Gulf Coast yards. Because most prognosticators foresee continued prosperity on the local level for at least the next five years, the temptation for mid-tier American shipyards to sit on their hands and continue with the status quo must be overwhelming. Surprisingly, a quiet but effective effort to improve service, value and technology is under way instead. Efforts to improve the capabilities of the American shipbuilding base have been going on for years, of course. In 1998, the current version of the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise was established to pursue a collaborative environment, which was conducive to cooperation among American shipyards without damaging the unique qualities of the individual compa- 54 the maritime executive nies. The effectiveness of the NSRP in achieving its objectives and the value of the program in terms of the amount of money spent are a matter of some debate. In general terms, the NSRP was created by U.S. shipyards at NAV- SEA’s (Naval Sea Systems Command) request to reduce the cost of building and maintaining U.S. Navy vessels. The NSRP includes at least 11 U.S. shipyards that have turned their focus to the industry-wide implementation of solutions to common cost-drivers. At a minimum, the NSRP has heightened awareness on both government and industry levels of the importance of continuing to improve and maintain the American shipbuilding base. More importantly, the NSRP’s goals stipulate the additional benefits of improving customer satisfaction, industry safety, product quality and environmental compliance. The collaborative search for solutions that include both the leveraging of best commercial practices and the creation of industry-specific efforts is ongoing – and takes many forms. Among them is the aggressive technology transfer to, and buy-in by, various U.S. shipyards. From the pack of promising technologies related to this aspect of shipbuilding come ShipConstructor Software, Inc. and its AutoCAD-based 3-D product. Originally introduced in 1989, the ShipConstructor 2006 (SC 2006) software provides modeling and production planning software for the marine industry and marries AutoCAD’s ease of drafting with the logical powers of a sleek SQL (Structured Query Language) server database design. The computer provides a powerful tool with which to create drawings with a tremendous amount of information. When used with a software program such as ShipConstructor, threedimensional solid models of the structure, equipment, piping, ducting and wireways can be built. This can greatly reduce interferences and improve shipyard productivity. The threedimensional pictures are appealing and useful when trying to sell the program to a prospective client, but the real value of a product like ShipConstructor lies in the database it uses and builds and the product data management which comes from it. In the Beginning The bid for the typical design package for a newbuilding deal usually starts with a twodimensional presentation. Once the winning bid is announced and awarded, the “production engineering” phase of the operation commences. For many shipyards, this can be done in-house with on-site engineering departments. For others, however, it can involve the use of a naval architecture and design firm. Whichever route is chosen, the key to the effort always includes packaging the design information to put it onto the floor in the right fashion so that the production people can best put it into play. In the case of those using ShipConstructor, the software is laid on top of – and depends on – proven AutoCAD technology and also leverages the wealth of AutoCAD experience that already exists in the industry. This significantly reduces the time it takes to migrate to a ShipConstructor solution and simplifies data exchange with other parties. According to Ken Lane, Executive Vice President at Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), “ShipConstructor started out as a tool for lofting metal parts. By developing this 3-D model, users can better track shapes such as the lengths of perimeters and side roll templates.” ShipConstructor provides better accuracy and fewer missed pieces, and the 3-D presentation removes the need for guessing on the production floor. Unspoken in all of this is the importance of better information for production personnel in a shrinking industry where the number and skills of these technicians are diminishing over time.
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