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TTS equipped RoRo completes Airbus logistics chain<br />
A third state-of-the-art vessel, purpose-built to<br />
support the Airbus logistics chain, and equipped<br />
by TTS, was delivered on 21. April 2009<br />
by Singapore Technologies Marine Shipyard<br />
to Fret Cetam SA, the joint venture between<br />
Höegh Autoliners and Louis Dreyfus Arma-<br />
teurs.<br />
The 125 metre long Ciudad<br />
de Cadiz will be used to<br />
transport huge parts for the<br />
Airbus A380 commercial<br />
aircrafts being built in Toulouse,<br />
France. The vessel’s<br />
sister ship, City of Hamburg,<br />
was built at the same<br />
yard and entered into service<br />
in January 2009. These<br />
two deliveries follow the<br />
success of the first and larger<br />
vessel,Ville de Bordeaux,<br />
built in China by Jinling<br />
Shipyard and delivered<br />
in 2004.<br />
All three vessels are equipped<br />
with sophisticated TTS<br />
cargo access equipment,<br />
including specially designed<br />
watertight stern doors,<br />
ramps, liftable car decks,<br />
hoistable trailer decks,<br />
hatch covers and much<br />
more.<br />
As well as handling the<br />
extraordinary size of the aircraft<br />
parts, the equipment<br />
allows the vessels to adapt<br />
to carry other types of<br />
cargo, as Mr Hervé Lapierre,<br />
General Manager for<br />
newbuildings at Louis<br />
Dreyfus Armateurs, explains:<br />
“Both the City of<br />
Hamburg and Ciudad de<br />
Cadiz are equipped with<br />
three levels of liftable car<br />
decksand can easily be turned<br />
into vehicle carriers, for<br />
transportation of new and<br />
second hand cars, when not<br />
under Airbus operation”.<br />
“The Ville de Bordeaux<br />
has a full-width hoistable<br />
deck for trailers, which<br />
allow quick rearrangement<br />
into a RoRo trailer carrier.<br />
The TTS equipment has<br />
enabled the vessels to be<br />
very flexible and increases<br />
their operational use,” adds<br />
Lapierre.<br />
The shipment of aircraft<br />
components from European<br />
manufacturing sites to the<br />
ultimate assembly plant in<br />
Toulouse has constituted a<br />
major logistical challenge.<br />
The fore and aft fuselage<br />
sections are shipped from<br />
Hamburg, the tail section<br />
from Spain, the cockpit and<br />
central fuselage from St Nazaire,<br />
and the wings from<br />
Wales. They are all transported<br />
by sea to Bordeaux,<br />
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trans-shipped by barges and<br />
finally shipped on a dedicated<br />
motorway for assembly<br />
in Toulouse.<br />
Bulk Loading Stations<br />
VNE can offer bulk loading stations for use on offshore platforms.<br />
The reels are designed for 4” and 5” bulk hoses, and a typical<br />
station would be fitted with reels for Diesel, Water Based Mud,<br />
Oil Based Mud, Base Oil, Brine, Cement, Bentonite / Baryte,<br />
Potable Water and Drill Water<br />
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Our stations offer:<br />
Safe and reliable hose<br />
handling, with benefit of<br />
extended lifetime for<br />
hoses and appurtenant cost<br />
reduction.<br />
Reduced risk of pollution, due<br />
to less wear on hoses during<br />
handling and deployment.<br />
Service and operation<br />
platform surrounding all<br />
reels, with manoeuvre valves<br />
placed next to each reel,<br />
which gives the operator a<br />
good (and important)<br />
overview over reel, hose<br />
and supply vessel during<br />
hose handling.<br />
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