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Integration with Martec's Trident Software
October 10, 2006

ShipConstructor models will soon be able to be taken into Trident to conduct finite element stress, hydrodynamic, and other analysis.

Modelling benefits skills as well as... (1.97MB/PDF)
August 2006

ShipConstructor software was utilised as an integral part of the design process for the Japanese high speed passenger ferry "Ibis".

ShipConstructor 2006 Now Available
July 31, 2006

ShipConstructor releases their latest software version: ShipConstructor 2006. The release represents the biggest improvement in history.

Separating the Real from the Imagined (1.14MB/PDF)
July 2006

Profit margins at new construction shipyards often rest on a razor's edge, so the vessel production process better be finely honed.

One2Three Adopts Maxsurf and ShipCon (502KB/PDF)
June 2006

One2Three, located in Sydney, Australia, has implemented Maxsurf and ShipConstructor as their complete naval architecture solution.

Newsletter (368KB/pdf)

September, 2005

• New Parametric-like DDROM™ Technology more...
• Patrick Cahill Starts ShipConstructor USA more...
• ARL Celebrates 15 Years of Excellence more...
• ShipConstructor to Support STEP Import & Export more...
• Tips & Tricks: Drawing Archive & Transmittal more...
• Upcoming Shows more...

Press Release (html)

July 21, 2005

ShipConstructor’s New Parametric-like DDROM Technology Will Revolutionize the Shipbuilding and Offshore Industry

Albacore Research Ltd. (ARL), the creator of the 3D product modeling software ShipConstructor, is putting the last touches on this year’s new software version, ShipConstructor 2006, scheduled for release towards the end of 2005. ShipConstructor 2006 represents a quantum leap in CAD/CAM with the introduction of the Database Driven Relational Object Model™ (DDROM) technology, as well as an Application Programming Interface...

Additional Coverage:
The Motor Ship, November 8, 2005
World Shipbuilding, November, 2005 (1.42MB/pdf)
The Yacht Report, November, 2005 (291KB/pdf)
Tug & Salvage, September/October, 2005 (1.09MB/pdf)
Maritime Supplier, September/October, 2005 (544KB/pdf)
Maritime Reporter, September, 2005 (769KB/pdf)
Marine Link, July 21, 2005
CADwire, July 21, 2005

Editorial (442KB/pdf)

May, 2005

World Ships and Boats:

ShipConstructor Used For Turret Production System

In September 2004, ShipConstructor was implemented at Sembawang Shipyard for a fast-track project to manufacture a complex turret for an FPSO. (Chinese)

See also Berge Helene FPSO Turret project profile.

Press Release (html)

April 27, 2005

ShipConstructor and EasyStruct Combine Forces to Create the Perfect Solution for Japanese Shipbuilders

Albacore Research Ltd. (ARL) and Universal Marine Systems (UMS) today announced a new integrated workflow for Japanese customers who want to use EasyStruct for structural design and ShipConstructor for piping and penetrations...

Additional Coverage:
Marine Link, June 13, 2005
Shipbuilding Energy Transport, April 27, 2005

Press Release (html)

March 15, 2005

ShipConstructor Announces Support for AutoCAD 2006

Albacore Research Ltd. (ARL), today announced ShipConstructor’s support for AutoCAD 2006 next generation design software from Autodesk, Inc., the world's leading software and services company for the building, manufacturing, infrastructure, digital media and wireless data services fields. AutoCAD 2006 software allows users to create, manage and share design information faster, to compete and win...

Additional Coverage:
FinanzNachrichten, March 15, 2005
CADwire, March 15, 2005
Maritime Today, March 15, 2005
Marine Link, March 15, 2005

Press Release (html)

March 14, 2005

ShipConstructor2005 Updates Introduce More Time and Cost Saving Features

Since releasing the 2005 version of ShipConstructor, the AutoCAD-based 3D product modeling software-of-choice for shipyards and designers, Albacore Research Ltd. (ARL) has been working closely together with customers worldwide to introduce even more time- and cost-saving features. In close collaboration with Japanese and Australian shipbuilders, two new features, Accuracy Control Marks and Automatic Straking, among others, will raise the bar of what can be done with a CAD system...

Additional Coverage:
WorkBoat, December, 2005 (418 KB/pdf)
Marine Link, June 13, 2005
Maritime Today, June 13, 2005
Marine Talk, April 14, 2005

Newsletter (1.05MB/pdf)

March, 2005

• ShipConstructor2005 Updates more...
• Australian Shipbuilders take to ShipConstructor more...
• U.S. Shipyard Design Enhancement Project selected for more NSRP Funding more...
• ShipConstructor and EasyStruct more...
• ShipConstructor2005 users benefit from new AutoCAD 2006 features more...
• Tips & Tricks: Sharing drawings via email with eTransmit more...
• Upcoming Shows more...

Press Release (html)

February 9, 2005

U.S. Shipyard Design Enhancement Project Selected For More NSRP Funding

The development of key features in ShipConstructor will be funded by the Second-Tier Shipyard Design Enhancement Project II, which recently received significant funding from the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise...

Additional Coverage:
The Motor Ship, February 10, 2005
Marine Link, February 9, 2005
Maritime Today, February 9, 2005
Shipbuilding Energy Transport, February 9, 2005

Press Release (html)

February 8, 2005

Lockheed Martin Team Begins Construction on First Littoral Combat Ship

The Lockheed Martin team cut steel for the nation’s first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) early this month, marking the start of fabrication at Marinette Marine in Marinette. The team will deliver the first LCS to the U.S. Navy in late 2006...

Additional Coverage:
Marine Link, February 8, 2005
Maritime Today, February 8, 2005

Editorial (81KB/pdf)

December, 2004

WorkBoat Show Daily:

Shipyards Making the Move to 3-D Modeling

Three-dimensional modeling for naval architects, marine engineers and shipyards can make life easier and business more productive, according to Jim Towers, senior marine engineer, Elliott Bay Design Group, Seattle, and Rolf Oetter, president, Albacore Research Ltd., the developers of ShipConstructor software...

Editorial (1.15MB/pdf)

November/December, 2004

Maritime IT & Electronics:

Conversion is a Model Success

The AutoCAD based 3D product modeling software ShipConstructor, has recently played a major role in the conversion of a VLCC to a FPSO...

See also VLCC Mosocean/FPSO Xikomba Conversion project profile.

Editorial (876KB/pdf)

November/December, 2004

International Tug & Salvage:

Packaging Tug Designs for the World Market

The world of tug design and construction has not, in general, seen much activity in the realm of standardised designs for the broader market...

See also Z-Tech Tug project profile.

Editorial (132KB/pdf)

November/December, 2004

WorkBoat World:

Yakushiji Industry Solves Shortage of Traditional Loft Workers
by Implementing CAD/CAM Software

In the face of a changing Japanese shipbuilding industry, engineering firms are adapting to accommodate the noticeable lack of highly skilled traditional loft workers, and Japan's Yakushiji Industry is no exception...

See also Bulbous Bow Plate Expansion project profile.

Press Release (html)

October 25, 2004

ShipConstructor on Course at Fisheries & Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland

ARL announced the introduction of ShipConstructor into the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Systems Design three-year diploma programs at the Fisheries & Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland (MI) in St. John’s, Canada...

Additional Coverage:
Maritime Supplier, November/December, 2004 (364KB/pdf)
Marine Link, October 25, 2004
Maritime Today, October 25, 2004
Ocean Resources Online, October 25, 2004 (193KB/pdf)

Newsletter (1.16MB/pdf)

October, 2004

• ShipConstructor Used for Littoral Combat Ship & USCG Deepwater Projects more...
• Fisheries & Marine Institute at Memorial University more...
• VINASHIN Signed on as ShipConstructor Dealer for Vietnam more...
• New Functionality Further Empowers the Hull Module more...
• Tips & Tricks: Pipe Catalog Made Easy more...
• Upcoming Shows more...

Editorial (183KB/pdf)

August, 2004

The Saigon Times Daily:

Vinashin Applies Canadian Hull Design Software

Halong Shipyard, a unit of State-owned Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corp. (Vinashin), has succeeded in applying hull design software developed by a Canadian company. A Vinashin source said the shipyard had used the ShipConstructor software program of Albacore Research Ltd. to design the hull of the first 12,500-ton ship built by Vinashin. Local and foreign experts have recognized the ship's quality...

See also Tay Son General Cargo Vessel project profile.

Editorial (534KB/pdf)

August, 2004

Maritime Reporter:

65th Anniversary: From 2D CAD to the Integrated Product Model

One of the most important improvements in ship production has been the introduction of CAD/CAM. The initial use of computers for drafting, lofting and automation of steel cutting has been extended from the design office and the mold loft throughout the shipyard and beyond by integrating the Internet, sophisticated database applications and enterprise management software to radically improve the entire shipbuilding process...

Editorial (643KB/pdf)

July/August, 2004

Ship & Boat International:

Many New Deliveries from Prolific Canadian Tug Design Specialist

Vancouver-based design company Robert Allan Ltd. (RAL) has announced a large number of recent deliveries of tugs built to its designs from global shipyards...

Press Release (html)

July 28, 2004

ARL Releases ShipConstructor2005

ARL announces the release of the latest version of its leading flagship AutoCAD-based 3D product modeling software. ShipConstructor2005 was developed under AutoCAD 2005 with backwards compatibility to AutoCAD2004, providing many new functions that will improve productivity, not only while operating the software, but also downstream in production and through integration of ShipConstructor with other business processes...

Additional Coverage:
Ship & Boat International, July/August, 2004 (473KB/pdf)
Naval Architect, July/August, 2004 (298KB/pdf)
Maritime Reporter, July, 2004 (273KB/pdf)
Maritime IT & Electronics, May/June, 2004 (908KB/pdf)

Press Release (html)

July 8, 2004

Vinashin E&T Becomes ShipConstructor Dealer for Vietnam

ARL announced the signing of Vinashin Engineering and Technology (Vinashin E&T) as the dealer for its flagship ShipConstructor software product for the Vietnam market...

Additional Coverage:
Naval Architect, October, 2004 (71KB/pdf)
Maritime Supplier, July/August, 2004 (73KB/pdf)
International Tug & Salvage, July, 2004 (132KB/pdf)
Intellasia News Services, July 13, 2004
Maritime Global Net, July 12, 2004
Marine Link, July 8, 2004

Editorial (2.04MB/pdf)

July, 2004

Maritime Reporter:

And Then There Were Two

The long-awaited awarding of the contract to construct the new series of Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), a series that could total 60 ships worth $14 billion over 15 years, will have to wait just a little longer...

Editorial (567KB/pdf)

June, 2004

Harbour & Shipping:

First of Z-Tech Class Tugs Delivered

In late March 2004, Cheoy Lee Shipbuilders Ltd. of Hong Kong delivered the first of the new Z-Tech Class tugs, christened as Indee, to Teekay Shipping Ltd. of Fremantle, Australia...

Editorial (86KB/pdf)

June, 2004

Work Boat World:

Mustang Marine Uses ShipConstructor for RIB Design

Mustang Marine, UK have used Albacore Research Ltd.'s (ARL) ShipConstructor software to design their latest RIBs, a pair of 10 metre self righting survey vessels for use in the South Atlantic...

See also RIBWORKER project profile.

Editorial (919KB/pdf)

May/June, 2004

International Tug & Salvage:

Tractor in One Direction, ASD the Other

Cheoy Lee Shipbuilders of Hong Kong has delivered (through the services of Redwise Maritime) the first of the new Z-Tech Class tugs, named Indee to Teekay Shipping Ltd, of Fremantle, Australia...

Editorial (293KB/pdf)

May/June, 2004

International Tug & Salvage:

Excellent Sea-Keeper for Pacific Coast

Harley Marine Services, Inc. of Seattle, Washington, USA has just accepted delivery of a new ASD Z-drive tug Tim Quigg from the yard of Diversified Marine Inc. (DMI) of Portland, Oregon...Tim Quigg is the first of a new class of high-performance tugs designed by Robert Allan Ltd...As well as providing the complete contract design package for the vessel, the naval architects also supplied the yard with a complete 3-D steel product model for NC cutting of all parts required for constructing the tug, and a 3-D piping model for all major piping systems. This work was done using the ShipConstructor suite...

Editorial (733KB/pdf)

May/June, 2004

Maritime IT & Electronics:

...While Module Extends HVAC Scope

The completion of ShipConstructor2004 also heralded the arrival of the much anticipated HVAC module...

Press Release (html)

May 31, 2004

ARL Asia Pte Ltd Strengthens ShipConstructor Presence in Asia

Mr. Rolf G. Oetter, Founder and President of Albacore Research Ltd (ARL), and Dr. Oskar Lee announced the official launch of ARL Asia Pte Ltd (ARL Asia) as solutions provider and training and technical center for ARL’s ShipConstructor software in Asia...

Additional Coverage:
Naval Architect, July/August, 2004 (483KB/pdf)
Work Boat World, July, 2004 (367KB/pdf)
International Tug & Salvage, July, 2004 (132KB/pdf)
Marine Link, June 1, 2004
Maritime Global Net, May 31, 2004

Press Release (html)

May 5, 2004

Formation Design Systems Releases Ship Design Software Update

Formation Design Systems has announced another upgrade to its Maxsurf suite of naval architecture and ship construction software. The new version release, Maxsurf v.10, is characterized by the recent cooperation between Formation Design Systems and the creators of ShipConstructor, Albacore Research Ltd...

Additional Coverage:
Work Boat World, June, 2004 (85KB/pdf)

Editorial (401KB/pdf)

May, 2004

Marine Log:

UNO Chooses ShipConstructor

The University of New Orleans's (UNO) School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME) recently added Albacore Research Ltd.'s ShipConstructor software to its program in an effort to further prepare its students for employment in a collaborative work environment...

Press Release (html)

April 1, 2004

Formation Design Systems and Albacore Research Formalize Business Relationship

Albacore Research and Australia’s Formation Design Systems have announced that FDS has become an official dealer of ShipConstructor, ARL’s 3D Product Modeling tool for ships and offshore structures of all sizes and complexities...

Additional Coverage:
Sea Technology, June, 2004 (132KB/pdf)
Harbour & Shipping, June, 2004 (91KB/pdf)
Work Boat World, June, 2004 (63KB/pdf)
International Tug & Salvage, May/June, 2004 (109KB/pdf)

Editorial (850KB/pdf)

April, 2004

Speed at Sea:

New Delivery: Fairweather

Alaska Marine Highway System has just taken delivery of two new ferries: one is the 73m Fairweather...The production model was built using the ShipConstructor suite of integrated tools, which was also used for nesting and NC cutting...

Editorial (252KB/pdf)

April, 2004

Shipping World & Shipbuilder:

Updating Traditional Loft Techniques

Sumidagawa Shipyard has reported that the building of three 45kt 17m aluminum high-speed patrol boats for the Japan National Police saw significantly reduced costs and shorter time to production as a result of the ShipConstructor software suite from Albacore Research in Canada...

See also High Speed Patrol Boat project profile.

Editorial (1.4MB/pdf)

April, 2004

Maritime Reporter:

ShipConstructor 2004 used for M/V Cheramie BoTruc 38

To meet the requirements of the BoTruc project, Bollinger's design group chose ShipConstructor 2004, the latest version of the 3-D product modeling software developed by Albacore Research Ltd. (ARL) Canada...

See also Offshore Supply Vessel project profile.

Newsletter (1.08MB/pdf)

April, 2004

• ShipConstructor2005 With Many Enhancements and New Features more...
• University of New Orleans to Offer Courses Based on ShipConstructor more...
• NSRP Project: ShipConstructor as Software Standard for US 2nd Tier Well Underway more...
• Formation Design Systems Becomes ShipConstructor Dealer more...
• ARL Asia Pte. Ltd. Launched as ShipConstructor Representation in Asia more...
• Tips & Tricks: ShipConstructor User Management more...
• Upcoming Shows more...

Editorial (2.8MB/pdf)

March/April, 2004

Ship & Boat International:

Software Helps Project Participants Communicate

At the end of last year, Albacore Research Ltd. (ARL) announced that its ShipConstructor software had been named design software of choice under the US Second-Tier Shipyard Design Enhancement Program...

Editorial (706KB/pdf)

March, 2004

Shipping World and Shipbuilder:

ShipConstructor Successor in the Pipeline

Having released ShipConstructor 2004 towards the end of last year, Albacore Research (ARL) is certainly not resting on its laurels, with work reportedly well underway on its successor...

Editorial (816KB/pdf)

March, 2004

Marine Log:

Virtually Rebuilding the Navy and Coast Guard with the CAD Product Model

The computer has had a profound impact throughout the Navy and Coast Guard, as in every other aspect of life...

Editorial (406KB/pdf)

January/February, 2004

International Tug & Salvage:

CAD: New Year Version

ARL, the Canadian marine design software specialists favoured by such well known names as Bender, Bollinger, Elliott Bay Design, Keppel Singmarine, Robert Allan and VT Halter, has announced the release of ShipConstructor 2004...