TAY SON GENERAL CARGO VESSEL

Shipbuilder
VINASHIN HaLong Shipyard, Vietnam

Project
Tay Son 12,500 DWT General Cargo Vessel for Vietnam National Shipping Lines

ShipConstructor Modules
ShipCAM, Structure, AutomaticNest, NC-Pyros, ManagerReport, Pipe and Equipment

Project Highlights
The launching of the Tay Son, a 12,500-tonne ship, at HaLong Shipyard marked the completion of the first of eight ships ordered by the Vietnam Maritime Corporation. Built at a cost of over US$10 million, the vessel measures 136.4m in length, spans 20.2m, and has a depth of 11.3m. HaLong used ShipConstructor software to produce the Tay Son to exacting specifications on time and under budget.

3D Hull Surface Modeling – HaLong used ShipCAM to loft and fair the hull surface, resulting in a smooth surface and an offset table of the highest quality. ShipCAM was also used for pin-jig drawings and for plate expansion, providing not only the expanded plate with all markings, but also form templates, dimensional control drawings with deformations between frames, complete with coloured strain maps. This powerful functionality will be available inside of AutoCAD as part of the new Hull module, released in ShipConstructor 2005.

High Accuracy - The Structure module was used to model and detail the internal structure for nesting and 3D assembly drawings. HaLong credits this module for helping them to produce the Tay Son’s structure with the highest accuracy.

Efficient Material Usage – HaLong relied on AutomaticNest to nest all the parts of the ship structure according to the available material stocks which saved significantly on the amount of materials used.

Time Savings – Using NC-Pyros, HaLong automatically created NC-code for CNC cutting, saving man-hours and easing production. The Pipe and Equipment provided spool drawings and piping diagrams for pipe arrangements of all the systems, reducing the time needed for pipe production and assembly.

Substantial Reduction in Production Time and Costs – By implementing ShipConstructor, HaLong experienced a 45-50% reduction in production time, and a 30-35% savings in production costs.

VINASHIN HaLong Shipyard is supported by VINASHIN Engineering & Technology JSC, SSI’s ShipConstructor representative in Vietnam.