HIGH SPEED PASSENGER FERRY

Shipbuilder
Sumidagawa Shipyard Co. Ltd., Japan

Project
47m 300GT High Speed Passenger Ferry "Ibis"

ShipConstructor Modules
ShipCAM, Structure, Hull, BuildStrategy, ManualNest

Project Highlights
3D Solid Modeling - Construction of the high speed displacement passenger ferry “Ibis” required an accurate 3D product model of the hull, due to the thick aluminium structure needed to construct the vessel. The 25 knots cruising speed in the Japan Sea, where the waves can be high during the winter season, demands a soft ride hull form with a large and narrow bulbous bow, while still being able to maintain regular one hour voyages to Sado Island. The design team of Sumidagawa Shipyard had to provide error-free structural plate parts in order to avoid remanufacturing the expensive, and hard to find, thick aluminium plating due to a shortage of the standard stock sheet material on the market. ShipConstructor’s Structure module was able to accommodate this requirement.

Short Learning Curve - The design team of Sumidagawa Shipyard consists mainly of young engineers, since expert engineers of baby boomer age are facing mass retirement. In this regard, Japanese shipyards are very keen to educate their engineers with the higher level of shipbuilding technology accumulated over a long history. Easy-to-build 3D product models by ShipConstructor provide the best teaching medium for communicating the hard to explain, complex structure details produced by senior engineers. Teaching of lofting techniques, requiring many years of apprentice work, is also getting easier for the younger generation who are accustomed to using a 3D CAD/CAM solution. ShipConstructor's SQL server database helps to produce 3D product models that can increase and enhance the educating of the Japanese shipbuilding industry for future growth and development as a world leader.

Sumidagawa Shipyard Co. Ltd. are supported by Advance Craft Design, SSI's ShipConstructor representative in Japan.