FISHING VESSEL

Shipbuilder
Miho Shipyard Co. Ltd., Japan

Project
30m 199GT Pole & Line Fishing Vessel

ShipConstructor Modules
ShipCAM/Hull, Structure, BuildStrategy

Project Highlights
Complex Hull Plating Expansion - Miho Shipyard, Shizuoka, Japan is well known for their capability to build high standard fishing vessels that the Japanese fishing industry operate worldwide. Due to years of hull form development, a typical Japanese fishing vessel hull has a very complex mix of concave and convex surfaces. In this regard, Miho has employed highly skilled yard workers to take care of the complex plate forming using the line-heating technique. But, the shipyard is facing a generation change in the design department that has been dependant upon hand lofting shell plate expansion for a long time. The shipyard asked for Yakushiji Industry (ShipConstructor dealer for Japan) for help in updating to the new generation of 3D CAD/CAM lofting for hull plate expansion. ShipConstructor’s ShipCAM/Hull module provides the younger generation design team with a tool that can produce the same highly accurate expanded plating and template data to meet the ship owner's expectations.

Accurate Vessel Product Model - The design team of Miho Shipyard is in the process of migrating to the 3D CAD/CAM solution, provided by ShipConstructor, with technical support from Yakushiji Industry. Although Yakushiji Industry has assisted with major engineering work for the two sister fishing vessels, Miho Shipyard are expecting the new ShipConstructor 2006 version to make it “easy to create 3D product models and production drawings using the new DDROM technology.” Since incorporating a new solution in hull plate expansion with ShipConstructor, Miho Shipyard feels more capable, as the potential for accurate 3D product models to increase and enhance their shipbuilding skill and production rate allows them to compete on the worldwide market.

Miho Shipyard Co. Ltd. is supported by Advance Craft Design, SSI’s ShipConstructor representative in Japan.