PORT FEEDER BARGE

Designer
SCHIFFKO GmbH, Germany

Project
63m port feeder barge for Port of Hamburg

ShipConstructor Modules
Hull, ShipCAM, Structure, Pipe, Equipment, Penetrations, ProductHierarchy, Manual Nest, Profile Nest, NC-Pyros, Report

Project Highlights
The innovative port feeder barge is a self contained, cost effective alternative to road trucking, an increasing concern throughout ports around the world. The self propelled 168 TEU vessel is of a double-ended configuration and is equipped with its own 40 tonne capacity crane. It shall ply between the various terminals in order to shift the intra-terminal box transport from road to waterway.

Design Time Savings – The design of the port feeder barge is very straightforward in terms of hull and structural requirements, compared to SCHIFFKO’s bigger container vessel designs. It is the ease-of-use of ShipConstructor's structural module which was a big reason for SCHIFFKO to choose ShipConstructor as the design tool for this project, especially with the level of skill and competency they have gained using the module for previous projects. Utilising a double-ended configuration further decreased design time on the project by being able to base the design of both ends of the vessel on one half of the design and virtually mirror one end.

Confidence in Initial and Future Use – So confident in ShipConstructor's ability as a top level design and production tool, SCHIFFKO chose to use ShipConstructor without hesitation on this “first of a kind” project. They have also shown confidence in the future of the project by obtaining international patents for the design of the vessel, ensuring that all future construction of this vessel type are produced based on ShipConstructor models.

SCHIFFKO GmbH is supported by Design Systems & Technologies, SSI’s ShipConstructor representative in Europe.