SHIP TRANSFER SYSTEM REDUCES BUILDING COSTS

Sea Transport Engineering has produced a ship transport system devolving on a Takraf Land-Transport system. It permits the movement of block sections or complete ships in a vertical plane without the use of gantry cranes. This transportation system is mainly by rail in a longitudinal and transverse direction, thus optimizing material flow while reducing equipment usage per ton of steel ratio. This system is mainly for ships up to 10,000 tons, providing a longitudinal slip for 1,000 tons, and a transverse slip of 3,500 tons. Sea Transport Engineering confirms that at least a 25% saving in man hours is possible, and considerable flexibility in contrast to a fixed production line is achieved.

• Corporate Authors:

  Engineering, Chemical and Marine Press, Limited

  33-39 Bowling Green Lane
  London EC1P 1AH,   England 
• Publication Date: 1972-5-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 23,25
• Serial:
  • Shipbuilding and Shipping Record
  • Volume: 119
  • Issue Number: 18
  • Publisher: Transport and Technical Publications Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Materials management; Modular structures; Planning; Production; Production control; Shipbuilding; Shipyards
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00041827
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: United States Merchant Marine Academy
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 19 1973 12:00AM