Ship Production

Lecture 7 Shipyard Layout

Shipyard layout:
Most shipyards do not have the luxury of establishing themselves on a green field site and adopting an ideal layout. Most shipyards are established building smaller vessels and slowly increase in size to accommodate increases in orders. Very often restricted by river bank & modified production flow lines required.

Shipyard layout Harland & Woolf

Shipyard layout Harland & Woolf

Shipyard layout Harland & Woolf

Shipyard layout Incat Tasmania

Ideal Shipyard layout:

Main Factor: Easy flow of materials (no bottlenecks) Advantages: Uniform work load Shorter ship build cycle Economies in construction practices

Shipyard layout Halifax Shipyard

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Burning Shop (DNC underwater oxygen plasma & oxy-acetylene machines) Plate Shop (183m x 23m x 12m, complete with panel line & shell jigs) Outfit Steel Shop Module Shop (162m x 30m x 22m, 90t lift & heavy load transfer system) Turntable Launchway (max length about 150m, with 65t berth crane) Pipe Shop (500m2) Sheet Metal Shop, QA, Test & Trials Ship Repair Offices & Owners Reps Machine Shop (full range of machine tools) Machine Shop Wharf

12.Pier 6&7 (338m, with about 8m water depth) 13.Graving Dock (173m x 23.5m, 8m over the sill) 14.Scotia Dock II (with 25,400t lift) 15.Nova Dock ( Panamax dock with 36,000t lift) 16.Warehouse (1,700m2, computer-controlled) 17.Steelyard 18.Main Offices 19.Client Facilities & Security 20.Warehouse & Joiner Shop

Shipbuilding Process:

Shipyard Layout:

Shipyard Layout:

Building Alternatives:

Building Berth:

low initial cost no shelter from weather high cranes required launching costs are high possibility of structural damage during launch

Building Alternatives:

Building Dock:

high initial cost no shelter from weather access may be hard lower cranes required low launching costs lower possibility of damage during launch

Building Alternatives:

Building Shed & Ship Lift:

high initial cost shelter from weather good access high cranes required low launching costs low possibility of damage during launch

Building Alternatives:

Building Shed & Launch:

high initial cost shelter from weather crucial for composites good access launching easy & safe for small vessel

Assignment 1:

Video Sovereign of the Sea - Build & Testing Question & Answer sheet.

Video Sovereign of the Sea - Build & Testing

Further reading:
Eyres, D., Ship Construction, 5th Edition, Butterworth-Heinmann, Oxford, UK, 2001. Taylor, D., Merchant Ship Construction, 4th Edition, Institute of Marine Engineers, London, UK, 1998. Taggart, R., Ship Design and Construction, SNAME, New Jersey, USA, 1980. Storch, R., Hammon, C., Bunch H., and Moore R., Ship Production, 2 nd Edition, SNAME New Jersey, USA, 1995. Lamb, T., Ship Design and Construction I & II, SNAME, New Jersey, USA, 2003. Lewis, E., Ed. Principles of Naval Architecture: Volume I - Stability and Strength, SNAME, New Jersey, USA, 1988.

Recap/Reflect

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