Samsung Heavy Industries, South Korea

Samsung Heavy Industries Makes Waves

Shipbuilder successfully implements new technology

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) is a core affiliate of Korea's largest group company, Samsung. SHI recently used SmartMarine™ 3D, Intergraph’s complementary, full-suite cargo ship design solution that provides all the capabilities needed to design and build the structure and outfitting of ships, to design the outfitting portion of a roll-on-roll-off ("ro-ro") ferry for Norfolkline Shipping B.V. in the Netherlands.

Yeong Soo Bae, the SHI vice president who managed the ferry project's design and support for the SmartMarine 3D implementation, says Intergraph shipbuilding technology will make his company even more competitive in the shipbuilding market.

"SmartMarine 3D will pay dividends as SHI expands its presence in the global shipbuilding design and production market, and it will impact offshore business in the future as well," Bae said. "SmartMarine 3D will make tremendous changes in the traditional ship design and construction process, and I believe these changes are well on the way to our goal of significantly reducing design and construction errors. We can also reduce shipbuilding time and man-hours while better automating our production activities in the near future."

According to Norfolkline Shipping, the ferry's capacity will be 200 cars, 780 passengers and up to 120 freight vehicles. With a service speed of 25 knots, berth-to-berth crossing times between Dover, United Kingdom, and Dunkerque, France, will be just one hour and 50 minutes.

New ship construction is being designed to meet the highest environmental standards and fulfill Lloyd's Register's environmental protection notation with low nitrogen oxide emission, no visible smoke from any engines, low noise impact, and an environmentally friendly cooling system. Shipbuilding plans also include an environmentally friendly waste disposal system and additional protection around oil tanks to avoid possible leaks.

"Samsung Heavy Industries can proclaim it is the first customer in the world to successfully deploy SmartPlant® 3D, which is the core outfitting capability embedded within SmartMarine 3D," said Gerhard Sallinger, president of Intergraph Process, Power & Marine. "SHI should be very proud of this accomplishment, and the company's new technological edge and long tradition of quality should benefit its business greatly."

Bae highlighted three areas in particular where Intergraph shipbuilding technology contributed to SHI's success on the Norfolk. "SmartMarine 3D's advanced solid modeling prevented numerous design errors and made it possible for us to discuss issues with the ship's owner and production manager using real product modeling for better arrangement and productivity," Bae said. "We also note that SmartMarine 3D's concurrent marine engineering capabilities shortened the project schedule and reduced modification design and construction man-hours. Furthermore, Intergraph's excellent support is one of the key factors in the Norfolk project becoming the first successful implementation of SmartMarine 3D in the world."

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