Giant section construction method?

This is a shipbuilding method that I have never heard of.

The so-called shipbuilding method is a method of building ships. Since humans began to build ships, there have been many shipbuilding methods. Nowadays, the segmented construction method is commonly used. However, this method still requires the use of docks for a long time. It is helpful to shorten the construction period, but it takes up a lot of space.

The docking time has not changed much, which prevents the construction period of large ships from being revolutionaryly shortened.

At this time, Yao Yuan mentioned such a brand-new shipbuilding method, which made everyone feel fresh and new. They were more confused - what kind of shipbuilding method is this that can achieve a dramatic shortening of the construction period?

Liu Danian took the microphone handed over by Oster and began to play the slideshow to explain the construction method of giant sections.

He is a scientist who grew up in China. When Yao Yuan met him, he was just a young teacher at the training school of Xijiang Shipyard, in his early thirties.

Who would have thought that just five years later, the giant section construction method would be born in his hands. Who would have thought that under the age of forty, he would still be the head of the LNG ship technology project team of the Directional Shipyard.

The protagonist at this time is him.

But he did not speak English, and Yao Yuan overcame the simultaneous interpreters at the venue and personally acted as simultaneous interpreter for Liu Danian.

"We conducted the test on a 40,000-ton cargo ship. The 210-meter-long hull was divided into thirteen giant sections for construction outside the dock. During this period, it would not occupy the dock space. At the same time, in the dock

The keel is laid inside. The two tasks are carried out at the same time. After completion, the final hoisting is carried out and the hoisting is completed in the dock. The construction period of building the 40,000-ton freighter is 165 days, and we are confident that we can continue to compress..."

Said by Liu Danian, translated by Yao Yuan.

Auster couldn't help but ask, "Can you give us more details? For example, where are the thirteen giant sections built outside the shipyard? You must know that these are very huge sections, and there is also hoisting work, which requires a huge amount of work.

Gantry crane, maybe this requires a gantry crane of nearly a thousand tons."

"Sorry, it involves technical secrets, we can only give a brief introduction." Yao Yuan answered on behalf of Liu Danian.

The slides are very simple and rough, and the purpose is to prevent technology leaks. Samsung Heavy Industries is working on the giant block construction method. In another three or four years, they should complete all the technology research and development work. Yao Yuan does not want them to

What inspiration can I get from myself to shorten the construction time?

Liu Danian said with understanding, "In addition to the giant section construction method, we have also mastered other construction methods. For example, the 150,000-ton oil tanker we previously built for the Ocean Ocean Hong Kong Company used a combination of multiple shipbuilding methods, and the construction period was only longer than the construction of a 40,000-ton oil tanker.

21 days longer for bulk carriers.”

He immediately made an advertisement for Fangfang Shipbuilding, so that ship owners would have a deeper understanding of Fangfang Shipbuilding.

It turns out that China's shipbuilding industry is so powerful that they actually have a dock that is 510 meters long and 106 meters wide! They actually have a gantry crane with a maximum lifting weight of 900 tons!

Liu Danian completed his task as the chief engineer of Directional Shipbuilding, collected the slides and stepped off the stage. As he was collecting the slides, he clearly felt countless eyes staring at the slides in his hand, wishing to look through everything.

You can see other content from the slides, and some people want to rush over and snatch the slides away.

It’s as if this way you can master the giant segment construction method.

Yao Yuan faced the ship owner and said with a smile, "The No. 5 dock of Xiangxiang Shipyard will be put into use in a month. The dock is 703 meters long and 251 meters wide. It can build four 300,000-ton oil tankers at the same time. We

With 37,500 skilled workers, we have more than 5,000 technical personnel, and we are supported by a scientific research team of 50,000 people."

After a pause to let the shipowners digest what he said, he slowly added, "In fact, we can even compress the construction period. Of course, the premise is that Party A is willing to pay the additional cost of launching the water in advance, or

Tell me about the early bonus payment."

Having said this, Yao Yuan smiled and nodded at them, turned around and returned to his seat.

The whole place was silent.

The news thrown out by Direction Shipbuilding was shocking.

A dock with a length of more than 700 meters and a width of more than 250 meters. What a behemoth this is!

There are very few shipyards in the world that are more than 400 meters long.

But there are actually four shipyards in the direction, and the largest No. 5 dock is over 700 meters long!

It seems that even if no giant block construction method is used, Directional Shipbuilding may be able to start construction on 12 ships purchased by the three shipping giants Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Company, and CMA CGM at the same time. With the diligence of the Chinese people and the support of advanced shipbuilding methods

Next, it is very possible to complete the construction of these ships in 24 months!

Oster was relatively calm. After all, they had already been shocked once during the meeting. When they saw the quotation from Directional Shipbuilding, their first reaction was that the shipyard was here to make a joke. How could it be possible?

It was at this time that the organizer said that the chief engineer of Directional Shipbuilding was going to meet with the shipowner representatives to give an introduction about Directional Shipbuilding.

That is to say, after this meeting, the shipowners basically believed that the direction of shipbuilding was not without purpose. After all, there were high liquidated damages, and no one would joke about hundreds of millions of dollars in liquidated damages.

There are two main reasons why shipowners want to raise this question at the meeting. First, they want Directional Shipbuilding to make a commitment on a formal occasion. Second, they want other shipyards to be convinced and serve as important witnesses.

Oster signaled the operator to release the quotation content of the shipbuilding company and displayed it on the big screen. When other shipyards saw the content clearly, their eyes almost popped out - this is impossible!

Impossible again!

How can one shipyard be able to order ships of five million tons!

It turned out that Directional Shipbuilding had quoted prices for all ships except for a few distant-water fishing vessels purchased from Europe!

The total displacement has reached 5 million tons. The direction of shipbuilding has not let go of the seven 75,000-ton ships of Hanks Shipping and Singapore Long Shipping. This is the ship type with the lowest profit and the highest requirements. It is this type of ship that the ship owner

What is most urgent at present, they would rather pay more and hope that the shipyard can shorten the construction period as much as possible.

Because for ship owners, if they are put into operation as early as possible, they can make money one day earlier.

On the contrary, offshore fishing boats are fishing boats with high added value, but the direction of shipbuilding has been abandoned.

When Yao Yuan was writing the quotation, he hesitated over these 10,000-ton ocean-going fishing vessels, but in the end he crossed them out, even though the profit of such a 10,000-ton ocean-going fishing vessel, which mainly fishes for tuna, is three times that of a 75,000-ton Panamanian cargo ship.

More than times.

However, the construction requirements for 10,000-ton ocean-going fishing vessels are very demanding. Chunfeng Academy of Sciences has not done much research on this type of vessel. If this order is accepted, a lot of money and time will be invested, at the expense of giving up other vessel types.

Relatively speaking, large ships are of greater significance.

What Liu Danian did not introduce in detail was the combination of multiple construction methods. Xiangfang Shipyard has the giant block shipbuilding method and the flat shipbuilding method. It is simply unrivaled in the world today. The combination of the two shipbuilding methods has completely broken through the dock.

Due to the restrictions, the shipyard was turned into a final assembly workshop, which greatly saved the construction period.

The most perverted thing is that the flat land shipbuilding method can start building several ships at the same time. In theory, as long as the space is enough, it will be no problem to start building 100 ships at the same time!

The most indispensable thing for Fangxiang Shipyard is space. Don’t forget, the shipbuilding base of this shipyard is on the East Coast Island! Previously, the shipyard in Lingang Industrial Park was used as a construction plant for elite ships of less than 10,000 tons.

Yao Yuan did not disclose the flat-land shipbuilding method because once this shipbuilding method is combined with the giant block construction method, its power is extremely terrifying.

Directional shipyards must have their own trump cards.

All the shipyard representatives were digesting the information on the screen. After gradually calming down, they suddenly realized that the shipowners were not joking. They had really decided to give the order to Fangda Shipbuilding.

How can this work!

The representatives of Kawasaki Heavy Industries finally became anxious. Just now they were watching a show, watching the drama of South Korea's sworn rivals. Now they see that the container ships and Panamax cargo ships that they mainly compete with have all fallen into the hands of Fangfang Shipbuilding, and they are anxious.

How can you cooperate with Dalian Shipbuilding without an order?

Many orders from Japanese shipyards have been taken away by Korean shipyards. The order volume of many Japanese shipyards can only maintain operation for one quarter. This is below the red line for shipyards that need to rely on scheduled orders to maintain their operations.

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It is generally believed that a 12-month order volume can maintain the normal operation of a shipyard, which means that the shipyard has enough orders to sustain operations for 12 months.

It is impossible for Kawasaki Heavy Industries to hand over the orders in its hands to Dalian Shipbuilding. In other words, at this moment, their cooperation with Dalian Shipbuilding is actually in name only. Without new orders, cooperation is impossible.

In order to prevent Kawasaki Heavy Industries from plotting against Dalian Shipbuilding, Yao Yuan worked tirelessly and initiated quotations for all ships except ocean-going fishing vessels. This was the reason why he quickly added a lot of content to the quotation at the last moment.

Ultra-short construction period, ultra-low price, no other shipyard can rival Fangxiang Shipyard, etc.!

No, Guangzhou Shipbuilding’s quotation is not the lowest!

Representatives of Japanese and Korean shipyards suddenly discovered that for several ship types, the quotation of the shipbuilding company was slightly higher than theirs. The two most obvious ones were oil tankers and container ships. For example, the price of the 270,000-ton tanker of Mediterranean Shipping Company

, the quoted price for shipbuilding is US$72 million, which is on the high side.

Hyundai Heavy Industries' quotation was US$68 million, which was a full US$4 million lower than that of Fangfang Shipbuilding.

However, Kim Jae-hyun noticed that the construction period given by Fangfang Shipbuilding was 18 months, while the construction period given by Hyundai Heavy Industries was 24 months.

For ship owners, by accepting new ships half a year in advance, they can earn at least tens of millions of dollars more. Paying an extra four million dollars is very cost-effective!

On Panamax cargo ships, directional shipbuilding has been completely suppressed - the construction period is the shortest, the price is the lowest, the construction period is incredibly short, and the price is incredibly low...

Shipowners only looked at profits, so they all chose the direction of shipbuilding!
Chapter completed!