Ship Construction
- Madzng
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I was lucky enough to spend a couple weeks in a Korean shipyard, waiting for sea trials. Normally you are not allowed to take pictures, but no one seemed bothered when I walked around with my camera out.
They say "a picture speaks a thousand words." I hope these will help a few people better understand ship construction and the various parts of the hull structure a little better.
The sections are built wherever they can find the space, and then moved closer to the construction dock as they get bigger. - The large sections are moved around the yard on trucks which look straight out of the Thunderbirds series.
Once a section is built it is lifted down into the dock, and slowly the ship takes shape.
They say "a picture speaks a thousand words." I hope these will help a few people better understand ship construction and the various parts of the hull structure a little better.
The sections are built wherever they can find the space, and then moved closer to the construction dock as they get bigger. - The large sections are moved around the yard on trucks which look straight out of the Thunderbirds series.
Once a section is built it is lifted down into the dock, and slowly the ship takes shape.
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Great shots!! Thank you for taking the time to post them.
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JK stole the words right out of my mouth. Indeed thanks for sharing.
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Re: Ship Construction
While I was looking for some photos in my laptop I also found some photos taken while ships were under construction. Some of them were taken by me, some were taken by my colleagues. The photos with the reconversion and the chemical products tanker are taken in a shipyard in Europe and the rest of the photos in a shipyard from SE Asia.
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Part 2 of the photos
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These are great photos. Thanks for posting!
When I look at the 2 ships in the dock together, the yard must have very strong project managers and planning. Coordinating work between 2 hulls concurrently is difficult.
When I look at the 2 ships in the dock together, the yard must have very strong project managers and planning. Coordinating work between 2 hulls concurrently is difficult.
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That shipyard has 2 dry docks, one 300 m long , 100 m wide and 14 m deep, and another one 500 m long, 150 m wide and 18 m deep. The people which I have been working they knew their job but some part of management, made you cry. So enough talking and let`s put some more photos.
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just looking at the ladders makes my fat lit'l knees ache!
If you are going to post more pictures, can you please start a new topic to make it easier for people with older computers to load the page.
Thanks!
If you are going to post more pictures, can you please start a new topic to make it easier for people with older computers to load the page.
Thanks!
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They have elevators in big ships JK, not required in small vessels like the John A or the Louis
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