The Spanish engineering and consultancy company SENER has tied up with Sevilla Shipyard the basic and detail engineering of a new Viking Line RO-PAX Ferry. According to the agreement, SENER will use its own FORAN CAD/CAM system.
The 133m length, 1500 passenger and container vessel is planned to operate short international routes on the Baltic Sea, and will be equipped with the latest technologies. Some design features of the RO-PAX ferry will be nine decks, 21.9 m beam, 5.7m draft and the propulsion machinery will consist of four diesel engines with two shaft lines with variable pitch propeller.
The Viking Line ferry will be the first vessel built in Sevilla Shipyard after the Huelva Shipyard acquisition.
Sevilla Shipyard, a long experienced Spanish shipyard for years, was part of the state-owned IZAR group that has been recently dissolved into some parts purchased for private groups. The shipyard is located on the Guadalquivir River bank and has around 190 personal staff.
Since Seville Shipyard, formerly IZAR, was recently acquired from Huelva Shipyard, they have kept a keen interest in developing its expertise in the RO-RO, RO-PAX and Ferries market with some current agreements for this kind of vessels. They are planning also the construction of chemical tanker, oil tanker and multi purpose vessels in short period of time
Sener Engineering Systems S.A. is a private engineering and consultancy company set up in 1956. It employs some 1,700 people and is a multi-branch engineering concern covering a broad range of technologies including aerospace, civil engineering, communications, control & actuation, environment, power, transportation and marine engineering. Sener activity is characterized by the adoption of state-of-the-art technology to provide customers with innovative solutions.
In the marine field, Sener has provided professional services to shipbuilders, designers, owners, operators and regulatory bodies for 50 years. The company has never abandoned its original marine vocation, and it is in this area that it has made its most internationally acclaimed contribution: the FORAN System. For more information visit at www.sener.es.
FORAN is a totally integrated computer system specifically developed for design and construction of ships. It comprises several main packages (hull form definition, naval architecture, hull structure, outfitting, electrical, accommodation), a number of common modules (build strategy, drafting, walk-through design review, collaborative engineering), links with production equipment (cutting machines, bending machines, robotic systems, etc.), interfaces to management systems and its own integrated development environment.
Running on Windows workstations connected through LAN or WAN, FORAN permits a fully interactive and concurrent definition of the ship 3D product model. The most recent design information is available in Oracle database(s) for designers of a wide range of complementary disciplines. When designing each ship part or each sub-assembly, their production processes are defined too, thus enabling the generation of custom-made, accurate and well-organized information for workshops (drawings, material lists and direct input to production systems), with the highest level of automation.
The current user base of the FORAN System consists of over 130 shipyards and design offices located in 27 countries.
The 133m length, 1500 passenger and container vessel is planned to operate short international routes on the Baltic Sea, and will be equipped with the latest technologies. Some design features of the RO-PAX ferry will be nine decks, 21.9 m beam, 5.7m draft and the propulsion machinery will consist of four diesel engines with two shaft lines with variable pitch propeller.
The Viking Line ferry will be the first vessel built in Sevilla Shipyard after the Huelva Shipyard acquisition.
Sevilla Shipyard, a long experienced Spanish shipyard for years, was part of the state-owned IZAR group that has been recently dissolved into some parts purchased for private groups. The shipyard is located on the Guadalquivir River bank and has around 190 personal staff.
Since Seville Shipyard, formerly IZAR, was recently acquired from Huelva Shipyard, they have kept a keen interest in developing its expertise in the RO-RO, RO-PAX and Ferries market with some current agreements for this kind of vessels. They are planning also the construction of chemical tanker, oil tanker and multi purpose vessels in short period of time
Sener Engineering Systems S.A. is a private engineering and consultancy company set up in 1956. It employs some 1,700 people and is a multi-branch engineering concern covering a broad range of technologies including aerospace, civil engineering, communications, control & actuation, environment, power, transportation and marine engineering. Sener activity is characterized by the adoption of state-of-the-art technology to provide customers with innovative solutions.
In the marine field, Sener has provided professional services to shipbuilders, designers, owners, operators and regulatory bodies for 50 years. The company has never abandoned its original marine vocation, and it is in this area that it has made its most internationally acclaimed contribution: the FORAN System. For more information visit at www.sener.es.
FORAN is a totally integrated computer system specifically developed for design and construction of ships. It comprises several main packages (hull form definition, naval architecture, hull structure, outfitting, electrical, accommodation), a number of common modules (build strategy, drafting, walk-through design review, collaborative engineering), links with production equipment (cutting machines, bending machines, robotic systems, etc.), interfaces to management systems and its own integrated development environment.
Running on Windows workstations connected through LAN or WAN, FORAN permits a fully interactive and concurrent definition of the ship 3D product model. The most recent design information is available in Oracle database(s) for designers of a wide range of complementary disciplines. When designing each ship part or each sub-assembly, their production processes are defined too, thus enabling the generation of custom-made, accurate and well-organized information for workshops (drawings, material lists and direct input to production systems), with the highest level of automation.
The current user base of the FORAN System consists of over 130 shipyards and design offices located in 27 countries.