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Stena Drilling select AutoLoad (10/06-2011)

Stena Drilling Limited of Aberdeen, a wholly owned subsidiary of Stena AB, Gothenburg, Sweden have ordered AutoLoad for use on their semi-submersible rigs - Stena Spey and Stena Clyde

- Read More Coastdesign secures several new Autoload orders for Jack-up offshore wind turbine installation vessels. (21/12-2010)

Coastdesign Norway has taken advantage of the increasing number of specialised wind turbine installation vessels being built and operated, by securing Autoload orders from Fred.Olsen Windcarrier AS and Hochtief Construction. The vessels are used in the construction and maintenance of wind turbine farms. Autoload onboard stability software has been selected by these companies because, in addition to having a robust hydrostatics engine that takes care of all the standard stability analysis and reports required for classification, Autoload’s specialised 3D cargo planning, deck crane modules and jack-up features are especially useful and important for this new breed of vessel.

- Read More Forthcoming Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) brings order surge for AutoLoad software with direct damage stability capability for oil, gas and chemical tankers. (25/08-2010)

The Paris Memorandum on Port State Control which will start a concentrated inspection campaign on the 1st September through to the 30th November 2010 to verify that tanker operators are complying with damage stability regulations has brought a surge of orders and enquiries for our 3D based onboard loading computer Autoload.

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Shipweight

ShipWeight is a software for estimating and monitoring weight and center of gravity for ships. At an early design stage it is important to be able to efficiently structure and reuse weight data from previous projects.

ShipWeight is a software for estimating and monitoring weight and center of gravity for ships. At an early design stage it is important to be able to efficiently structure and reuse weight data from previous projects.

Using breakdown structures, ShipWeight divides the ship into weight groups containing information on weight, center of gravity and other relevant information. To each weight group a specific formula for estimation of weight is attached.

The ShipWeight system contains two modules, Asbuilt weight and Design weight. In the Asbuilt module, data from weight take off during construction is structured and stored together with relevant parameters for the items. When the vessel is complete and the Asbuilt weight is corrected according to the results from the incling test report, the ship is ready to be exported to the ship database, containing complete weight and CoG data for all projects.

 

As well as entering weights for each weight group it is important to enter specific parameters for that group to obtain the estimation coefficient for use in later estimation.

Some of the ShipWeight features besides general weight/CoG estimation and monitoring are:

Weight distribution curve

Weight distribution data can be exported to file formats for import e.g. to Autoship.

 

Gyradius key values

Values for roll, pitch and yaw as well as combined motion values

Standard and user defined weight reporting

The user can define a reporting structure, and by tagging weight items reports can be made according to this structure

Comparing projects

Any project can be compared on a weight group level. Valuable when analyzing the deviation between estimate and monitoring projects.

Uncertainty and successive calculation

ShipWeight takes uncertainty into account when estimating.

Equipment database

ShipWeight is delivered with an equipment database which the user can edit.