FKAB Marine Design signs new total design order for a 2400m3 TSHD
FKAB Marine Design has been awarded the total design contract for a 2400m3 TSHD (trailing suction hopper dredger) at Taiwan based shipyard Ching Fu. ChingFu shipyard won the contract in competition with three other yards in Taiwan.
The total design package by FKAB includes: improve the concept design done by owner, Basic design, detail design and production design.
The ship will have dual class, CSR and BV. The propulsion plant consists of a double shaft arrangement driven by means of two diesel engines with gears. Machinery space and deckhouse located aft and pumproom forward.
FKAB has up to now created various dredging designs, from Backhoes, Split barges. Hopper Dredgers in their offices in Sweden as well as in Shanghai.
Ching Fu Shipyard
Ching Fu Shipbuilding is located in the world's fourth largest container port, Kauhsiung, Taiwan's southern port city. Established in 1989 by Mr. Ching Nan Chen, Ching Fu became the first privately owned shipyard in Taiwan to build International Standard product carriers and multi-purpose ships. (www.chingfushipbuilding.com.tw)
FKAB
Swedish based FKAB is a marine engineering company specialized in design of specialized cargo vessel, dredgers, offshore vessels, wind farm support vessels, tankers, coastal ferries and RoRo’s. FKAB has offices in Uddevalla (Head Office) & Gothenburg (Sweden) as well as in Shanghai (China)
For more information please contact:
Mr. Claes Claeson, Managing Director at FKAB
mail: info@fkab.com
