Keel Laying ceremony of the 1,200 passenger vessel for tanzania designed by Sener
The keel of the 1,200-passenger vessel designed by the engineering and technology group SENER was recently laid in the Factory No. 2 of POSCO PLANTEC, in Ulsan (South Korea). SENER representatives attended the keel laying ceremony, which was presided over by members of Zanzibar's Government, the owner of the vessel.
The ship will operate in Northern Mozambique, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Tanga, and Mombasa.
On behalf of the owner, the following dignitaries attended the ceremony: the Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Communications, Dr. Juma Malik Akil; the Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Khamis Mussa Omar; the Principal Secretary of the Second Vice President Office, Dr. Khalid Salum Mohamed; the Director General of the Zanzibar Maritime Authority, Mr. Abdi Omar Maalim; the Captain at the Zanzibar Shipping Corporation, Capt. Abubakar Mzee Ali; and the Senior Planning Officer/Project Manager of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Communications, Mr. Yussuf Mohammed Ali.
Also attending the ceremony were representatives from POSCO PLANTEC, Daewoo International, and Lloyd's Register.
The scope of the project developed by SENER includes conceptual and classification engineering and the 3D model to extract the production information, and is being developed with SENER's 3D CAD system FORAN. The design belongs to a specialty well known by SENER due to recent references of passenger and Ro-Ro vessels, such as José Manuel Entrecanales and Murillo for Acciona, Martin I Soler for Balearia, and one ferry for Viking Line.
Among the most important requirements of the ferry, which will have an overall length of 90 meters, is its passenger capacity, divided into economy, first, and VIP classes. The ship will have a garage for cargo and vehicles, with access through one stern ramp for cars and trucks and two side ramps for cargo. The speed on trials will be 16 knots at the design draft of 3.35 meters. It will have a crew of 32 people.
SENER was founded almost 60 years ago as a marine engineering firm and, since then, the company has retained its original vocation, having contributed with its own design system to the construction of more than a thousand vessels in shipyards around the world. Today, SENER has two important lines of business in the Marine sector: professional marine engineering services and FORAN, a worldwide reference program for computer design and marine construction.
SENER is a private engineering and technology group founded in 1956, which seeks to offer its clients the most advanced technological solutions and which enjoys international recognition, thanks to its independence and its commitment to innovation and quality. SENER has more than 5,500 professionals at its centers in Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, South Korea, Chile, China, Colombia, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, United States, India, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, and the UK. The group has an operating revenue of 1.218 billion (2013 figures).
SENER engages in the specific activities of Engineering and Construction, and also has industrial holdings in companies involved in Energy and Environment, as well as in Aeronautics. SENER's Engineering and Construction division has become one of the world's benchmark companies in the Aerospace, Infrastructures and Transport, Power and Process, and Marine sectors.
This article was originally published on Marine & Industrial Report newspaper Vol 36 No.5 Issue last October 31, 2014.
