Full Speed Ahead for SMM 2014
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No 2 | 10 September 2014 Conducting the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Tuesday’s opening of SMM 2014: (from left) Herbert Aly, CEO and managing partner of Blohm + Voss and chairman of the SMM advisory board; Vice Admiral Axel Schimpf, chief of the German Navy; Uwe Beckmeyer, parliamentary state secretary at Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and federal government coordinator for the maritime industry; and Bernd Aufderheide, president and CEO of Hamburg Messe und Congress Photo: HMC/Zapf Full speed ahead for SMM 2014 The big day has arrived at last. The 26th The entire fair site, covering roughly environment, security and defence, off- SMM, the leading international maritime 90,000m², is fully booked. That is an shore and recruiting,” said Bernd Aufder- trade fair, opened its doors in Hamburg enormous amount of space, and the fair heide, CEO and president of Hamburg on Tuesday. Initial impressions point to hosts are making good use of it. “This year Messe und Congress GmbH. This clear a huge success: Thousands of visitors we have chosen a key topic of the indus- structure is helpful to exhibitors and visi- streamed into the exhibition halls. try for each one of the fair days: finance, tors alike. Distinguished international > Truly independent LR is truly independent. Our freedom from shareholder dividends and government control means we provide impartial and informed advice that you can trust, free from compromise, free from prejudice. Talk to us at SMM on stand B4.EG.105 Working together for a safer world Structural assurance_Naval Architect.indd 1 14/08/2014 12:41:16 SMM DAILY NEWS EXHIBITION CONTENTS experts will be present to lec- ly on the agenda. “The fair Open-Air Exhibition > ture on each topic. In addition exhibitors will again show- The open-air exhibition to the conference programme, case numerous innovations area adds further highlights, Shell introduces fair visitors from all over the and trends this year that are from impressive cranes complete lubricant solution world will benefit from a bound to shape tomorrow’s and fully automated lifting for ECA-bound vessels ..... 7 comprehensive special-events shipping world,” Aufder- trucks to container-based DNV GL: one year programme comprising more heide said. The big exhibits cold ironing power stations, of operation ..................................... 10 than 150 individual events. are what naturally catch fair not to mention the top at- More than 50,000 industry visitors’ eyes first. Gigan- tention getter: the huge ship Three questions for…: visitors are expected to at- tic ship engines and huge propeller set up in front of Ulf Teske of Svitzer tend the most important trade bow thrusters, for example, the main entrance, provided Salvage BV .......................................... 13 event of the maritime sector, are sure to attract attention, again this year by Germany’s and over 2,100 exhibitors along with state-of-the-art Mecklenburger Metallguss Offshore Dialogue from 67 countries will be pres- bridge technology. GmbH (MMG). promises fascinating ent – more than ever before. discussions ......................................... 15 For the first time, companies Pioneering solutions – from Egypt, Lebanon and Sri establishing LNG as a Lanka will be represented on marine fuel ........................................ 18 the exhibition floor, and Du- > IMPRINT bai is setting up its first-ever 2015: INMEX and SMM national pavilion. SMM DAILY NEWS is published TRANSLATION: Tim Obojski India on crest of wave .. 22 daily during SMM 2014 by LAYOUT: Christoph Jöns The “Four Capital I’s” DVV Media Group GmbH New products for lighting Nordkanalstr. 36, D-20097 Hamburg ADVERTISEMENTS: Florian Visser This year’s SMM in Ham- Tel: +49/(0) 40/237 14-02 on and below deck .............. 24 burg is built upon four pil- [email protected] DISTRIBUTION: Piracy: “The hot spot lars, the “Four Capital I’s”: Markus Kukuk EDITORS: is shifting” .......................................... 26 Identification, Integration, PRINT: Internationality and Innova- Dr Silke Sadowski (resp.) Albert Bauer Companies, Hamburg Largest Holland Janina Arndt, Annette Krüger, tion. In particular, Innova- Behrend Oldenburg, Eva Schilling COPYRIGHT: pavilion ever ................................... 28 tion will figure prominent- (BONUM news+marketing GmbH) DVV Media Group GmbH The split assembly nut is ingeniously simple you can trust on – simply ingenious. Phone +49 (0) 51 21 . 690 408 - 0 www.is-service.de [email protected] www.klocke-agentur.de ISS_Anzeige_Daily_1/3_quer_Serie_RZ.indd 2 09.09.14 10:21 2 SMM Daily News | 10 September 2014 | No 2 Photo: HMC/ Zapf Photo: Schiff&Hafen /Evers Schimpf and Beckmeyer visited Silke Sadowski, editor in chief of … learned about current developments at Papenburg-based Meyer Ship&Offshore /Schiff&Hafen, at the DVV Media Group stand… Werft from Bernard Meyer… Photo: HMC/ Fuhrmann Photo: HMC/ Fuhrmann … stopped by the German turnkey solutions provider Siemens … and inquired about the latest developments in submarine Marine & Shipbuilding… construction at ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems SMM Daily News | 10 September 2014 | No 2 3 hoto: Fraunhofer P SMM DAILY NEWS RESEARCH In the construction of a Fraunhofer Centre for Mari- cruise ship or yacht, minor time Logistics and Services in details often play a major Hamburg is intended to assist role – after all, the customer planners in structuring indi- is king and should feel like vidual plans efficiently and in one, too. Which surfaces suit complying with regulations. the interior furnishings the This means shipping compa- best? Which materials are nies can prevent their ships right for the seats? Until now, from being delayed at port designers had to decide on due to regulatory violations. the interior configuration of The solution consists of three a ship based on material or modules. The first calcu- fabric samples, or arrange for lates the personnel needs in costly mock-ups to be assem- the shipping operation. The bled. With its “Virtual Mari- second automatically com- time Interior Configurator”, piles the security and service the Fraunhofer Institute for plans, and takes into account Computer Graphics Research work time accounts and em- in Rostock has developed a ployee rest periods. The third tool that enables shipbuilders is responsible for reporting and customers to plan the en- and compiles the compliance tire interior prior to the start reports. At the Fraunhofer of construction – in a realistic stand at SMM, the research- manner and in real time. ers will exhibit the software’s functions. Real-time tracking Above all, this prevents the Using the waterways additional costs generated economically SMM’s visitors can try out Fraunhofer’s new 3D configurator by poor planning. To this Under the EU project known end, the project team con- as “NEWS – Development of figured its 3D software with a Next Generation European a materials scanner. This al- Inland Waterway Shipping lows random materials to be and Logistics System”, an in- Fraunhofer displays scanned, stored in a database ternational research team is and transferred to the virtual developing a holistic concept elements and spaces/rooms on how waterways can be innovations at SMM depicted with the software. used with greater logistic effi- Then, in real time, a realistic ciency. At SMM, Fraunhofer Seven Fraunhofer institutes configurator that makes it tracking of the finished space Austria, together with the are presenting their latest possible for owners to expe- is calculated that even shows Vienna University of Tech- developments in seafaring rience cruise ships and yachts the actual lighting conditions nology, will be showing what and navigation at SMM. in real time. Visitors can try and surface reflections. Visi- a new ship’s hull with greater Fraunhofer is showing a 3D out the new software. tors at SMM can try out the transport capacity than that of configurator for themselves a conventional container ship and take a 3D trip through a can look like. Furthermore, a yacht. new utilisation concept will be presented for the Danube Crew management and adjoining rivers and ca- made easy nals. For this project, Fraun- It’s no easy feat to produce a hofer employees conducted crew’s service plans. There a socio-economic analysis must be compliance with the of the degree to which shift- international laws of the sea ing the transport of goods to and the shipping company’s Europe’s waterways can also internal regulations, flexi- benefit automotive manufac- ble responses to schedule turers and suppliers. changes, and seamless doc- umentation of work shifts More innovations and rest periods. The “Crew The Fraunhofer Institute Compliance Organiser” soft- for Structural Durability ware tool engineered by the and System Reliability is > 4 SMM Daily News | 10 September 2014 | No 2 The Cunard Fleet at Blohm+Voss Repair: QUEEN MARY 2 2005 / 2006 / 2008 / 2011 QUEEN VICTORIA 2010 / 2012 QUEEN ELIZABETH 2014 As the shipyard repairing anything that fl oats, feel welcome to drop by at our SMM stand 104B in hall B4 and talk about conversions, upgrades, refi ts, modifi cations, maintenance and re-engining made by Blohm+Voss Repair. Blohm + Voss Repair GmbH Hermann-Blohm-Str. 2 · 20457 Hamburg · Germany Tel: +49-40 - 31 19 - 14 00 · Fax: +49-40 - 31 19 - 33 05 www.blohmvoss-repair.com · email: [email protected] SMM DAILY NEWS RESEARCH Seven Fraunhofer institutes are presenting their innovations at SMM Photos: BONUM/Schilling presenting a rotational vibra- About Fraunhofer tion agent that generates and The Fraunhofer Society is an lessens the rotary oscillation organisation for applied re- in rotating systems, thereby search in Europe. Its research reducing uncomfortable vi- activities are conducted by 67 brations. Shipbuilders can Fraunhofer institutes and re- use the agent for the test search units at more than 40 benches of ship drives or for a locations throughout Germa- ship’s drive trains. Moreover, ny. The Fraunhofer Society the Fraunhofer Institute for employs a staff of about 23,000 High-Frequency Physics and people working with an annual Radar Techniques will show research budget totalling two an antenna with electron- billion Euros.