SAFER, SMARTER, GREENER © xxx © CIMC Raffles SOFTWARE – SESAM™ CIMC RAFFLES USES SESAM SOFTWARE Customer story – CIMC Raffles CIMC Raffles in Yantai, China is one of the world’s largest specialist offshore and marine construction yards. For strength analysis, including hydrodynamic, structure and fatigue, they use a wide array of Sesam™ software. CIMC Raffles started using Sesam software in 2011, after securing Basic design of structures and more a contract for a DNV GL Class semisubmersible in the North Sea. Mr Li has been working at CIMC Raffles since 2007. He started Now they use Sesam for all DNV GL Class projects. using Sesam back in 2004 when he was a student, as the software was recommended by his lab supervisor. Today, as “I think it is one of the best software solutions in the market,” department leader at CIMC Raffles, he guides the 60-person says Li Lei, R&D Department Manager at CIMC Raffles. Speaking technical team during basic design of structures such as drilling of the Sesam and the software market in analysis of floaters, rigs and jack-ups. He has given naval architecture and structural semisubmersibles and ships, he says, “It’s hard to find another technical support to six delivered semisubmersible platforms software package that has solutions that are as complete and and four delivered jack-ups. At any given time, 30 members of wide in scope.” his team are using Sesam. “I think it is one of the best software solutions in the market. It’s hard to find another software package that has solutions that are as complete and wide in scope.” Li Lei, R&D Department Manager at CIMC Raffles The team independently completes the basic design of all kinds develop in-house software to achieve this,” he says. “The analysis of regular and special ship forms, which covers for example reports are post-processed and the results in the reports are stability analysis, hydrodynamic analysis, mooring system analysis, completed.” structure strength and fatigue analysis, vibration and noises prediction, high pressure piping mechanics analysis and dropping The project owner requires the team to provide the basic analysis. They have completed the basic design of several semi- design work in a very limited working period, so high-efficiency submersible platforms and jack-up platforms. software is needed. During the first half of 2012, the North Sea project semi-submersible platform CA380N was certified as Sesam software – user-friendly DNV GL classification. Mr Li is especially happy with Sesam’s user-friendly interface, making it easy to handle and quick to learn. It takes less time to “With the increasing number of DNV GL projects, we decided work on the basic design and to make reports, thereby increasing to purchase more sub-licences of Sesam, including modules for efficiency significantly. “The modules of Sesam connect tightly fixed structures, floating structures and moorings and risers,” with each other,” he says. “It is convenient and time-saving to says Mr Li. “I have confidence in DNV GL, and I’m looking for- pass the database between each module. We did not need to ward to new developments in the software.” CIMC RAFFLES IN BRIEF CIMC Raffles is one of the world’s largest specialist offshore and marine fabrication yards and is situated in close prox- imity to Beijing, Shanghai and Seoul. It consists of three fabrication bases at Yantai, Haiyang and Longkou, and a national offshore research institute. CIMC Raffles employs 3000 people, with up to 6000 sub-contractors. The Engi- neering Team consists of 700 engineers from China, Korea, Singapore, Europe and North America PROFILE Customer name: CIMC Raffles Web address: www.cimc-raffles.com Market: Offshore and marine construction Employees: 3000 Solution/product: Sesam BRIEF ACCOUNT Why we chose DNV GL - Software: Quick to learn Easy to handle User-friendly interface This is what we gained: Shorter time to work on the basic design Shorter time to make reports Save lots of time by communicating with DNV GL DNV GL AS, [email protected], www.dnvgl.com/software October 2017.