Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam
http://www.maaskant-shipyards.nl/en/facilities
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Company name Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam Address information
Phone +31 (0)187 49 14 77
(Current local time: 22:55)
Fax +31 (0)187 49 31 12
Emailinfo-maaskant@damen.com
Key Figures
Damen delivers up to 180 vessels each year. In fact, we have built more than 5,000 ships since 1969. And because we maintain an average stock of 200 hulls, some already with basic outfitting, we can guarantee quick delivery times.
Research Results:
How many chains do you use?
8-10 chains per side
Do you use chains with all ships?
no chains w flat bottom ships
-Do you experience movement of the ship? How much? Is it a problem for the work being done?
No movement therefore no problems.
-Have you ever had a chain failure?
No never had - No chain failure
- Do you use back-up chains not in tension?
No, we all put the chains fixed - No, we secure all chains
-How do you use the chains (how they attach them to ship/dock)
we make them with a hook attached to the buoy ship - We attach them to the buoy with a hook
-What mechanism do you use to get the chains in tension
We use handwinches to get the chains in tension
-Calculations on:
How many chains to use
Angle of chains
Loads on keel blocks
based on experience
-Do you add or subtract (depending on angle of chain) weight to keel blocks?
No we do not
-Tension in chains based on displacement of ship?
We put as much tension on the chains as possible - Is simply put as tight as possible
-What kind of engineering behind dry docking with chains? ervaring
experience
-What size/type of chains used? Stalen kettingen
steel chains
-Do they care about the temperature and how that might effect the tension in the chains? nee
No we do not take the weather into account
-Ship size/displacement capacities?
We can dock ships up to 90 meters
-Speed of operation
It takes about 1 hour to dock a ship - about 1 hour to get a ship out of the water
-where you got the idea to use these chains zat op de dokken toen we deze kochten
They were included when we bought the docks was on the docks when we bought this
-How their clients feel about using chains, if they care (or know) at all zeer tevreden, vooral om de snelheid
very satisfied, especially to speed, Clients are very satisfied especially about the rapidity