- Title: WEST GERMANY: HAMBURG SHIPYARD PRODUCES ALL-PURPOSE SHIP DESIGN
- Date: 21st February 1967
- Summary: 1. LV BLOHM AND VOSS SHIPYARDS 0.04 2. GV SHIPS UNDER CONSTRUCTION (2 SHOTS ) SHIPYARD SOF 0.20 3. SV MEN ON SHIP CONSTRUCTION (SHIPYARD SHOF) 0.21 4. SV MEN LOOKING AT PLANS PAN UP TO SHIP UNDER CONSTRUCTION 0.28 5. CU SHOTS OF MODEL SHOWING LAYOUT OF PRE-FABRICATED SHIP SOF STARTS "A NEW TECHNICAL CONCEPTION..." (4 SHOTS) SOF CONTINUES 1.03 6. CU BLUEPRINTS SHOWING HOW CARS WOULD BE STACKED (2 SHOTS) SOF CONTINUES 1.03 7. CU REAR VIEW OF MODEL (SOF CONTINUES) 1.06 8. CU BOW AS MAN ADDS BULBOUS TO CONVENTIONAL VOW (SOF CONTINUES) 1.15 9. SV VARIOUS SHOTS OF CABIN ACCOMMODATION (2 SHOTS) SOF CONTINUES SOF ENDS: "... BUILDING PERIOD." 1.32 SOF STARTS TRANSCRIPT: SPOKESMAN: "A NEW TECHNICAL CONCEPTION WHICH MAY LAUNCH A NEW ERA IN SHIPBUILDING HAS BEEN CREATED BY THE HAMBURG SHIPYARD OF BLOHM AND VOSS. THIS IS AN ENTIRELY NEW TYPE OF SHIP CONSTRUCTED OF PRE-FABRICATED ELEMENTS, ALLOWING A HUNDRED OR MORE VARIATIONS TO SUIT ALL TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES. BLOHM AND VOSS THEREFORE CALL THEIR NEW PIONEER DESIGN, MULTI CARRIER SYSTEM, WHICH IS TO REPLACE THE SO FAR USUAL DESPOKE PRODUCTION IN SHIPBUILDING BY A SORT OF READY-MADE DESIGN. FOUR BASIC TYPES, CARRYING FROM 13,600 TO 22,000 TONS ARE PROPOSED. AS THE HULL IS MADE ONLY OF FLAT, SQUARED AND PARTIALLY CONGRUENT SURFACES, THE LENGTH AND DEADWEIGHT CAPACITY CAN EASILY BE MODIFIED TO SUIT THE REQUIREMENT OF, FOR INSTANCE, BULK CARRIER, GENERAL CARGO, COMBINED OR NOT WITH CONTAINERS, MOTOR CARS, ETC. THE POSSIBILITY TO INSTALL ENGINES OF DIFFERENT SIZES AND TO ADD A BULBOUS BOW PERMITS SURFACE SPEEDS FROM FOURTEEN TO NINETEEN KNOTS. THE ADVANTAGES OR THIS NEW DESIGN LAND NEW ACCOMMODATION SYSTEM, APART FROM MULTIPLE APPLICATION, MAINLY IN LOWER BUILDING COSTS AND A CONSIDERABLY REDUCED BUILDING PERIOD." Initials PW/V/CR/GLH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 8th March 1967 12:00
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- Location: HAMBURG; WEST GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Reuters ID: LVADEE59KXC3YE94WPX3UZNCYIA1
- Story Text: THE HAMBURG SHIPYARD OF BLOHM AND VOSS IS NOW PRODUCING A PRE-FABRICATED TYPE OF SHIP WHICH CAN BE ADAPTED TO A VARIETY OF USES. THE SHIP IS WELDED TOGETHER IN SECTIONS AND CAN BE MADE IN VARYING SIZES.
BLOHM AND VOSS SAY THAT THE PREFABRICATED CONSTRUCTION ALLOWS THEM TO MAKE OVER ONE HUNDRED VARIATIONS IN DESIGN TO SUIT EVERY TYPE OF CARGO SHIP.
THEY CALL THE PROCESS THE MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEM. SHIPS PRODUCED IN THIS WAY CAN, BY USING THE SAME BASIC COMPONENTS, BE BUILT FOR SUCH USES AS BULK CARRIER, CONTAINER SHIPMENT OR CAR CARRYING. ACCOMMODATION EQUIPMENT IS ALSO PRE-FABRICATED.
THE SIZES OF THESE SHIPS RANGE FROM 13,600 TONS TO 22,800 TONS. VARIOUS SIZES OF ENGINE CAN ALSO BE FITTED, GIVING SPEEDS OF UP TO 19 KNOTS.
A BLOHM AND VOSS SPOKESMAN OUTLINED THE USES OF THE MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEM ---
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