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Date, time & venue
2017-06-24;9:30am to 1:30pm;Tam Kon Shan Road, North Tsing Yi Island, N.T.
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Programme highlight
Participants could visit local vessel repair facilities of two reputable companies with shipyard located at Tsing Yi Island: (i) The Hong Kong Shipyard Limited and (ii) Discovery Bay Maintenance Centre. This is a good opportunity to share vessel maintenance practices through experience sharing session. Involved managers and engineers would share the challenges and opportunities of local shipyard operation, e.g. background, scope of services, corporate customers, engineering knowledge, supply of manpower, training etc.
Registration & Enquiries This number of participants is limited to 20 and applications would be accepted on a first-come-first- served basis. Attendance certificates would be provided. For registration, please complete and return the online registration form at: mc.hkie.org.hk.
Please feel free to contact Ir Leslie Lee via leslie.lee@hktug.com for any questions on the visit.
Successful applicants would be notified by email.
Report
The MC Division, the Hong Kong Institute of Marine Technology (HKIMT) and the Hong Kong Joint Branch of the Institution of Naval Architects and the Institute of of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (HKJB of RINA & IMarEST) jointly organised the captioned technical visit on 24 June 2017.
Ship repair and maintenance is one of the important engineering practices that support the sustainability of Hong Kong. In this visit, participants had the privilege to visit two reputable repair facilities namely The Hong Kong Shipyard Limited and Discovery Bay Maintenance Centre on the same day.
The first session was in Discovery Bay Maintenance Centre. A Waterjet Catamaran was lifted on their 200-ton lifting platform for repair. The hull structure is made of marine grade Aluminium with two waterjets installed at ship stern. The control, operation and repair requirements were demonstrated and explained in details by Mr Bill Chan – Manager Engineering and Mr Ivan Ho – Assistant Manager Maintenance. They also introduced many interesting topics ranging from history of ship repair in Hong Kong to the design features of their ferries like maneuvering, control of trim due to propulsion dynamics etc.
The second session was in the Hong Kong Shipyard Limited. The largest and most advanced Syncrolift facility (90m x 20m, 3,400 tonnes lifting capacity), which could dry-dock ten vessels simultaneously, was introduced. During the shipyard tour, participants were impressed by different types of attractive vessels including work boat, luxury yacht as well as government vessel. Ir Chan Chi Ming – Deputy General Manager, presented a few projects of the Hong Kong Ferry Group, which were outstanding and excellent indeed, including the famous Rubber Duck giant floating sculptures designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman.
At the end of the visit, representatives from the three organizing institutions presented souvenirs to The Hong Kong Shipyard Limited and Discovery Bay Maintenance Centre as token of appreciation for their kind arrangement. Most of the participants joined the post-visit lunch hosted by the Hong Kong Shipyard Limited and continued the dialogue and sharing of knowledge and experience in the topic of marine engineering and naval architectures.
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