Aframaxes built with CAD/CAM software

Brazil’s largest shipyard, Estaleiro Atlantico Sul (EAS), has started the project-design of five Promeforelated Aframaxes with the help of ShipConstructor CAD/CAM software. In May, EAS launched the Suezmax, ‘Joao Candido’, the first vessel in the huge Promef shipbuilding expansion programme for Brazil’s state-sponsored oil company, Petrobras.
Following the success with ShipConstructor on the first vessel, EAS is now using ShipConstructor to design and detail three separate Promef-related projects simultaneously - five Aframaxes, 10 Suezmaxes, plus a P-55 offshore semi-submersible hull.
A variety of other Brazilian shipyards and engineering offices have also been using ShipConstructor to address the rapidly expanding demand for vessels to service Brazil’s offshore industry.
Consunav, Kromav Engenharia, Estaleiro Inace and ETP Engenharia are all part of the growing Brazilian ShipConstructor client-base.
“ShipConstructor is currently the most widely used CAD/CAM tool in Brazilian shipbuilding,” said Bruno França, of SINCRONIA, ShipConstructor’s representative in the country.
To address the growing demand for workers trained to use the ShipConstructor AutoCAD based shipbuilding CAD/CAM application, França said that EAS donated 40 ShipConstructor licenses to the technical college Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Pernambuco (IFPE) to help train new workers.