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Our customers are satisfied!
We develop and sell ships which are tailored to your economic requirements. For us that means quality and a fair price because we make sure that you can get a profitable deal.
Our ships offer the best possible safety with redundant systems, careful workmanship and intelligent design. All this guarantees reliable operation, all the year round.
We also support you when beyond the guarantee phase. Should you plan a conversion, need to talk to the engineers or want spare parts from the equipment suppliers, we are there for you.
We always deliver on time!
For more than 20 years we have delivered every single one of our newbuildings on time. We are so punctual and reliable that our ships can go straight into liner service on the same day they are delivered.
In fact, 90 percent of our newbuildings over the past ten years have been handed over to customers actually before the contractually agreed date and the rest of them on that date. For you, as a customer of our company, that means that your return on investment begins the very first day.
We offer a maximum payload
More cargo is a good thing, but it also means higher burdens on the ship and greater fuel consumption. How to balance the two? We can come up with the ideal solution for you.
It is the job of every cargo ship to transport freight from one place to another. It follows that the more cargo it can carry, the more economically it can operate. However the weight of a big cargo places enormous strains on the ship’s structure. To examine the stresses on the vessel we carry out extensive calculations of ship strength. To do this we use commercial programmes as well as programmes we have developed ourselves. With the help of this software, which is especially designed to process calculations, the ship’s structure can be best adapted to cope with stresses. In this way we can ensure that the structure will withstand the pressures on it. On the other hand we optimise the structure. Using successive variations we reduce the weight to a minimum and, at the same time, maximise space utilisation.
The optimisation process also includes issues such as the positioning of panels and profiles, the dimensions of main braces and the location of the ship’s rib pattern. The positioning of ramps and the arrangement of bulkheads can also free up space and offer potential for improvement.
All of these steps take place in the early stages of the project and before contract offers are made. During this phase it is possible to select basic measurements and geometric configurations so that when offers are made, reliable comment can be made about how much cargo the ship can carry when in service.
Our ships use less!
Compared to the competition, our ships are clearly more economical. Not only do they boast the most modern engine technology, but we have also significantly reduced resources consumption and emission pollution.
The starting point in this is the optimisation of hull resistance. FSG hull designs stand out particularly because they have extremely low wave-resistance coefficients which differ considerably from conventional design standards. The resultant reductions in required propulsion performance are consistently utilised in the optimisation of all other involved components and reflected in weight savings and, in turn, in the economic efficiency of the design. In addition, an optimised hull form allows a more favourable water flow to the propeller and that, combined with an optimal propeller design, can mean very high propulsion efficiencies.
One often-underestimated factor is real ship operation. Our experts regard the ship as an optimal transport solution. Even when it is in the design stage, ambient parameters such as wind, swell, flat water and specific circumstances on the planned route - like load handling, port manoeuvers and estuary navigation - are all taken into account for optimisation. For example, often the planned service speed of a ship designed to keep it to a desired time-table can be considerably reduced if the times for load handling and manoeuvering are shortened. Using modern simulation methods it can be shown that such an optimised transport solution is also less susceptible to delays.
In order to be able to realise existing fuel consumption savings during ship operation, we can offer supporting software systems (adapted for individual designs), which provide optimised consumption profiles.
Helping you save on materials and energy
Life Cycle management is an integrated management approach which studies the life of a product from manufacture to disposal, with the emphasis on lower-material, more energy-intensive production and utilisation.
FSG has also dedicated itself to this goal and is, for example, heading work within the EU research project BESST on the development of a Life Cycle Performance Assessment software tool, which will take costs into account and also include environmental, safety and social aspects.
It is possible to evaluate differing design alternatives rationally. From the customer’s perspective in particular, relevant scenarios (such as the development of fuel costs, different service profiles, changes in regulations with regard to environmental technologies) can quickly be mapped out and examined. We can discuss these with you and change them where necessary to find the optimal solutions for you.
We have all the relevant know-how concerning sustainable shipbuilding and shipping issues.
