Bluetech Finland and RMC shipyard cooperating in innovative projects
by : MERJA KIHL AND ARI MONONEN
Established in 2013 , Bluetech Finland
Ltd specialises in various kinds of ship design and related customer projects . They include the development of fuel-efficient ships , as well as design and engineering services for fixed and floating structures .
” Bluetech has taken part in many of the Admares Ltd projects built at Rauma Marine Constructions ( RMC ) shipyard . One example is the Hotel Burj Al-Arab Terrace resting on top of piles in Dubai ,” says Mr . Antti Metsä , Managing Director of Bluetech Finland Ltd .
” The platform body is made of steel like a ship hull . We designed the structures and the HVAC system and analysed the lifting capacity of the grand blocks .”
The terrace is an offshore structure utilised as an outdoor leisure facility annexed to the world renowned hotel . The sail-shaped hotel itself provides sevenstar luxury accommodation . Bluetech also delivered a number of thermal , wave-load and earthquake analyses needed to ensure the feasibility of the innovative new concept .
Another project built in Rauma is a large , 6,000 square-metre floating luxury villa for a private owner .
” The villa has no propulsion but otherwise it is an autonomous unit , like a ship . For example , it produces its own drinking water and has an electrical power plant . It also has its own sewage treatment plant . The pontoon , the steel structures , and various systems including piping were designed by Bluetech ,” explains Metsä .
” To continue the list of our special designs , there are several smaller floating villas – luxurious canal-borne summer cottages – also destined for the Middle East .”
Bluetech Finland also participates in the newbuilding of RMC ’ s new 158-metre RoPax ferry for the Danish shipowner Mols-Linie A / S . Bluetech won the contract for both the basic and for the production structural design of the entire ship .
” At present , the basic design and various CFD analyses for the ship are underway . Later on , we prepare for detail and production design and coordination ,” Metsä notes .
The ship is designed to carry trucks and other vehicles and passengers on the route between the Danish islands Bornholm and Sjaelland on the southern Baltic Sea .
Bluetech has previous experience of the design of cargo ships . The company has delivered several full-scope basic design packages for dry cargo ships and succeeded in making a breakthrough with a licensed ’ standard ship ’ product while the cargo ship market was still booming a few years back .
” We have now expanded our expertise from cargo ship designs to various kinds of ship and marine structure designs . Our strong areas of expertise cover the hull surface design and the propulsion design , e . g . to improve energy-efficiency ,” recounts Metsä . n seatec 1 / 2017 13