Post by ferryfast admin on Jul 1, 2011 14:01:21 GMT -5
Larsen to see how Everett firm builds its ferries
SCBJ staff
www.snohomishcountybusinessjournal.com/article/20110630/SCBJ02/110639989/-1/SCBJ
EVERETT -- Congressman Rick Larsen, who represents the 2nd Congressional District, will visit Thain BoatWorks' plant in Everett at 10 a.m. Friday.
Larsen, D-Wash., will tour the manufacturing plant to see first-hand Thain BoatWorks' concept and process of building ships as components that can be transported worldwide by sea, road or rail in 40-foot containers. These components are then be reassembled into a finished ship that will be used on lakes, rivers and large bodies of water.
The Snohomish County Business Journal detailed the ferry's assembly in a June story.
This process of manufacturing components in one place and assembling at a remote location is similar to Boeing's wing and tail assemblies manufactured elsewhere and then constructed in Everett. The components – hulls, beams, decks, walls, roofs, etc. – are manufactured out of technically advanced adhesives, fiberglass and wood. Each component part of this 65-foot catamaran is designed and manufactured to fit within a 40-foot shipping container.
"It's like a giant boat kit that comes in five huge boxes," said Robert Zwiebel, Thain BoatWorks tour director.
One complete passenger ferry fits into five containers. The hulls are shipped in four parts, the main cabin floor in seven interlocking parts, and walls in 12 parts. There are windows, doors, seats and bathrooms, two 450-hp diesel engines, fuel tanks, diesel and bio-diesel fuel systems, numerous safety systems, water systems, navigation and electronics systems, rudders and steering systems. Thousands of parts are manufactured and assembled in Everett, then disassembled and shipped across the world to be reassembled by Thain BoatWorks and local employees at the user location.
Each ship is built to International Maritime Organization standards. MV Amani has received certification from the Ugandan government and is cleared for passenger ferry operations on Lake Victoria in east Africa.
Enjoying a season of growth, Thain BoatWorks currently provides employment to over a dozen families in Everett, in addition to the creation of hundreds of jobs in east Africa.
Thain BoatWorks is largest commercial customer is EarthWise Ferries (U) Ltd. of Kampala, Uganda. EarthWise Ferries is dedicated to restoring passenger ferry service on Lake Victoria and has placed an order for nine more ships that match Thain BoatWorks' first fast passenger ferry, MV Amani, and officially turned over to EWF on June 1. The second ferry is currently under construction, scheduled to ship from Everett this fall, Zwiebel said.
SCBJ staff
www.snohomishcountybusinessjournal.com/article/20110630/SCBJ02/110639989/-1/SCBJ
EVERETT -- Congressman Rick Larsen, who represents the 2nd Congressional District, will visit Thain BoatWorks' plant in Everett at 10 a.m. Friday.
Larsen, D-Wash., will tour the manufacturing plant to see first-hand Thain BoatWorks' concept and process of building ships as components that can be transported worldwide by sea, road or rail in 40-foot containers. These components are then be reassembled into a finished ship that will be used on lakes, rivers and large bodies of water.
The Snohomish County Business Journal detailed the ferry's assembly in a June story.
This process of manufacturing components in one place and assembling at a remote location is similar to Boeing's wing and tail assemblies manufactured elsewhere and then constructed in Everett. The components – hulls, beams, decks, walls, roofs, etc. – are manufactured out of technically advanced adhesives, fiberglass and wood. Each component part of this 65-foot catamaran is designed and manufactured to fit within a 40-foot shipping container.
"It's like a giant boat kit that comes in five huge boxes," said Robert Zwiebel, Thain BoatWorks tour director.
One complete passenger ferry fits into five containers. The hulls are shipped in four parts, the main cabin floor in seven interlocking parts, and walls in 12 parts. There are windows, doors, seats and bathrooms, two 450-hp diesel engines, fuel tanks, diesel and bio-diesel fuel systems, numerous safety systems, water systems, navigation and electronics systems, rudders and steering systems. Thousands of parts are manufactured and assembled in Everett, then disassembled and shipped across the world to be reassembled by Thain BoatWorks and local employees at the user location.
Each ship is built to International Maritime Organization standards. MV Amani has received certification from the Ugandan government and is cleared for passenger ferry operations on Lake Victoria in east Africa.
Enjoying a season of growth, Thain BoatWorks currently provides employment to over a dozen families in Everett, in addition to the creation of hundreds of jobs in east Africa.
Thain BoatWorks is largest commercial customer is EarthWise Ferries (U) Ltd. of Kampala, Uganda. EarthWise Ferries is dedicated to restoring passenger ferry service on Lake Victoria and has placed an order for nine more ships that match Thain BoatWorks' first fast passenger ferry, MV Amani, and officially turned over to EWF on June 1. The second ferry is currently under construction, scheduled to ship from Everett this fall, Zwiebel said.