Cruise & Ferry Review - Autumn/Winter 2021

1 0 3 NYC Ferry has taken delivery of 42 passenger ferries in the past three years existing vessels now. Our digital ship models will better prepare us for dealing with whatever the future may bring. What role did Digital Shipbuilding play in developing New York City’s first city-wide ferry system in more than 100 years? Since 2017, NYC Ferry has taken delivery of 42 ships in four design variants from five different shipyards. It would have been very difficult to carry out a project of this scale and produce such a large fleet in a short time frame without our Digital Shipbuilding solution – we certainly wouldn’t have achieved the same high level of commonality across the vessels. Now that these vessels are in service, we’re learning new lessons and improving elements of the design. The latest ferry features small enhancements from its predecessors, and we’ve incorporated each change into the digital ship model so we can use the data to perform the same upgrades on the older vessels during their annual dry docks. The digital model will support all 42 vessels throughout their predicted 25- year service lives. Is Incat Crowther currently using the solution for any other passenger vessel projects? During the pandemic, Digital Shipbuilding has allowed us to overcome travel restrictions and get on with the job, which would have been challenging if we were following the traditional shipbuilding model. We’re working on several projects involving city-based ferries with electrical propulsion, so we’re using Digital Shipbuilding to monitor their complex machinery spaces. We’re also using it to support multiple one-off projects in Asia. We’ll see the fruits of this with deliveries in 2022. CFR “ Our digital ship models will better prepare us for dealing with whatever the future may bring”