Construction of mega sections for the Fincantieri Group

Split, September 29, 2020 - The boarding and new delivery of mega sections for a passenger ship being built at the Italian shipyard Monfalcone near Trieste took place in Brodosplit today. 

It is a section of the central part of the hull, 40 m long, 30 m wide, and 10 m high, weighing 560 tons, ready to be installed to the ship waiting on the dock.

Boarding was done by a horizontal transport on a barge with 2 lines of self-propelled modular high-capacity conveyors (SPMT), a total of 44 axles, which uses the hydraulic or electric drive and can be a combination of several axles-trailers for carrying heavy loads. The boarding was performed by “Brodosplit” companies Transportna sredstva (Transport Means) and Plovne dizalice (Floating Cranes), which specialize in this type of transport and handling of extremely heavy loads on land and at sea.

The new delivery is a continuation of the successful cooperation started in 2014, when Brodosplit, for the first time in its history, became a business partner of one of the largest shipbuilding groups in the world, the Fincantieri Group. Ever since the cooperation started, more than 13,500 tons of equipped sections (mega blocks) were delivered for ten mega cruisers that were built in the Fincantieri Group shipyards. This is an important and profitable export business.

Construction, transport, and delivery of mega sections are unique projects for the Split shipyard, which constantly invests in equipment and machinery to meet the requirements of customers in terms of quality, capabilities, competitive offers as well as delivery deadlines. With them, Brodosplit continues to demonstrate its knowledge, quality, and skills in the joint construction of luxury passenger ships.