Examples of ICE
engagements include: • Design and 3-D modeling of semi-submersible and jack-up drilling platforms and drill-ships • Structural, fatigue and other analyses for floating oil & gas production and storage vessels • Design and consulting services for LNG and LPG tankers; • Design services for a number of luxury passenger vessels; • Design of chemical tankers, ROPAX vessels and bulk carriers • Design and Class drawings for several FPSO conversions and newbuildings • Engineering support for offshore production platform maintenance and modification; • Towing tank testing of numerous vessels ranging from fast frigates to luxury yachts and barges. • Developing of build strategies, project planning and advice on shipyard facilities • Procurement assistance • In-house development of several proprietary ship designs including FPSO hulls. ICE is qualified by the Achilles register as an approved service provider to the North Sea Offshore Industry, which includes some of the world's most demanding customers. The Quality Assurance systems of ICE are certified by both Bureau Veritas and Det Norske Veritas. The picture shows the experimental Type 5000 light frigate undergoing tests in Icepronav's 280 m long ITTC-approved towing tank. These tests were part of a joint research project among BAE Systems, Wartsila and Icepronav to determine optimum propulsion configurations for a new very fast new class of frigates. Contacts: Address: 19A Portului Street, 800025 Galati, Romania Tel: 0040 236 410100 Fax: 0040 236 417836 icepronav@icepronav.ro marketing@icedesign.info www.icedesign.info Contact person: Mr. Nicu Crapcenco, Managing Director |
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ICEPRONAV and ICEPRONAV
ENGINEERING are key members of the International Contract Engineering
(ICE) Group (www.icedesign.info). Having been in business for 40 years, ICE Group is one of Europe’s largest independent naval architecture and marine engineering consultancies with around 300 professionals. The company offers a full range of services ranging from conceptual and basic design through class drawings, working drawings, and production information. Icepronav’s hydrodynamic test facilities include one of Europe’s largest ITTC-certified towing tanks. ICE’s clients include major offshore and onshore oil and gas industry contractors, naval shipbuilders, and commercial shipyards building or converting products such as passenger cruise vessels, gas carriers, offshore service vessels, oil platforms, research vessels and chemical tankers. ICE has clients in the Americas, Asia, the Middle East and throughout Europe.
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ICE will highlight its generic
hull design suitable for a range of Floating Production Storing and
Offloading (FPSO) mooring and topside configurations. The DNV approved
design has been selected by a Brazilian/Korean consortium for a
multi-vessel proposal to Petrobras. |