Revolutionizing Vessel Design: C-Job’s Innovative Approach to Modernizing Their Client’s Fleets

When a chemical transportation company with their own fleet of vessels designed to transport petrochemical gases, wanted to update their fleet last year, they came to C-Job to assist them with the design of their brand new vessel. The vessel would be an updated and modernized version of their current fleet.

The design of the LPG inland tanker was already completed, but the client needed someone to write the specification of the design and make sure that it was feasible. C-Job Lead Naval Architect Joep van Liere was assigned to the project. He worked onsite, and closely with the company, for the best possible result. Joep made a specification of the design using the client’s standards. Once that was finished, the specification could be used to instruct the shipyard on how to build the vessel.

This process is quite innovative as it was completed in the opposite way as a traditional ship build is done. Quite often, a shipyard describes the quality standard of the ship. In this case, the client wanted to be in charge of that process and describe in detail the way they wanted the ship to be executed. They especially wanted to ensure that the ease of future operation and maintenance of the ship would be taken into consideration.

In order to design their newest vessel, the chemical transport company gathered information from their captains, crew, and superintendents to find out what the most important updates to the vessel should be. Updating the accommodation to be modern and welcoming was a top point to ensure that their crew would be as comfortable as possible. As well as updating the accommodation on the vessel, C-Job also integrated the systems, creating a load balance and single line diagram for example,  and updated the layout of the vessel’s wheelhouse.

In order to visualize the changes that would be made and to show the attractiveness of the updated living quarters, Joep worked together with the C-Job Design Studio, a new department within C-Job run by Geoffrey Smits to create state of the art visualizations so illustrate the full potential and beauty of our projects. The C-Job Design Studio created modern and enticing visualizations of the living quarters which would help the client sell the idea of living on an inland vessel to potential employees. Making visualizations during the duration of the project not only helped to illustrate how the vessel would look, but also the effectiveness of the space. “The visualization of the wheelhouse offered a good impression of the overall visibility of the ship and showed a good impression of the ergonomics of the navigation console”, said Joep.

This special skill set sets C-Job apart. Aside from designing vessels and offering building supervision to our clients, we can also bridge the gap between interior design and naval architecture. With a combination of our interior design and visualization skills, we can offer a whole new mindset to the industry.