About Us
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Ship Dynamics Pty Ltd
ACN: 109 600 875
ABN: 90 109 600 875
What we do
Ship Dynamics Pty Ltd services the global marine industry through development and integration of ship stabilisation system technologies.
Background
Ship Dynamics was created in 2004 in response to the increased recognition by the maritime industry that a vessel’s seakeeping characteristics has a commercial value in marine operations and therefore needs to be managed. However, unlike many other aspects of the business or operational management, vessel seakeeping is largely determined by complex environmental and technical factors that require specialist expertise to analyse and predict.
It was observed that successful operations had one thing in common; they understood the limitations that seakeeping imposed on vessel operations and sought solutions by which they could be managed. Consequently, maritime professionals sought expert advice and information to assist them in their decisions. However, the entity providing this advice and information was often separate to the supplier of the stabilisation system. An observed downside of multi-party involvement was reduced continuity of understanding and often conflicting objectives between the seakeeping advisor and system supplier.
What the industry needed was a single independent entity that could take a holistic view of seakeeping. Furthermore it needed an entity that recognised that the wave environment, hull design, loading conditions, operational objectives and stabilisation systems are not mutually exclusive. Armed with this knowledge, Ship Dynamics assembled the technology to design and install its stabilisation systems.
People and Technology
Ship Dynamics commenced operations in April 2004 with a license to all intellectual property and designs of the ride control company Seastate Pty Ltd. These products and designs have since been enhanced through further innovation and technology. Also, obvious gaps in available market solutions have been addressed through the introduction of new technology and product designs. The products and systems technology portfolio is now structured to allow Ship Dynamics to provide only part or all of the solution as a client requires. Therefore, a system solution can include anything from the enabling technology to a full turn key solution.
Key attributes of the technology portfolio include
- a modular control system that is founded on an industrial automation platform;
- a standard ship dynamics controller that is configurable to perform a range of vehicle dynamics control functions or monitoring tasks;
- the ability to interface with devices supplied by third parties;
- the retained license and ability to produce any of the original Seastate equipment;
- the ability to integrate steering and stabilisation into a single control system;
- patented interceptor hydrofoil applications that provide superior high speed performance, and
- an active gyroscopic roll stabilisation device that is applicable at all vessel speeds.
The Naval Architects and engineers of Ship Dynamics have been involved in the design, operation and analysis of ships, high speed craft, patrol boats and luxury yachts for more than a decade. Ship Dynamics' clients can expect to receive unbiased objective opinions and technology that is independent of any large maritime entity, builder or supplier. They have overseen the installation of more than 70 stabilisation systems and provided numerous seakeeping analysis reports that complimented not only the supply of stabilisation systems but improved the understanding of designers, owners and builders about their vessel’s seakeeping in waves for their area of operation. Some successful projects they were previously involved with include
- US Navy, Littoral Class Combat Ship;
- Royal Swedish Navy, Visby Corvette;
- Royal Australian Navy, Armidale Class patrol boats;
- Greg Norman’s Aussie Rules, and
- Fred Olsen, 127m trimaran.
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