Archives for 2016

ICE in the US

On an assignment to perform basic design work for a large US defence contractor, three ICE engineers took the opportunity to have their picture taking in front of the ‘Star of India’. This vessel – now home-ported in San Diego,…

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ICE extending bonds with Japan

The ICE Group has a long-standing relationship with Japanese shipyards, starting in 1982 when the 280 m long towing tank at ICEPRONAV in Galati, Romania was established in cooperation with Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding (“MES”). In more recent years, ICE…

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Quality Design for Norwegian Waters

Award of a substantial amount of additional design and engineering work for a floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel for a major Norwegian Continental Shelf project, plus other work for Norwegian clients, make Norway ICE’s largest market in 2016 in…

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AVEVA Multi-location Design Training

ICE has in recent contracts successfully coordinated its ship design effort in Romania with design teams in shipyards and engineering offices elsewhere in the world, with the help of AVEVA Global software. Last month, a number of ICE employees participate…

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ISO 9001:2008 Re-certification

DNV-GL Business Assurance recently performed an audit for renewal of ICE’s quality management system certification. The audit focus was to: • Determine the system readiness to align with requirements of the 2015 revision of ISO 9001 standard. • Evaluate de…

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ICE Summer Holiday Schedule

We remind our clients and other business associates that the ICE Group will be on vacation from 25th of July until 12th of August. Critical projects with sensitive schedules will as always be staffed during the holiday period, so a…

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50 Years of Ship Design Excellence

In July 1966 the “Institutul de Cercetare Stiintifica si Inginerie Technologica pentru Constructii Navale” – later to become SC ICEPRONAV SA – was founded. Two years later the foundation was laid for the Institute’s design office in Galati, overlooking the…

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FSO Conversion Project

ICE senior managers last month visited Baltic shipyards, including in Gdansk, Poland, where the ICE-designed conversion of a shuttle tanker into a sophisticated FSO is under way. ICE is pleased to recently have been entrusted with providing additional technical services…

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Student Internship at ICE

This month, ICE again arranged its traditional summer program for students from the Faculty of Naval Architecture" of the “Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati. Dragos Totolici, Principal Engineer of ICE’s Initial Design Department and tutor of this year’s program...
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ICE in Japan

Being able to meet rigorous demands to quality, schedule adherence and cost-effectiveness, ICE has so far successfully provided ship design services to five different Japanese shipyards. In April this year senior ICE executives visited existing and potential clients in Japan…

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ICE Kids – Future Naval Architects

ICE’s traditional annual Children’s Day was celebrated recently. Highlights included activities and games for kids (making ships out of modelling clay, vessel pastel drawing, sand painting, etc.) and various entertainment.

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