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Building the Next Generation of Shipbuilders

quality and efficiency of the engineering and production of ships.One such improvement was a recent month-long training for some of Seaspan’s trades and apprentices in a specialized process called Line Heating. It’s a specialized process which, rather than using a press machine to form the steel plates used in hull construction, uses a heating torch to bend and shape them. Peter explains that since ships have many different curvatures on their hull, being able to line heat and form plates, in addition to using the press machine, increases efficiency and quality.“One of our shipbuilding