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Typically, each yard has its own Site Team that supervises the newbuilding process. TORM Site Teams consist of TORM Captains or Chief Engineers as well as locally qualified specialists stationed at the shipbuilding site during the entire building period.
A full Site Team consists of a large number of highly knowledgeable individuals covering various aspects of building new ships.
Depending on the specific project, it takes approximately one year to build a ship, from cutting the first steel plate to delivery of the vessel. It takes approximately five months to cut the steel and prefabricate the block sections of the vessel in manageable sizes (up to 250 tons). The shipyard then spends up to three months assembling the block sections in a dry dock or at a slipway. After launching the vessel, the shipyard paints, installs and commissions equipment. Finally, before the vessel is delivered, it undergoes a sea trial.
