Completion of stage in scheme to improve and extend production and repair facilities at Eriksbergs MeK, Verkstads A/B, Gothenburg, builders of ships and marine engines; length over keel blocks of new floating dock is 730 ft and depth 32 ft, internal width 114 ft; steel weight of dock is 8000 tons and lifting capacity 30,000 tons, corresponding to tanker of 65,000 tons dw; engine shop is 459 1/2 ft long, 82 ft in breadth, and height is 78 3/4 ft; test bed can take 6 engines simultaneously; first diesel engine built in new hall is 9-cyl, 13,500 bhp unit for 40,000-ton dw tanker.
Eriksbergs new floating dock and engine shop
Shipbldg Shipg Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 100 , n 4
1962
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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