{"id":3623,"date":"2013-08-29T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T13:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mercator.nfdtesting.uk\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/2013\/08\/29\/syncrolift-for-vietnam\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T22:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:28:11","slug":"syncrolift-for-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/news\/general-news\/syncrolift-for-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Syncrolift for Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Syncrolift acts like a large elevator that raises and lowers vessels in and out of the water for drydocking ashore, enabling the shipyard to work on a larger number of vessels at any one time.<\/p>\n<p>Colonel Ha Son Hai, chairman, Song Thu Company, said: &#8220;We needed a state of the art shiplift with a proven track record for reliable, predictable and safe operation. This latest addition will enable us to provide the flexible and efficient docking services that meet the needs of our growing customer base in the region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It has a docking platform measures 98m long by 20m wide and has a maximum net lifting capacity of more than 4,500 tonnes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to support New Song Thu as they advance their shipbuilding capabilities to a new level,\u201d added Andrew Smith, director, Syncrolift business unit, Rolls-Royce.<\/p>\n<p>The new shiplift is the third Syncrolift installation within Vietnam\u2019s Danang area,with the first built in 1968, which is still in operation, and another in 2004.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shipbuilding and ship repair at New Song Thu shipyard in Vietnam is set to improve with the installation of Rolls-Royce\u2019s Syncrolift shiplift \u2013 the largest to be built in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-3623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3625,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3623\/revisions\/3625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3623"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=3623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}