Abstract:
Paint is almost a crucial matter when it comes to shipping industry. Painting is necessary to
reduce percentage of corrosion that may occur in surface of a vessel. However, when it
comes to paint estimation, it has always become a problem. To assist in this problem, this
research was conducted. As for this research, it has been specifically on the Paint Estimation
for a 45m UPC Vessel. The research was conducted at the MSET Shipbuilding Corporation
Sdn Bhd's yard at Pulau Duyung. This study was conducted in order to provide a better and
more accurate estimation of painting amount and cost for the 45 meter Utility Personal
Carrier (UPC) vessel. The estimation included the detailed amount of paint for every
compartments that required painting, the total amount of paint (in litre), the detailed cost for
each compartments painted, the total cost for painting process (paint product only) for the
45m UPC vessel and also have predicted the paint amount and cost for different sizes of
ships. From that, the value can later be used on any other sizes of vessels, including this 45m
UPC vessel. However, the method involved in this research would be slightly different,
where the Simpson Rule was used to calculate the total area of hull for both port and
starboard side. As for the industry, the usual method used to estimate the surface area of hull
to be painted was based on Rectangular Box Theory. At the end of this experiment, it has
been shown that by applying Simpsons Rule as one of the techniques in finding the area of
hull gave smaller value on the quantity of paint needed than the industrial method and hence
lead to a saving in cost for the 45m UPC Vessel.
