We, The TTSP-ians

by: Vance S. Madelo    Getting up shortly after sunrise on Mondays, Eddie puts on his accessories after a quick bath to start his long motorcycle ride from Cebu City to Balamban via the Transcentral Highways. He doesn’t take the company bus rides because he has good reasons not to, and so for some of his buddies who live in Balamban and neighboring provinces. Practicality aside, they simply love to ride. These guys work as Ship Design Staffs of Tsuneishi Technical Services (Phil.) Inc. (TTSP) by week days. They get in and out of the workplace vicinity by riding their motorcycles along with hundreds, if not, thousands of other riders employed by companies inside the West Cebu Industrial Park (WCIP) special economic zone. On weekends, holidays or even after office hours Eddie’s group would go on a joy ride as planned or as agreed simply by impulse when weather permits. “It’s just one of the few ways we relieve ourselves from the demands of technical detail designing and ...

By: Vance Madelo    It was one clear, sweltering start of summer, in the closing days of February 2019 when all of TTSP’s operations had to stop. All data processing units were down and unplugged from power sources. The once bustling building of mouse clicks and key taps had completely turned into a different sound and scene. The occupants were clothed differently that time. They didn’t wear uniforms. They were dressed something else, because for two days they wouldn’t be designing and they wouldn’t be in their usual business activities. They came in simple clothes to pack their things. Obviously, TTSP was on to something – something bigger, and people from the workplace had to leave. The realization of a plan that took more than a year in the making finally came – the ground was dug and it took another year to put the structure into fruition. It was quite a long wait. Thus, on the 5th of March 2019, the workforce celebrated with a simple but heartwarming occasion of ...

By: Vance Madelo For the second straight year, TTSP was chosen as the winner in the CADMATIC 3D Visualization Contest conducted last Sep.12, 2018. This contest is one of the highlights of the CADMATIC Users Meeting held at the Joki Visitor and Innovation Center in Turku, Finland. It showcased the capabilities of the software from the viewpoint of users. The TTSP entry was done through the dedicated effort of Mr. Reymart Paredes, CESSD member, with contributions from other capable colleagues who provided inputs on improving the effortless comprehension of the content including the enhancement of the audio and video aspect. As a CADMATIC user, TTSP further utilized the opportunity to learn more about the features of the product through customer presentations and workshops about tools tailored to improve the user's workflow; design optimizations in the different stages of design; consistency checks to ensure error-free pipe manufacturing; and finally, the utilization of digital...

By: Vance Madelo We cater to ship customer’s specifications. The Tsuneishi group in Balamban, Cebu, Philippines design and build international merchant vessels in the form of Tankers, Bulk Carriers, and Containers. These ships are designed and built in strict adherence to international and maritime standards. The tanker vessels come in different types and sizes as Aframax, Kamsarmax, Handy, Panamax and Cape type. Deadweights for bulk carriers come in tonnages ranging from 35000, 38000, 45000, 58000, 64000, 76000, 82000, 98000, and 180000 respectively. It also caters to smaller vessels such as tugboat and other vessels. Currently it is expanding to include other types of smaller, local merchant and passenger vessels. While Tsuneishi already have template designs for these ships it accepts customization according to customer or ship owners’ preferences and needs. Its affiliate ship design company, The Tsuneishi Technical Services, (Phi.) Inc. or TTSP in short, caters to ship ...

By: Vance Madelo What many people know about TTSP is that we design ships at the detail production level. That is, we draw design plans for the inner, more intricate structures of a ship including but not limited to piping, electrical systems, machinery outfitting, cutting plans, interior accommodation, hatch cover and painting, internal finishing and completion touches among others. The majority of the detail-designing tasks are usually for ship owners that are also customers from our mother company in Japan, the Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Company as well as the Tsuneishi Heavy Industries in Cebu, Balamban, Philippines. However, TTSP also accept subcontracting services for non-captive markets locally and globally through its ancillary section, CAD Engineering Services Subcontracting Department (CESSD) . We have designing projects other than our own (Tsuneishi vessels) that involved 3D modeling and 2D detailing using licensed designing softwares to include CADMATIC, BricsCAD, Auto...