26 July 2012

Marine Innovations ~ On Design, Efficiency, Safety

The Economist spotlights Scandinavia's role in novel shipbuilding technologies in A voyage of discovery...
"Norway is an important centre of marine innovation and several foreign companies have operations there, too. One such is the marine division of Rolls-Royce, a British firm, which is collaborating with Farstad, a shipping company based in Alesund, and STX OSV, a shipbuilder. The result of their efforts is Far Solitaire (pictured above), the first of a new class of vessels which bristle with novel technology that promises to make shipping safer, cleaner and cheaper."
gCaptain has also been particularly good at spotting interesting new marine innovations, including this series by Rob Almeida on How to Design a More Efficient Ship...
"Wärtsilä put together a presentation recently that evaluated a number of new technologies and design concepts aimed at cutting operating costs, while at the same time reducing ship emissions."
Just a few images give a taste of the techniques...

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