The KVNR (Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners has announced its nominees for the Maritime KVNR Shipping Award 2017: Koole Engineering, Van Oord and Wagenborg Shipping.
Koole Engineering – Orca Tanker
Koole Engineering, in cooperation with other Dutch companies, has developed a (now proven) technology for special cargo tanks for chemical tankers at sea. This technology enables ships to sail with independent and isolated cargo tanks. Main advantages include 85% energy saving with heating the cargo; cleaning saves over 50% energy and saves much time; maximum flexibility propulsion; contamination of cargo is no longer possible; saving 35% on Duplex stainless steel; and possibility to reuse the tanks.
The strong selling point of this technology with its advantages is that the cargo capacity and the price of the ship remain about the same as compared to a conventional tanker. Costs for exploitation, however, are lower and more journeys can be planned per year. This potentially increases the profit to a new maximum. Even though the idea is only embedded in a design of a 5500 dwt chemical tanker, an Approval in Principal has already been received.
Van Oord – Vox Amalia and Vox Alexia
Van Oord has further developed its marine ingenuity in developing the sister vessels Vox Amalia and Vox Alexia. The renewed type of trailing suction hopper dredgers takes into account comfortable conditions for personnel through improved noise and vibration cancelling accommodation facilities; better energy management in the different operational modes of the ship; future proof handling through a further improved dredging atomization which enables one person to control the nautical and dredging processes.
Moreover, Van Oord goes beyond the newest environmentally friendly standards, by taking into account the IMO’s Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) in order to contribute to the sustainability goals and be more efficient. Visualization of fuel consumption and other monitoring equipment on board support this attitude.
The vessels have been designed in the Netherlands, built in Europe and will sail under the Dutch flag. The dredging equipment has been designed and built by Van Oord and partners, mostly in the Netherlands.
Wagenborg Shipping – EasyMax
The objective in designing the EasyMax was to create an easy to operate ship with maximum performance. This vessel is the largest vessel ever built in the north of the Netherlands, giving regional employment a major boost. Wagenborg's EasyMax is an innovative vessel where only essential ship equipment was taken as a point of departure for the design. The result is a cheap and lightweight vessel with an impressive cargo capacity of 14,300 tonnes and a volume of 625,000 cft.
With the optimal shape of the hull it achieves a fuel consumption of only 9 t/d with 11 knots. The environmentally friendly operational mode is also demonstrated by its shorepower capability.
The era of digitalization and connectivity has been fully integrated in the vessel, allowing personnel to monitor and access most systems from different places on board. Some systems are even accessible from shore in order to support trouble shoot operations.
Watch the videos about all three nominees below.
