Kotug’s system stores and re-uses waste heat from tugboat engines and is an eco-friendly and cost-effective solution. The system won the company the Maritime Innovation Award 2017, which was presented last night during the Maritime Awards Gala.
A tugboat produces heat during operation and requires energy during stand-by periods. The required energy is needed for climate control and to keep the engines warm. This required energy is usually derived from electrical shore power at considerable cost.
In order to save costs, Kotug developed the idea of storing and re-using waste heat from tugboat engines. This heat recycling system has been installed on the ZP Bison, one of KotugSmit’s tugboats, and is working properly. The new system reduces shore power consumption by 50%, thus cutting CO2 emissions in half.
Watch this award (and the Maritime Designer Award) being presented during the Gala:
Maritime Innovation Award
The Maritime Innovation Award stimulates innovative developments in maritime industry and puts the innovative force of the Dutch maritime and offshore suppliers in the spotlights. Every Dutch company that has recently delivered a new product, service or process for the maritime industry, can enter for the award.
Other Nominees
In total, three companies were nominated for the Maritime Innovation Award 2017. The other two nominees were:
- Aqua-Logic designed the 'accelerator', which optimises the hull below the water line on inland waterway vessels such that fuel consumption is drastically reduced. By applying and cleverly combining various techniques, this system ensures (among other things), that the rapidly flowing water volume is significantly increased.
- CoVadem: Thanks to the innovative network of Covadem, inland waterway transporters can now use detailed, up-to-date interaction data. A smart cabinet is used to connect individual ship sensors such as depth metres and GPS, and share the data with other ships via the CoVadem data infrastructure. A continuous source of data in relation to the condition of the waterway is thus created. CoVadem enables inland waterway businesses to optimise loading depths, energy consumption and environmental performance.
Maritime Awards Gala
The Maritime Innovation Award 2017 was presented at the Maritime Awards Gala on 6 November along with four other maritime awards: the Maritime Award: KNVTS Ship of the Year, the Maritime KVNR Shipping Award, the Maritime Designer Award and the Maritime RNLN Van Hengel-Spengler Award. This year, the Maritime Awards Gala took place in the former submarine hall at the RDM in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Picture: Kotug representatives (middle) are presented with the Maritime Innovation Award surrounded by the other nominees (by SWZ|Maritime/G.J. de Boer).
