by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 9, 2022 | Emissions, Navy, News, Ship propulsion
The first Hull Vane for the Royal Netherlands Navy has been delivered in Den Helder. This Dutch invention of the company bearing the same name consists of a submerged transom wing that improves efficiency and seakeeping while reducing noise. This Hull Vane will be...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 18, 2020 | News
Earlier this year, Hvide Sande Shipyard in Denmark won a public tender for the design and construction of a new 64-metre offshore patrol vessel. As the lifecycle costs and seakeeping characteristics are very important for this vessel, the shipyard worked with Hull...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 23, 2020 | News
The Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation has ordered a Hull Vane for the 108-metre Oceangoing Patrol Vessel HNLMS Zeeland. It is the first time the hydrofoil-like device is placed on a naval ship and the first on a vessel over 100 metres in length. The Hull Vane...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 20, 2020 | News
For several years, Hull Vane has been researching and testing the effect on fast-planing vessels of a hydrofoil positioned amidships beneath the hull, the Foil Assist. The underlying principle wasn’t to achieve full hydrofoiling, but partial hydrofoiling in order to...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 24, 2020 | News
As a test case, the small passenger vessel Valais has undergone an energy-saving retrofit. The ship was fitted with a Hull Vane, a kind of spoiler located under water, a bulbous bow and the engines were replaced. Tests were then conducted which showed fuel consumption...
