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Hull Vane delivers its largest ‘underwater spoiler’ to date to Dutch Navy

Hull Vane delivers its largest ‘underwater spoiler’ to date to Dutch Navy

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...
Hvide Sande Shipyard orders Hull Vane for new 64-metre patrol vessel

Hvide Sande Shipyard orders Hull Vane for new 64-metre patrol vessel

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...
Dutch Navy to place 11-metre hydrofoil on HNLMS Zeeland

Dutch Navy to place 11-metre hydrofoil on HNLMS Zeeland

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...
Hull Vane introduces Foil Assist for fast-planing vessels

Hull Vane introduces Foil Assist for fast-planing vessels

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...
Engine, Hull Vane and bulbous bow retrofit reduce fuel use by 24 per cent

Engine, Hull Vane and bulbous bow retrofit reduce fuel use by 24 per cent

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...
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