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...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 29, 2020 | News
To save weight, Hull Vane and Holland Composites have designed and built the first carbon Hull Vane. As composite construction offers freedom of form, it is also the first ypsilon-shaped Hull Vane. The Hull Vane is a patented fixed hydrowing that is placed below the...
