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New standards B&W and Sulzer.
Piston rings that last five years?
With the help of good cylinder lubrication, good cylinder liners, a good fuel quality and efficient purifiers and separators, the goal is to make piston rings that last for five years.
Developing fuel cell systems
for ship use
Fuel cell technology will soon be a reality in commercial ships. Up to 50 per cent more efficient than today’s diesel engines, fuel cells will in the near future transform the economics and environmental impact of commercial shipping. The DNV-led joint industry project FellowSHIP is developing and demonstrating the technology.
Norfolkline front windows, Korean engineering at its best from Samsung Heavy Industries.
Custom-made creations
Steen Friis Design has delivered the architectural design for nine newbuildings within the ro-pax segment in the last five years. They have been delivered from Korea, Poland, Holland and Norway and to different shipowners, such as Stena Ro-Ro, Mærsk/Norfolkline, DFDS and Bornholmtrafikken.
New ECDIS training center
The Furuno Integrated Navigation System Training Center (INSTC) is certified by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) for ECDIS training, as the first ECDIS manufacturer in the world.
Advanced stealth technology gives Visby corvettes the edge 
Stealth technology aims at minimizing a vessel's transmitted and reflected energies – heat, light, sound, electric potential, and electromagnetic radiation – to deny an opponent the opportunity to locate, identify, track, and attack it. Disguise has always been an essential aspect of warfare.
Saving cylinder liners on large two-stroke engines
By using the wave-grinding machine, cylinder liners are refreshed during normal overhauls.
An ASD and Tractor tugmodel (voith) in indirect towing tests in waves.
Working in waves
MARIN’s joint industry project Safetug examines the challenges for tugs operating in exposed conditions.
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Retrofit propeller – a key
to lower fuel consumption
A new propeller blade design gives such improvements that the fuel oil consumption is reduced by eight to ten per cent and the reduction of the carbon dioxide discharge is enormous.
Desso – Design
for Survival Onboard
Over the last few decades, roll-on/roll-off passenger vessels (ro-pax) have been involved in some serious accidents that resulted in many casualties. Although ro-pax vessels that are built today are considered to be much safer, a modern ship could still capsize if it is involved in a severe accident such as a high-speed collision.
Figure 1. Six degrees of freedom.
Seakeeping performance
and the motion of a ship
In the design of modern ships the naval architects and shipowners concentrate more on cargo capacity and earning capacity than on seakeeping performance. But good seakeeping performance has a great influence on the safety, both for crew and cargo (how many containers are lost each year because of the ship’s violent movements in bad weather?).
It is possible to combine good seakeeping performance with big cargo capacity, either by the hull design or with active or passive stabilizing units or a combination thereof.
Schottel Rudderpropeller (SRP).
Over 50 years with
the Schottel Rudderpropeller
The well-tried Rudderpropeller has its main area of applications where extremely good manoeuvrability is required.
New concept for coastal
transport and shipping
The Coaster can compete on a cost basis with road transportation on longer distances and when geographical obstacles hinder trailers. Coastal shipping is also an alternative to ro-ro-vessels when goods volumes are too low for larger vessels and when a more agile and frequent transport system is required.
Propulsion improvement – fuel saving by means of upgrading ship propulsion
Do you want to save 15 per cent on fuel? High fuel prices have lead to a great focus on efficiency increase. Conversion from open propeller to a ducted type with a high efficiency nozzle, can lead to an efficiency increase of more than 15 per cent, with an attractive ROI.
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