New Wind-assisted River Cargo Ship Design Unveiled

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Ship design and engineering firm Conoship International Projects said it has developed a new 3,600 dwt general cargo vessel suited for sea-river operations, which it says will provide major fuel savings and environmental advantages.

Equipped with a diesel-electric propulsion system, enlarged propeller in combination with a ConoDuctTail and optimized hull lines, its fuel consumption will be best in class, especially in wind and waves. The design is also ready for wind-assisted propulsion, as it is prepared for the placement of two Econowind VentiFoils, which would reduce the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by about 10%, depending on sailing route.

The EEDI of the vessel as calculated as a diesel-driven vessel is already below the phase 3 requirements. Furthermore, a switch of fuel type to future fuels such as liquid hydrogen or ammonia is facilitated by smart arrangement design, where the requirements of the future fuels have been taken into account from the beginning of the conceptual design process.

https://www.marinelink.com/news/new-windassisted-river-cargo-ship-design-493249

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1. Ha! Another mention for ammonia -- effectively, a more easily stored form of hydrogen.

*MUCH* easier and safer to store, and burns in a fuel cell to produce water and N2 (which already makes up 78% of the atmosphere, and was obtained from the atmosphere in the first place).