{"id":2057,"date":"2019-06-06T03:45:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T03:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2019-06-07T03:47:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T03:47:02","slug":"hyundai-heavy-cleared-to-offer-lng-fueled-vlcc-with-rotor-sails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/hyundai-heavy-cleared-to-offer-lng-fueled-vlcc-with-rotor-sails\/2057\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyundai Heavy Cleared to Offer LNG-Fueled VLCC with Rotor Sails"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) design for a very large crude carrier (VLCC) that would use a range of systems aimed at reducing its emissions has received green light from classification society Lloyd\u2019s Register (LR).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a ceremony at the Nor-Shipping 2019 fair in Oslo, Norway, LR presented HHI with an approval in principle (AiP) for an eco tanker VLCC that would run on LNG fuel, use&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/worldmaritimenews.com\/archives\/272567\/dnv-gl-certifies-norsepowers-auxiliary-wind-propulsion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rotor sails<\/a>&nbsp;to reduce consumption, and feature a volatile organic compounds (VOC) system to increase efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AiP was the result of a joint development project collaboration between HHI, LR and Norsepower, the rotor sail builder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The impact of the installation of Norsepower\u2019s rotor sail solution, such as structural reinforcement and visibility calculation, was reviewed using computational-fluid dynamics during the JDP and it was confirmed that it has the potential of providing 5-7% fuel savings, dependent on operating routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LR said the AiP demonstrated the potential for reducing emissions in ship designs, by combining VOC recovery and LNG in a dual-fuel system with the addition of rotor sails, to help the shipping industry address the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWe are doing our best to design advanced ships that will benefit ship owners and lead eco-friendly shipping. We believe that these efforts will bring us a step closer to the future,\u201d&nbsp;<\/em>Hong-Ryeul Ryu, Vice President in the Initial design office of HHI, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AiP for the rotor sail-assisted VLCC follows an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/worldmaritimenews.com\/archives\/276070\/hyundai-mipo-gets-aip-for-lng-fueled-mr-tanker-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AiP issued to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard<\/a>&nbsp;in May this year for an LNG-fueled 50,000 dwt class MR tanker design.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) design for a very large crude carrier (VLCC) that would use a range of systems aimed at reducing its emissions has received green light from classification society Lloyd\u2019s Register (LR). In a ceremony at the Nor-Shipping 2019 fair in Oslo, Norway, LR presented HHI with an approval in principle (AiP) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,20],"tags":[168,120],"class_list":["post-2057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news","category-news","tag-hyundai","tag-vlcc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/2058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}