NAVAL ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
Back to the future
Inkanyamba, a 20m Monohull Workboat.
All images courtesy of Incat Crowther.
INCAT CROWTHER PUTS FLEXIBILITY FIRST WITH ITS CUSTOM-BUILT, FUTURE-PROOFED VESSELS.
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ustralian naval architect Incat Crowther is pairing cutting edge design with sustainable advances in 2020. In June of this year, the studio delivered Inkanyamba, a 20m Monohull Workboat, to the Armaments Corporation of South Africa (ARMSCOR). This came hot on the heels of its announcement that it has signed a contract for a pair of hybrid catamaran CTVs, designed in conjunction with Danish shipping company MHO-Co. The Incat Crowther 35s will use modern electric motors to save on weight, space and
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emissions for the benefit of the environment, as well as fuel economy in the offshore wind industry. The propulsion systems will be installed by Danfoss’ Editron, consisting of permanently magnetized electric motors that save both weight and space on the CTV while consuming less fuel and giving higher efficiency.
Hybrid packages
Using a combination of direct drive and electric propulsion for maximum flexibility and significant redundancy, the two vessels will be an exercise in emissions reductions, including a zero-emissions mode. The newly developed hybrid propulsion packages are designed in such a way that they can be adapted at a later stage to run on future eco-friendly power generation
technologies, such as hydrogen. “Designing and building hybrid CTVs is a huge step in the environmental direction, and I am proud that we at MHO-Co have found partners who share our vision for sustainable development in the offshore industry”, says MHO-Co CEO and founder, Mik Henriksen. “With these new vessels we still offer some of the largest and most reliable CTVs in the world, and they can be converted to future technologies.”
Renewable energy
Under construction at AFAI Southern Shipyard, the two catamarans will enter service in mid-2021, operating under contract with Ørsted, a Danish multinational power company that develops, constructs and operates offshore and onshore
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