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Cleaner and more energy effiCient shipping Increased focus on adverse effects on health, environment and climate caused by emissions from shipping stresses the need for a cleaner and more energy efficient shipping industry. Existing technical solutions, improved energy efficiency and alternative fuels are ways to minimize air pollution and CO2-emissions from shipping. But how can we meet the environmental as well as regulatory challenges in the most cost effective way and create benefits for the environment, climate and the industry? These issues will be discussed at a conference at Hilton Copenhagen Airport Hotel on October 6th as part of the Danish Maritime Days: www.danishmaritimedays.com The conference language is English and the main focus areas are: • Global warming and harmful air pollution from shipping. • Existing and coming regulation of emissions from shipping. • Technical solutions reducing air pollution from shipping. • Energy efficiency and alternative fuels reducing emissions.
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New environmental requirements may lead to distortion of competition The UN’s new and stricter regulations on emission of sulphur when sailing in selected coastal waters, also called ECA areas – Emission Control Areas – will come into force on 1 January 2015. To avoid distortion of competition, the authorities must ensure that all shipping companies comply with the cost-intensive environmental regulations, says Michael Tønnes Jørgensen – CFO at Norden.
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orden, along with other Danish shipping companies, is seriously worried that the UN’s new and stricter regulations on emission of sulphur when sailing in Emission Control Areas or ECA areas – i.e. the Baltic Sea, the Kattegat, the North Sea, the English Channel and the 200 nautical miles wide belt along the coasts of the USA and Canada – will lead to serious distortion of competition. This will happen if shipping companies, in order to save money and increase their competitiveness, choose not to comply with the new regulations coming into force on 1 January 2015 and entailing that the allowed sulphur content in fuel must be reduced from 1.0% to 0.1%. The authorities, including the Danish authorities, have had 6 years to prepare efficient control of compliance
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with the stricter regulations. But there is still not a global plan for how the international authorities are going to control that no shipping companies can sail into the ECA areas without changing from the old and much cheaper fuel oil to the expensive gas oil, which lives up to the stricter requirements. The Danish Shipowners’ Association sees it as a great challenge to make all the shipping companies in the world change from fuel oil with a sulphur content of 3.5% to gas oil with a sulphur content of 0.1% when sailing in the ECA areas – or to install scrubbers or changing to natural gas. It may also be that some shipping companies will secure cost savings by continuing to use fuel, which is allowed today, namely fuel oil with a sulphur content of 1.0%, when sailing in ECA areas. Four-point action plan In cooperation with the Danish Shipowners’ Association, the Danish authorities – the Danish Maritime Authority and the Danish Environmental Protection Agency – have
made an action plan, which i.a. states that “as low sulphur fuel as well as cleansing technology is significantly more expensive than conventional fuel, there will be a considerable financial incentive not to comply with the regulations.” In other words, the Danish authorities are well aware that large financial gains can be achieved by cheating and are therefore focusing efforts within 4 areas: International cooperation, development and application of new technology, enhanced statistics and documentation of violations and sanctions in connection with violations. In order to have an effect, it is, however, necessary that the Danish authorities are able to convince other countries to back up more efficient enforcement. So for the time being, it is uncertain if the action plan will be realised. The Danish authorities have so far invited countries such as Germany and Holland to an informal meeting in Copenhagen in hope of getting them to back the plan.
A significant price difference There is a significant price difference between the different types of fuel. A tonne of fuel with a sulphur content of 3.5% costs around USD 575. This is the type of fuel that the vessels use when sailing on the big seas without any sulphur restrictions, etc. – yet, that is. A tonne of fuel oil with a sulphur content of 1.0% costs USD 625 while a tonne of gas oil with a sulphur content of 0.1% costs as much as USD 875 – that is USD 300 more than the cheapest and most used type of fuel. The extra costs of following the rules Here is an example of the costs of following the new sulphur regulations on a specific voyage: A Norden Supramax vessel sails into the ECA area the English Channel, the North Sea, the Kattegat and the Baltic Sea in ballast. The vessel reaches the ECA area at Falmouth in England, and the destination is Kotka in Finland where 45,000 tonnes of fertiliser will
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In Danish shipping, we support ambitious environmental legislation, also when it costs money. - Michael Tønnes Jørgensen, CFO Norden
be loaded for Brazil. On the voyage back and forth through the ECA area – a distance of 3,034 nautical miles or 5,616 kilometres – the vessel uses approximately 265 tonnes of fuel. - With the current sulphur regulations – 1.0% sulphur – the additional expenditure of fuel will amount to USD 13,000. With the new regulations – 0.1% sulphur – the additional expenditure mounts up to USD 67,000, says General Manager Klaus Stamp, who is responsible for the purchase of fuel for Norden’s and NPP’s fleet of dry cargo and product tanker vessels. A simple fine of USD 20,000 will not scare off the bad apples as they will still have earned USD 47,000 on a voyage similar to the one outlined above. To this should be added that the risk of getting caught is very low. There is therefore a great need for stricter enforcement to avoid the law-abiding shipowners losing market shares. Danish shipping companies support sulphur regulations It is the UN’s maritime organisation IMO, which is behind the new requirements adopted in 2008. In 2012, the EU decided to introduce similar regulations. The Danish Shipowners’ Association including NORDEN support the international IMO decidanish
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sion on far more strict emission requirements on sulphur, but the Shipowners’ Association fears that the enforcement does not live up to the strict and cost-intensive regulations. Every country has the right to inspect a vessel when it calls into port – this is called Port State Control. But only very few vessels are inspected, and the inspection hardly ever includes the vessels’ fuel. Predicts great competition issues - Danish shipping backs ambitious environmental legislation and is also prepared to pay for it. But it is clear that in return we also expect that the rules will be enforced and that the penalty will match up to the potentially great savings that violations can entail. Otherwise, you risk that certain shipping companies will find it difficult to resist the temptation, which will then result in a major competitive disadvantage for Danish shipping companies – while the environmental benefit, which is the whole point of the legislation, is lost,” says Michael Tønnes Jørgensen, CFO at Norden. Already now, the Danish Shipowners’ Association sees that Danish shipping companies are deselected by customers, who on long-term contracts choose cheaper options, which intentionally do not take the future sulphur requirements into account.
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Other solutions too costly The decisive factor for IMO is that sulphur emissions to the environment are reduced from 1.0% to 0.1% by which emissions will reach the same level that has applied to all ports in the EU for several years. It is up to the shipping companies themselves how they are going to meet the new sulphur requirements. The shipping companies can also reduce emissions by installing a smoke cleaning system on the vessels – also known as a scrubber – or change from the traditional fuel to liquid natural gas, LNG, which contains neither sulphur nor nitrogen and only very little CO2. Norden has deselected both of these solutions as they are not deemed financially sustainable. The installation of a scrubber costs close to USD 6 million per vessel whereas the conversion of a vessel to natural gas amounts to approximately USD 7.5 million. These expenses should be seen in relation to the fact that a NORDEN/ NPP vessel only has a limited number of voyage days in the ECA areas per yea
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New Award: Danish Ship of the Year The Media House Maritime Denmark has instituted a new maritime award, The Danish Ship of the Year, which is awarded by an expert committee lead by Bo Cerup-Simonsen, Director of the Center for Oil and Gas at DTU.
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he first time this award will be presented will be in connection with the Danish Maritime Fair in October. - So many awards are given to ships worldwide and we think it is time that Denmark has its own award, says Rene Wittendorff, CEO of the Media House Maritime Denmark. - We want to help create greater awareness of the large and important Danish contribution to the international shippingworld, including many new ships under Danish flag or management, which helps increase the quality on the oceans of the world, says Rene Wittendorff. The new award will be presented in connection with Denmarks new international maritime exhibition, The Danish Maritime Fair, which will take place at Bella Center in Copenhagen from 6 to 10 October. The Media House Maritime Denmark has given the committee the power to decide what terms it will be electing the Danish ship of the Year from. The only requirement is that the ship must be owned by or in longtime charter for a Danish shipping company, and must not have
been in operation for more than 12 months, at the expiry of the deadline for the nomination. - If I have to make a guess on some criteria that will be relevant to the choice of the Danish Ship of the Year, there has to be something about innovation and new development, both in terms of hardcore technology and the use of new technology, but also on the innovative use of the ship. For instance it could be the connection between land and sea via the internet, but also the human element. For example how the design has taken into account the people, who are on board the ship, their well-being and their level of competence and their use of the ship, says Bo Cerup-Simonsen. A few months ago he left Maersk Maritime Technology to be the head of the new oil center at DTU. - It is not enough just to look at a blueprint of the ship; you have to look at how the ship is going to operate in a larger context. What is being improved in relation to the customer, how does it work in relation to ports and the rest of the company, and does the ship fill the requirements for safety and the environment. It has to be built in accordance to the different
laws and regulations, which are becoming stricter and stricter and still manage fuel efficiency. Energy efficiency, safety and preparation for future environmental requirements will definitely be included in the assessment, says Cerup-Simonsen. - The cost is of course also a very important element. Ultimately, it is about total cost of ownership or total value of ownership. It may be an innovation on the ship, that brings the cost level down, or built features that makes the ship more high-value in the market. It could also be innovative solutions to the way the ship is constructed, and how external suppliers are integrated into the build, where and how the ship is built. Everyone has the opportunity to nominate a ship for the prestigious title - The Danish Ship of the Year 2014. It is done by filling out a form which can be downloaded from the website www.maritimedanmark.dk or by sending an email to: info@maritimedanmark.dk. It is possible to nominate ships for the award till September 1st 2014.
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Great interest for Danish Maritime Fair Despite a long and hot summer, interest in purchasing a booth at Denmark’s new major maritime exhibition - Danish Maritime Fair - is still high. The number of registered companies and organizations has passed the first 100 - including many foreign companies. - Although the show is primarily intended as a showcase for Danish companies, the interest from foreign companies to participate, is much higher than we had expected, says Jakob Le Fevre, who is responsible for sale of the fair. - In addition to the Danish exhibitors, we have now sold booths to companies from Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, UK, USA, Singapore, Switzerland, France, Greece and Japan. I find this very impressive, says Jakob Le Fevre.
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The majority of the exhibiting companies are still Danish. Market-leading companies such as MAN Diesel & Turbo, Wärtsilä, ABB, Hempel, Lyngsø Marine, Navteam, Furono, Bureau Veritas, Codan, Marsh, Skuld, Pres-Vac, Vestergård Group, PJ Diesel, Viking Life Saving Equipment, Atlas Incinerator, and Ironpump have all announced their presence at this years fair. - Unlike many international fairs, in Copenhagen it is not only equipment manufacturers who are present. In The Danish Maritime Fair, we have exhibitors from all parts of The Blue Denmark - organizations like the Danish Shipowners Association, Danish Maritime, Maritime Officers, The Engineers Association, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Invest In Denmark, Oil Gas Denmark, Danish Ports, Danish Shipbrokers Association, Danish Industry, the Export Council, Merchant Navy’s Welfare, MS Museum of Maritime and Danish Shipowners Accident Insurance Association have all chosen to participate. Educational organizations like SIMAC, Univer-
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sity of Southeren Denmark, Aarhus School of Engineering, Aalborg School of Engineering and Copenhagen School of Engineering are also present, says Jakob Le Fevre. Oil Gas Denmark The latest addition is the Oil and Gas Sector, which will have its own section at the fair after the signing of a partnership agreement with the industry association Oil Gas Denmark. The organization represents 63 companies which are all active in the Danish offshore sector. - We have an extensive cooperation with all the aspects of the Blue Denmark, therefore it is a natural decision for us to participate at the fair, says Martin Næsby, CEO of Oil Gas Denmark. - We have a lot of good Danish suppliers, that will be given the opportunity to showcase both products and expertise, and the fair is also a good opportunity to present the potential in the North Sea and the activities conducted there, says Martin Næsby. Oil Gas Denmark is working towards the best possible outcome for companies and society from the production of oil and gas. Oil Gas Denmark focuses on the development of the sector, safety and environment as well as on research and education.
We have an extensive cooperation with all the aspects of the Blue Denmark, therefore it is a natural decision for us to participate at the fair. - Martin Næsby, CEO of Oil Gas Denmark
The industry organization counts 63 members, including very large companies like Shell, Chevron and Dong Energy - and three associate members. Aside from Oil Gas Denmark, the Danish Shipowners Association, the Danish Maritime and the Danish Maritime Authority are official partners of the Danish Maritime Fair, that after several extensions now spans over a total 6,000 square meters. Innovation Park The Danish Maritime Fair, will not only have large established firms, but also an Innovation Park where entrepreneurs, consultants and small business can participate at an attractive price.
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Innovation Park is a dedicated area without walls, which is carpeted and has meeting tables. Here, small business can acquire a booth at a lower price. The stand includes a bar stool, a bar table and the exhibitor can bring a roll up and a brochure rack. The idea with the concept is based on research on the traditional fairs, where small businesses do not have many opportunities to participate actively. Marketing Director for the Danish Maritime Fair, Jakob le Fevre says: - When we planned the Danish Maritime Fair, all the involved parties agreed that we would try to make it possible for small companies and consultants to actively participate in the fair. This means that you can book a booth in the Innovation Park for less than 1.500 euro, and you do not have to think about decorating, furniture or anything else. - We believe that there will be a very dynamic environment in the Innovation Park. We hope it will be a popular place to meet and talk with all the talents in the Danish maritime industry, Le Fevre says. New Website The Danish Maritime Fair is also an excellent opportunity to attend several presentations and seminars and the perfect infrastructure with 8 min. to downtown Copenhagen and 5 min. to Copenhagen airport will ensure an impressive amount of visitors.
October 7-10, Bella Center, Copenhagen
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Attending the fair is free – you will need to sign up on the website before arriving. Please see all relevant information here: www.danishmaritimefair.dk There is still some stands left, so if you are interested in exhibiting, it is recommended to contact the sales department as soon as possible on sales@maritimedanmark.dk or by phone to +45 3160 4015.
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Royal opening for Danish Maritime Forum The Danish Minister for Business and Growth Henrik Sass Larsen will be joining the HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark for the opening of Danish Maritime Forum. The Forum will be the flagship-event of the Danish Maritime Days, which takes place on October 6-10.
- We are proud and very happy for the support that is shown to us by the official Denmark. The acceptance from HRH Crown Prince Frederik and the Minister for Business and Growth to open the Danish Maritime Forum clearly shows us how everyone is backing our project and the task at hand. These things all help to further develop Denmark’s position as a global maritime centre, Secretary General for Danish Maritime Days Flemming R. Jacobs believes. Danish Maritime Forum takes place on October 8-9 at Docken (The Dock) in Copenhagen, Denmark. Participation in the Forum is by invitation only and the list of participants counts international ministers, leading experts and selected professionals from the global maritime cluster. The two days are built up with a mixture of open discussions, in which everyone is invited to contribute with ideas, and targeted discussions in smaller working groups based on important themes. This structure gives everyone the possibility to come forward with proposals to possible solutions and should get the creative thoughts flowing. Together we are stronger Danish Maritime Forum distinguishes itself from other maritime events by being a high-level summit that brings together all stakeholders in the maritime business. This idea derives from the belief that the best way to meet the challenges and possibilities of the future is by making use of each other’s competences and developing ideas together. - It is estimated that world trade will have doubled by about 2030. This presents significant challenges for all involved, given that 90 per cent are transported by ship. At Danish Maritime Forum we will start the global dialogue to meet these challenges, Jacobs explains.
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Danish Maritime Days The Danish Maritime Days, of which Danish Maritime Forum is part, will consist of exhibitions, symposia, conferences and company visits as well as social activities including receptions, dinners and networking meetings. Danish Maritime Days is a public-private partnership between the Danish Shipowners’ Association, Danish Maritime and the Danish Maritime Authorities. It is supported by the A. P. Moller Foundation, the Danish Maritime
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Fund, the Ministry of Business and Growth, the Lauritzen Foundation, D/S Orients Foundation, the Hempel Foundation and the Torm Foundation. You can keep updated about the programme and see what opportunities you have for participating in Danish Maritime Days at www. danishmaritimedays.com. Source: Danish Maritime Days
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We are distributors of professional marine electronics for one of the very largest manufacturers in the industry, so of course we must be involved from the start on this new approach, and we will show the very latest products from JRC, Yokogawa and Tokyo Keiki at the fair since these factories have momentous news to show for the demanding Danish audience. Today, Fuel saving is the big topic in the shipping companies and we have fresh news at the fair that the world’s largest shipping company has already chosen to implement on their newest ships, and since Danish shipping companies have a tradition of being quick to implement new initiatives, we of course expect to be a part of this.
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BY Jens Nørgaard
The American dream is being lived by a Danish woman You have to get up early to keep up with the 50-year-old Susan Sadolin, who is on 24-7. According to her, will-power and hard work is the recipe for success. She is living the American dream with design studio and production as well as residency in Miami and her boyfriend in Denmark. This is something that the male-dominated cruise industry can understand. ere, from the top of skyscrapers, managers can look down at their fleet of white liners, often with colorful ornaments, preparing for the next trip into the Mexican Gulf or the Caribbean. The cruise ships are like pearls on a string, where thousands of guests are exiting the ships or waiting to come on board, for what is most likely to be their dream holiday. For the most part, the success of the trip depends on the variety of entertainment and the sporting opportunities such as climbing, fitness and tennis. There are also country hosting cultural events or just relaxing on board. High demands for decorating This calls for high demands on design such as furniture, fabrics, carpets, color and especially durability. In addition to this, the guest must fell welcome as they step into the wonderful world of the cruise voyage. To engage in the industry where even small details can make or break a designer - decorating requires a tough person. The shipping managers’ judgment can be unforgiving and compensation claims regarding incorrect deliveries are sky high in the United States. They can make it really hard to resurface again, but not Susan Sadolin.
She was born in the Danish town Odense, and raised in Kerteminde. She has had her ups and downs on her way and in 2010, it almost went wrong. The global economic crisis that struck in 2008, also affected the cruise lines. They totally closed down for new investments, and that, combined with errors in product deliveries, was close to ending the designer’s career. National champion in the race Susan had no money. The debt was huge, but she had kept her good brand “Shores of Denmark”, the will and the strength, and got her best employees together. She cleaned up and she was once again respected as the tenacious woman who reopened the doors to the decision makers in Miami. Americans love success, especially when it is based on the American dream. Today, the designer employs 20 people.
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When she was 16, Susan Sadolin moved to Aabenraa in southern Jutland with her parents. The family had acquired the internationally known sail loft Elvstrøm Sails. Here, like her two brothers, she helped her parents with the sail loft. She was apprenticed at Sydbank as a bank trainee and helped to open the bank’s branch at Kongens Nytorv in 1986. Susan Sadolin also got a degree in interna-
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tional marketing from the Copenhagen Business School. Even as a young girl, she went her own way. While the rest of the family was internationally noted for boating, Susan ran instead. She obtained 13 Danish championships in 1,500 meter, 3000 meters and 10 km and Cross. The first race she ever participated in was at Nyborg Vold. Today, her runs take place on Miami Beach when there is time for it. Home to the boyfriend The designer does not hide that she is in good physical shape. It almost goes without saying, because when Maritime Denmark had to pick up Susan, she sat between 10 and 12 kilometers up in the air on the way from Miami to Las Vegas, to present a new collection of furniture and fabrics for hotels, which is a new business area for her. This took place on Wednesday, and on Thursday, there were meetings in New
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York in the Danish General Consulate and later that afternoon she was on a SAS plane from Newark to Copenhagen, to see her boyfriend in Nordborg. She reveals no fatigue, but the 50-year-old designer admits that it is hard to navigate between residence and business in Miami and Nordborg. Much can be arranged over the phone and computer, but when everyone else goes to bed in Als, her day is just starting.
and established nine stores in Denmark and northern Germany. Useful years - It was a learning period of about 20 years, where I got into the adequacy of the technical material within the retail fashion, that can be used on the water. During that time I met my ex-husband. He sold carpets to the cruise lines in Miami, for the Herningbased carpet manufacturer Danish Wilton A/S.
The path to the current success has been a bumpy one. Once her apprenticeship at Sydbank was completed, Susan sold sailing clothes in Italy.
- We moved to Miami and ended operations in Denmark and Germany. My then-husband was busy selling carpets and for a short period of time I was a home mom, I enjoyed the sun and watched the many cruise ships that sailed past our windows in Miami Beach.
- I made my own design with a Scandinavian touch under the brand name “North Wind” says Susan Sadolin. I settled in Flensburg on the other side of the Danish-German border
- This was where I got the idea of designing furniture and fabrics for the cruise industry. It was the fire at the “Scandinavian Star” and in “Princes Cruises” that gave me the push.
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New claims after catastrophic fires As a result of the two catastrophic fires with many casualties, the UN’s International Maritime Organization IMO made new rules for the use of non-combustible materials for indoor and outdoor applications. The demands were high on designers, manufacturers and shipping companies. - For my part, I started working with outdoor furniture in close cooperation with designers from the Royal Caribbean, Susan Sadolin continues. It was during the planning period for what would become the world’s largest cruise ship “Adventure of the Seas” and “Allure of the Seas” both delivered from STX shipyard in Turku in Finland in 2009 and 2010. The planning began in the early spring of 2000. - It was my luck - Shores of Denmark - we were the first who made outdoor furniture for
cruise ships after the new IMO requirements. It was not without its problems and on top of it all, the international economic crisis hit like a “bomb”. Due to the long planning phase of the cruise line we were first struck in 2010/2011. But trouble or not, the orders were executed and the furniture had to not only look good, they should also be able to endure. The passengers are on board the cruise ships for 24 hours, 7 days at a time. The materials and products used must be of a very high quality. They must be able to withstand the salt water and sun in the Caribbean areas. Costly mistakes - Claims kept rolling in from the shipping companies. I rushed around to cruise ships to save what could be saved. It was “Learning by Doing”. Today, the Shores of Denmark is respected in the industry. We have created mesh and wicker furniture in China for sun loungers, tables and
chairs. Teak is produced in Indonesia and in the United States we produce cushions in our own workshop. - My Subsidiary “SHORES INT.” is just now entering the hotel business. So far, it is only in the United States and the Middle East. The design we present is of a very high quality and inspired by the cruise industry. The hotels are not used to this. We are very excited about the final reception, and just now they are having a viewing preference to a select group of international hotels in Las Vegas, says Susan Sadolin. They also say that she is trying to break new ground with the use of materials. It’s about being innovative and cost-effective in this industry.
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SMM - ALL FULLY BOOKED From 9 to 12 September SMM, the leading international maritime trade fair, will again open its doors. This time the fair will probably set new records with more than 2,000 exhibitors and over 50,000 industry visitors at the 90,000 square meters of exhibition space.
- We have been fully booked for weeks. The demand and the general interest in this event are proof of the enormous importance of SMM for both the exhibitors and the visitors, says Bernd Aufderheide, President and CEO, Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH, which is the organizer of the big maritime trade fair. The maritime trade fair covers 11 exhibition halls. Each hall will be dedicated to a particular field of the shipping world such as Ship Operation Equipment, Environmental Technologies, Deck Equipment and Cargo Handling Systems. Moreover, 21 countries will have national pavilions, among them the Danish national pavilion, where 84 Danish companies will
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have a stand. The Danish national pavilion covers the entire ground floor of the centrally placed hall B1. Big conference programmes Besides the many stands SMM will also have a very big conference programme. This time the organizers have chosen the motto “Innovation” for the fair, and as something new each day of the fair will be dedicated to a specific field of interest. The day before the opening day, 8 September, will be focused on finance, and international experts will discuss global financial issues at the SMM Ship Finance Forum under the motto “A New Beginning”.
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- In ship finance we have to address two separate issues: On the one hand, we need to put the fleet in service on a more solid financial basis. After a five-year double crisis – one affecting the financial, the other the shipping markets – that may be a tall order. On the other hand, we need to finance new tonnage to be commissioned over the next few years. In the wake of the crisis, this often calls for new partners and new conditions, says Dr Max Johns, Managing Director of the German Shipowners’ Association and member of the advisory board of SMM. Setting the green course The opening day, 9 September, will be dedicated to environmental protection under the
motto “Setting the green course”, which is chosen for the global maritime environmental congress, gmec. - At gmec, international experts will discuss new solutions and technologies, which can help the shipping industry achieve its environmental goals, says Bernd Aufderheide. Among the topics on the agenda of gmec will be LNG, as ship owners have begun retrofitting vessels for LNG, while several ship owners have ordered newbuildings driven by LNG. The classification society DNV GL thus expects the LNG powered fleet to grow to 3,200 ships by 2025. Trimming, route optimization, ship design, ballast water management and hull coatings will also be among the key issues at gmec. Security at sea The next day, 10 September, the theme of the day will be maritime security and defence, which are still important issues, although the number of pirate attacks have been dropping in the Gulf of Aden. The number of pirate attacks have, however, only been dropping because of the international naval units present in the area
and because of the several security measures, which the shipping companies have taken. In particular, private security teams have been of great importance. It means that the problem in the Gulf of Aden has not been solved. At the same time, a new piracy threat has emerged off the western coast of Africa. The demand for security measures and techniques thus continues to be strong. 10 September, a conference on maritime security and defence will take place addressing the many important issues related to maritime security and defence. The potential of offshore energy The third day of the fair, 11 September, will be dedicated to offshore oil, gas and wind energy production. The offshore industry continues to expand, a fact reflected in the order books of many shipyards. As an example can be mentioned that Maersk has ordered a new cable-laying vessel from the Dutch Damen Shipbuilding Group, and Norwegian Siem Offshore has ordered two identical ships designed for oil production installations at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft. The offshore day at SMM will address issues such as the needs of the industry, which shipyards are able to benefit
from, and what it does mean for suppliers of marine equipment. Recruiting – a pressing challenge The last day of the fair, 12 September, will focus on recruiting, which is a subject of very great importance for the maritime industry, as the shipbuilding and supply industries have a problem with shortage of skilled labor. According to a recent survey by the German Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Association (VCSM), the German maritime industry needs 140 new shipbuilding engineers every year. However, the six German maritime engineering schools produce only 90 graduates annually. SMM’s recruiting day will provide a job service platform to help human resources executives from the industry attract job seekers and provide information about industry-specific education and training programmes offered by employers. Companies and institutes will present themselves on the “Maritime Career Market”. Secondary school and university-level students will be admitted to the fair free of charge on 12 September.
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Focus on treatment of ballast water Vestergaard Group, which comprises Vestergaard Marine Service, DT-Interlink, VMS Technology, and VMS Turbo, all from the Northern part of Denmark, always go to SMM. This year is no exception, as SMM clearly is the biggest trade fair with the best possibilities of meeting many people.
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The different parts of the Vestergaard Group will be together at the fair and present the whole spectrum of products and services, which the Vestergaard Group comprises. This year the Danish company has chosen to have specific focus on treatment of ballast water, and the expectation is beforehand that the interest for the company’s system for treatment of ballast water will be very big.
Advantage to be at the Danish pavilion The Vestergaard Group is part of the Danish pavilion, where more than 90 Danish companies have chosen to present their products and services together. It has according to the Vestergaard Group several advantages. It is partly a question of getting some of the practical things related to the participation in the fair done in an easy way. It is, however, also a question of visibility.
- We will focus a lot on our system for treatment of ballast water, as it seems that the legislation related to ballast water will fall into place. Moreover, we focus on turbochargers and of course, we focus on the fact that we are agent for the French Baudouin engines. The biggest focus will be, however, on our system for treatment of ballast water, Per Lindholm says.
- The Export Association handles some of the administrative work and has some joint facilities, which we can make use of. Besides, the Danish pavilion is placed centrally in the middle of the fair, and it is the biggest national pavilion. Some people come by, because they want to see the Danish products, and as we are part of the Danish pavilion, it gives us a bigger visibility. It is a very big trade fair, so if we stood alone, we could easily vanish in the big crowd, Per Lindholm says.
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Good dialogue with customers and suppliers Before Gertsen & Olufsen sends people to the SMM trade fair in Hamburg a big planning work has been done, for who does the company want to meet down their? SMM is not only a question of getting new customers. You can here meet suppliers and be updated on what is going on in the market.
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ertsen & Olufsen has chosen to participate in SMM, which takes places every second year. Everybody is represented here, as it is not only a regional trade fair, but a global one, and all suppliers of equipment are present here. The whole product spectrum within the maritime industry. This year Gertsen & Olufsen has at the company’s stand chosen to focus on its bioreactor for black and grey water and its vibration compensator. Apart from that, the company will change a bit at the stand during the week, making a bit of variation. - The trade fair only differs from other fairs by being so large and by the fact that it has historically existed for a long time. Everybody will be there, whether you are a shipowner, supplier or something else. All services and products are there, says Jakob Kjelstrup, CEO in Gertsen & Olufsen, adding:
- A big planning job takes places, before we go there. We find out, who we would like to see when we are there, as we use the fair a lot to hold meetings out in town. We stand in the Danish area, where several of the exhibitors are our suppliers. They supply things like electrical engines and pumps for our system. At the fair, we therefore have a good dialogue with our suppliers as well as our customers. Besides, we will be updated on the market and find out, what is going on in the market. More sales – that is the question Jakob Kjelstrup emphasizes that Gertsen & Olufsen of course will participate in SMM, but whether it results in more orders or not, he finds it difficult to answer. - It is after all difficult to know, whether you have fine sales, because you have attended SMM or
because you have a good agency network. I think, only very few people would be able to answer that question, he says, thinking, however, that all the money, which the company spend on the SMM participation, is well spent. The fair is after all just as much a question of changing information and a way to be updated in a changeable sector. - It is just as much about changing information as presenting our products, he says. Jakob Kjelstrup adds that it is a very big advantage to be in the Danish area together with other Danish companies. - Danish products are generally known for being good products, they are well-reputed, and the Danish products can be sold in a difficult market. Besides, we have good dialogue by being at the Danish area, Jakob Kjelstrup says.
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SMM – the most international trade fair SMM, which takes place every second year in Hamburg, is without any doubt the most international trade fair within shipbuilding. The decision makers come here, making Danish companies able to take an enormous step out at the international market just by being some days in Hamburg.
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anish Marine Group, which is a network under The Danish Export Association, is as usual responsible for the Danish pavilion in cooperation with The Trade Council, part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, when SMM for the 26 time will take place in Hamburg from 9 September to 12 September. The Danish national pavilion will cover the entire hall B1, an area of approximately 2,000 square meters, which is very centrally placed in the middle of the fair. The more than 90 Danish companies that have chosen to be part of the Danish national pavilion will then have very fine opportunities to become profiled towards a large international audience. - The special thing about SMM is that it is without any doubt the most international trade fair within shipbuilding. SMM is compared to the trade fairs in Korea, China, Japan, and Norway clearly the one with the most international profile. By now just as many visitors probably come to Marintec in China, the visitors at SMM, however, have decision-making power. In other words, the right people come here, says Mark Lerche, Business Sector Manager in the Danish Export Association. Danish companies already have a good reputation within the German and the global shipbuilding industry, and that reputation should the presence at SMM preferably maintain and enlarge.
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- The Danish hall is placed in the middle of the trade fair, so the opportunities for being profiled is very good for the Danish exhibitors. Even smaller Danish exhibitors can take a large global step by being present in Germany, as they here can meet visitors from Korea, China, Russia etc. instead of going out to them. Here you have access to the whole world. We also make much of inviting different delegations into the Danish hall, Mark Lerche says. Trade fair in times of unrest The German shipping sector is special in that way that the ownership structure has been dominated by the so-called KG funds, where private investors with tax benefits have the possibility of investing in ships, in contrast to other shipping nations for example Greece, which is more dominated by family owned shipping companies.
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- The KG setup has been shaken during the financial crisis, so today you find more banks among the owners of the ships. The ownership structure behind the ships has been changed. It is, however, still the same persons, who visit SMM. It will be interesting to see whether it has an influence on the fair that the ownership structure behind the German shipping companies have been changed, so there are fewer shipping people and more banks, Mark Lerche says. He expects that the Danish exhibitors will have really good opportunities of being profiled at the fair. All in all approximately 110 Danish exhibitors will be present at the fair. Not all of them exhibit in the Danish hall, but here you will find more than 90 different Danish suppliers of components and service.
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A-320 number 200 on ship bound for China There is almost no limit to the Chinese need for airliners. Although China produces aircraft, the demand is of a size that requires cooperation with aircraft manufacturers beyond the empire’s borders. These include the European company Airbus, who has one of its production sites on the island of Finkenwerder, close to the port of Hamborg. They produce short and intermediate range aircrafts as the A-319 and A-320 as well as the giant A-380.
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he cooperation between China and Airbus has been going on for six years and has provided the Chinese with thousands of high-tech jobs. Airbus delivers the frame, tail and rudder, landing gear and more for the A-319 and A-320, as well as motor mounts for final assembly in Tianjin, China. The wings are produced on the premises, by the Airbus partner XAC. The different t hings are then assembled by the Chinese. The first outside Europe China is the first place outside Europe, where Airbus carries out final assembly of its short and intermediate range planes. Every month, a total of four aircrafts are assembled in China. It requires good logistics and cooperation with the container port in Hamburg as well as the shipping companies.
The parts for the planes are transported from Finkenwerder in “cradles” and Mafi-trailers aboard the special vessel “Kugelbakke”, from the shipping company Otto Wulf in Cuxhaven, to the container port. It was also the case at the end of July this year, where flight number 200 - an A-320 body - was lifted aboard the container ship Cosco Hope. The trip from Hamburg to Tianjin in China takes 40 days. Hamburg a node Every operation which includes loading the flight bodies from Airbus is a challenge for the staff at the container terminal in Hamburg. You might assume that it was fairly routine work, but it is far from that, says the director of Hamburger Hafen
und Logistik AG (HHLA) Container Terminal, Dr. Thomas Koch. It requires a great knowledge of handling goods. They seem to have the “Know How” in the port of Hamburg. In 2013, conventional cargo made up 1.9 million tons in Germany’s largest port. German, Central and Eastern European countries’ industrial enterprises are using Hamburg increasingly for shipping of their products. This now means that the city is one of Europe’s most important ports within the above stated segments. The container turnover in Germany’s trade with China and Hong Kong is also on the rise. According to the 2013 figures, it is approximately 29 percent of the total revenue or 2.7 million TEU (+2.9 percent).
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Danish ships are dominating Cuxhaven Here, where the Elben river ends its long run at 1,092 km from its source in the Czech Republic, past Dresden and Hamburg to flow into the North Sea, here at the bottom of the German Bay, lies the North Sea city of Cuxhaven. Cuxhaven was once Germany’s largest fishing port for ocean-going trawlers from the region around Bremen, Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven. These vessels had their hunting grounds in Greenland with crews of between 35 and 40 men. That time is long gone now.
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ish continues to play a major role in Cuxhaven but not as a landing for the trawlers. Germany currently has three ocean-going trawlers back. These high-technology vessels continue fishing at East Greenland and Newfoundland, but lands in Thyborøn or Hanstholm where the fish are collected in refrigerated vans and instead driven to Cuxhaven. It is simply uneconomical to sail all the way to the bottom of the German Bay, says one of Germany’s major fishing exporters Jens Lühmann, Lühmann GmbH, Cuxhaven, to Maritime Denmark. The port of Cuxhaven is still the lifeblood of the town government, which has invested billions in expansion, modernization and recreational areas and especially dykes to protect the hinterland from the North Sea’s whims. The result of this is a huge debt of 200 million EU, that the city has no way of paying back. However, this does not scare the town government, entrepreneurs in wind energy, shipping lines and terminal operator for the port area Rhenus Cuxport. Today Cuxhaven is a major import and export port with the Danish DFDS and Belgian Cobelfret - ferries as the most significant customers. Strategic locations Especially Germany’s transition to a new energy source, going from nuclear power to wind farms offshore, has been expensive in investments. Today, all shipping of components for wind turbines on Amrum Bank, are from Cuxhaven. If the subsequent servicing of wind farms will also take place from Cuxhaven is too early to tell, says development director Roland Schneider from Rhenus Cuxport. Nevertheless, several Danish service operators from the Esbjerg area along with British and Dutch operators have for strategic reasons placed their ships in Cuxport.
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If this is the real reason and why there are no more German companies on the trying to get a piece of the cake, is probably linked to the British, Dutch and Danish ‘experience from oil / gas exploration in the North Sea and North Atlantic. Here they have been operating since the first rigs made their entry. Among the experts of the proactive work on the offshore wind farms and the whole installation process, is the Faaborg based company Blue Star Line, who has just taken their latest new acquisition AHTS’eren “Blue Aries” in use from Cuxport.
tor Roland Schneider from Rhenus Cuxport. On the export side, it is steel, wind turbines offshore, cars (BMW), and paper that we send to England with DFDS, sailing to Harwich and Cobelfret - ferries sailing to for Immingham. The Danish shipping company is Cuxports largest customer. Via Cuxport there are approximately 300,000 cars exported annually - also to Denmark the director adds. Germany imports Land Rovers etc.
- We also have our hotel ships sailing for new supplies like food, water, oil, etc. every 14th day. These ships are on standby at the wind farms and save project owners big money, instead of sailing service personnel back and forth morning and evening.
The pressure on Cuxport as a car export port is now so immense, that Rhenus in addition to the three Ro / Ro ramps, the company will build a brand new terminal of 85,000 square meters with a fourth ramp. The project will be completed in 2017.
Northern Europe Metropol Cuxhaven is located by the Kiel Canal, and Hamburg. In close co-operation between the ports along the Elbens lower parts, such as Cuxhaven, Brunsbüttel, Gluckstadt, Stade and Hamburg as well as channel port Rendsburg and Baltic Sea ports of Lübeck and Kiel, the cities have a common brand – The Northern Europe Metropolitan Region. In order to master future challenges in the logistics area, it is about having a goal “Second to None” in transshipment traffic to and from the Baltic States, Russia, Finland and Scandinavia in general. At a conference in Hamborg, which the city of Cuxhaven was in charge of, the social democratic senator, Senator Frank Horch, (SPD), said that to Maritime Denmark.
In addition to the traffic to England, Sea Cargo sails to Esbjerg and Norway and SAMSKIP comes with fresh fish from Iceland. On the way back, the ships transport cars that we store in the containers which were loaded with fish from Iceland to Cuxhaven. This way the containers are not being wasted and are being used properly. In addition to new cars in containers we send also off-road vehicles / motorcycles / caravans or Mobile Home for the German adventurers.
In Cuxhaven it is the Short Sea, Deep Sea and offshore wind industry that has top priority. Tonnage is growing says development direc-
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Cuxhaven not affected by Esbjerg The wind farm Amrum Bank will be completed later this year. The Danish energy company DONG is now starting to build a new platform off the island of Borkum in East Frisia. The company has selected its service part from the Dutch Eemshaven as the base port, whereas the elements from Siemens in Brande, is sailed out of Esbjerg.
Is Cuxport being pressured by Esbjerg and Dutch Eemshaven? - Not at all. As deputy director of economic development in Cuxhaven, JĂźrgen von Ahnen, previously expressed, we would have liked the order from DONG. Here we have every opportunity to support the projects. Unlike many other ports we are equipped with heavy lift platforms that can withstand a load of 90 tons pro. square meters or 1,500 tons for temporary
reloading, Roland Schneider continues. You have to go as far as Holland or Belgium to find alternative ports with similar options when it comes to heavyweight. That being said, it is true that the first offshore wind farms are almost completed. They must be operated and serviced for 20 to 30 years, here from Cuxhaven. Then they will be taken apart and maybe sold to new projects in Kazakhstan
- who knows! At the same there will be new turbines of a completely different size than we know today. The development is ongoing from manufacturers such as Vestas and Siemens. Here in Cuxhaven / Cuxport we will keep a close eye on the situation, which we definitely want to be a part of - it’s a must, says the head of the development work of the Rhenus Cuxport, Roland Schneider!
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Zeaborn concentrates its efforts on multi purpose segment The German shipping company Zeaborn GmbH & Co. KG headquartered in Bremen was established in April 2013. The two partners think that time is right for aiming at the multi purpose segment, and so far they have ordered 10 multi purpose ships from a shipyard in China.
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ve Meyer and Jan-Hendrik Többe have lots of experience in shipping and in financing respectively, and these two areas will also complement each other in their joint, new established shipping company Zeaborn. Zeaborn has its priority area on the attractive niche market for multipurpose ships, and the target is to build a fleet of a certain critical mass. So far the company has ordered 10 ships from Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering Co., Ltd, in Taizhou, China. They will be delivered from the fourth quarter of 2015 with three months intervals. The identical ships, 144.7 meters of length and 22.8 meters of breadth, will have a cargo-carrying capacity of 12,500 dwt and will have two units of 250 tons tower cranes each. Both financing and freight transport Zeaborn is a company that covers the whole value chain within shipping, which means everything from financing, ship management including technical ship management and freighting.
institutional investors will only be successful, if we fill their demands to the letter. And we want ourselves this transparency and risk control. - Apart from that the time was well chosen: We were able to order excellent ships with a modern design at reasonable prices, and we go into the market as a financially unburdened company with a strong investor behind us, say Ove Meyer and Jan-Hendrik Többe. The two partners do not exclude that other ship segments may become actual, just as they are open to strategic partnerships. At first, however, they will concentrate on the multipurpose segment. Takes part in Danish Maritime Fair When the new Danish Maritime Fair opens the doors in October this year in Bella Center, Copenhagen, Zeaborn will be there. - The central points and the target group of the new Danish Maritime Fair fits neatly to the targets that we seek to achieve in our daily work. We will take the opportunity to present our
It is Zeaborn’s vision to become a global shipping company within the multipurpose segment, which alongside with the comprehensive ship management also satisfies the demands of the capital markets. - Time has come for such a business model. We are convinced that future ship financing with
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business model and our ordered newbuildings, so say the two partners of whom Ove Meyer has many good contacts in the Danish shipping world because of his many years of experience within the multi purpose segment. About the founders: Ove Meyer has more than 10 years of experience within shipping, where he has been in charge of the building of commercial operations. He has among other things worked 9 years with BBC Chartering as a part of the management team. Jan-Hendrik Többe has a comprehensive experience within corporate finance, and he has been in charge of the financing of several newbuilding programmes. He has among other things worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers. ZEABORN GmbH & Co. KG Marcusallee 35 28359 Bremen, Deutschland Tel: +49 421 989618-00 info@zeaborn.com www.zeaborn.com
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Get the amount of fuel oil you have paid for In June 2013, the Insatech Bunker Management System documented shortdelivery of 53.3 metric tons during a bunker operation. That is equivalent to USD 31,980. For the ship operator this meant that the investment in Insatech’s system was “paid back” on just one bunker job.
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s fuel expenses constitute between 50 per cent and 70 per cent of a ship’s total operational costs, short-deliveries of bunker fuel can easily amount to large extra costs for the ship operator. It is not uncommon that ship operators are short-delivered 3 to 4 per cent during the bunker operation as the volume of the bunker fuel is manipulated by introducing air into the oil. The Insatech Bunker Management System measures and logs mass, temperature and density detecting any attempt to introduce air. The system is installed on more than 50 vessels world-vide and has been proven in practice during the last six years. It consists of a Coriolis Mass Flow Meter, a computer and an easy-to-use operator interface. In order to obtain thorough knowledge about your fuel consumption, we recommend that you also install our Performance Monitoring System. No performance system is better than the data it is created on The Insatech Performance Monitoring System provides you with an overview of your ship’s performance based on direct online measurements. With these measurements you can create a valid baseline enabling you to constantly measure, evaluate and optimise on parts of your ship linked to fuel consumption. By applying both the Bunker Management System and Performance Monitoring System you are able to get a comprehensive understanding of
both the amount of bunker delivered as well as the main fuel consumers. With this knowledge you are able to optimise on your ship thereby cutting down on fuel expenses. About Insatech Insatech supply field-tested and proven solutions that help you comply with international regulations as well saving you money. Insatech provide comprehensive installation, commissioning, training, service and maintenance, keeping the downtime as short as possible. Insatech’s Marine Solutions • Performance Management Systems • Bunker Management and Blending Systems • Sulphur in Fuel Oil Monitors and Analysers • Cargo Management Systems • Oil Discharge Monitoring Equipment (ODME) • Calibration Solutions and Services Insatech A/S was established in 1989 and has had a constant positive business development up until today where we are more than 75 employees. Since December 2005 we have been part of the technology trading group Addtech. Insatech A/S Algade 133 DK-4760 Vordingborg Tel.: +45 5537 2095 mail@insatech.com www.insatechmarine.com
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Nose of vessels shortened The nose – or the bulb – generates an additional wave system, which offsets the wave ystem generated by the vessel’s hull and which has a braking effect on the vessel’s propulsion. The bulb thus saves fuel. With the lower speed, which the vessels are typically ailing at today, the bulb has to be shorter in order to have the same offsetting and fuel-saving effect. he waves of the sea have a significant impact on the vessels’ fuel consumption and are therefore one of the ship designers’ biggest challenges. When a vessel is sailing, waves are generated around the vessel due to the speed of the vessel. This affects fuel consumption as the vessel uses energy on generating the waves and because the waves increase the propulsion resistance of the vessel. Not even the most skilled ship designers can prevent wave generation. But by altering the vessel’s design and further optimising it, it is possible to minimise the braking effect of wave generation against the vessel. The 2 new Handysize product tankers in the Norden fleet, Nord Geranium and Nord Gardenia from Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) in China, both have a modern design, which is also optimised with regard to counteracting the effect of wave generation. Compared to the 8 Handysize product tankers with H.C. Andersen names, which the southern Chinese yard delivered to Norden in the years 2006-2009, Nord Geranium and Nord Gardeni are both equipped with a 3-4 metres shorter nose – or bulb. Not because there was something wrong with the design
when the fairy tale vessels were constructed, but ship designers keep getting better at optimising the design of the vessels. The bulb plays a central role when it comes to counteracting the effect of the vessel’s wave generation as the bulb generates its own wave system around the vessel. Wave systems offset each other - The observant reader will probably now think that if 1 wave system creates resistance, then 2 wave systems must create double as much resistance. But because the bulb’s wave system is generated suitably far in front of the hull, the bulb’s wave system with its crest and trough will be in opposition to the hull’s wave system. This means that the trough in the bulb’s wave system comes where the crest in the hull’s wave system is generated.
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Thereby, the 2 wave systems offset each other – more or less. At any rate, the bulb’s wave system reduces the braking effect of the hull’s wave system significantly. The extent of the reducing effect of the the bulb’s wave system depends on how well the design of the bulb fits the vessel’s actual speed and draught, says Senior Newbuilding Manager Alex Hjortnæs.
We are now looking forward to being able to measure the effect of the shortened bulb on the vessels’ fuel consumption. - Senior Newbuilding Manager Alex Hjortnæs.
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Right steaming In recent years, vessels – both dry cargo, tanker and container vessels – have slowed down for commercial reasons. Norden calls this right steaming, and it means that the bulb has to be shorter than earlier to be able to create a wave system which is in opposition to the wave system generated by the hull. With a
to save money bulb of the samelength as earlier, the trough of the bulb’s wave system will come too far ahead to meet the crest of the vessel’s wave system when right steaming. When Guangzhou Shipyard International in China built the 8 Handysize product tankers with H.C. Andersen names for Norden, it was very common that the bulb’s length and design in general was optimised in accordance with service speed and design draught – i.e. the speed and draught which the yard’s designers considered most likely. But one thing is what the yard designers consider to be likely speed and draught once the vessels
are in operation. Another thing is the actual speed and draught of the vessels in operation. The real world - In realisation that many vessels only rarely sail with exactly the speed and exactly the draught which the yards’ designers have determined – typically the vessels sail at lower speed and less draught – the yards have started to optimise the bulb and the hull in general to a so-called operating profile. It is a combination of the speed and draught, etc. representative of the market which the vessel will be operating in, and which in contrast to the old service speed and design draught reflects practice and thus the real world, says Alex Hjortnæs.
Soon in operation This different way of optimising design is now benefiting the 2 newbuildings for Norden. Nord Geranium is in operation, and Nord Gardenia will follow shortly. - We are now looking forward to being able to measure the effect of the shortened bulb on the vessels’ fuel consumption, says Senior Newbuilding Manager Alex Hjortnæs.
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