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NEWS10Maritime Reporter & Engineering News Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) developed a new bulk carrier which it reports will enable reductions inCO2 emissions by about 25% comparedwith conventional bulk carriers. As the first commercial application of the new design, MHI will provide its conceptual design and green technologies to threegrain carriers to be built for Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) of the U.S. MHI's new bulk carrier design adopts the company's proprietary Mit- subishi Air Lubrication System (MALS), which reduces frictional resistance be-tween the vessel hull and seawater using air bubbles produced at the vessel bot- tom, along with a high-efficiency hull form and enhanced propulsion system.Sumitomo Corporation of Japan has re-ceived the order for the ship construction from ADM, and Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. of Nagasaki was selected to build the ships. Besides the MALS, which uses blow- ers to create air bubbles under the vessel bottom, the three grain carriers will alsofeature a newly designed bow shape that will reduce wave-making resistances. For propulsion, the ship adopts a system toeffectively convert the main engine power into propulsion power by posi- tioning fins forward of the propellers and placing particular grooves in the pro- peller boss cap. MHI developed the MALS as a key measure to reduce CO2 emissions from ships. ADM's ships will be the first case in which MHI provides the system to another shipbuilder. The three grain carriers will be 95,000dwt vessels measuring 237 x 40 x 12.5 m. The shallow draft of the ships facilitates the pursuit of energy savings and CO2 emission reduction efficiency by MALS. Oshima Shipbuilding will perform from the basic design work through construc- tion based on the conceptual design andgreen technologies provided by MHI. Delivery of equipment related to MALS system from MHI is slated for 2014.ADM is one of the U.S.'s top-rankinggrain companies. The three bulk carriers, which mark the first new shipbuilding order placed by ADM, are designed to ac- commodate new post-Panamax needs. Italian-Built, Italian-OwnedThe Italian marine operator Bambini,based at the Port of Ravenna, operates an extensive fleet of vessels in support of the offshore industry. These range from tugs, to supply boats and crew boats. The lat- ter, mostly in the 30 to 35-m range, have been imported from U.S. builders. Re- cently it launched its first Fast Supply Vessel, the 51.75 x 9.2-m Blue Daddy, from the Cantieri Navail Vittoria in Adria on the Canal Bianco about 25 km up theAdriatic Sea along the River Po in north- eastern Italy. With more than 80 years of Bulk Carrier to Ride on Bubbles to Reduce CO2 25%MR Nov.11 # 2 (10-17):MR Template 11/7/2011 1:20 PM Page 10