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Navy

First Methanol-fueled Tanker Launched aunched at the Hyundai Mipo are very pleased to see the completion Lindanger is the ? rst in a series of dockyard in Ulsan, South Korea, and launch of this exciting and innova- seven vessels which will be chartered

Lthe newly built Lindanger has tive newbuilding,” said Knut Ørbeck- by Waterfront Shipping over the course become the world’s ? rst methanol fu- Nilssen, CEO at DNV GL – Maritime. of 2016. Four of the seven vessels are eled ocean-going vessel. The ship is the “This is the ? rst time a dual-fuel engine being built to DNV GL class, including (Image: DCNS) ? rst of two dual-fueled 50,000 dwt tank- with a Low Flashpoint Liquid (LFL) two vessels owned by Westfal-Larsen,

Submarine Contract ers owned by Norwegian ? rm Westfal- fuel system has been installed on an the Lindanger and a sister ship, and two

Australia Taps France

Larsen that will be chartered to global ocean-going vessel and it is a testament owned by a joint venture between Mar-

The Australian Government se- marine transportation company Water- to the excellent cooperation between all invest/Skagerack Invest and Waterfront lected DCNS as its partner for the de- front Shipping. the project partners that we have been Shipping. Three additional ships, where sign of 12 submarines for the Royal

With a MAN designed Hyundai– able to complete this unique project and DNV GL carried out a hazard identi? ca-

Australian Navy. The announcement

B&W 6G50ME-9.3 ME-LGI dual-fuel, gain ? ag state approval. Methanol as a tion study, will be owned by Mitsui OSK was made by the Australian PM the two-stroke engine on board, the Lin- marine fuel is a very promising option Lines (MOL). Waterfront is a wholly-

Hon. Malcolm Turnbull, the Minister danger can run on methanol, fuel oil, to enable owners to reduce the environ- owned subsidiary of Methanex Corp, for Defense, Senator the Hon. Marise marine diesel oil or gasoil. Lindanger mental impact of their vessels and to the world’s largest producer and sup-

Payne, The Minister for Industry, In- has been assigned the additional nota- comply with low sulphur and ECA reg- plier of methanol, and operates a ? eet novation and Science, the Hon. Chris- tion LFL FUELLED to demonstrate ulations and we look forward to work- of 22 deep sea tankers of between 3,000 topher Pyne and The Chief of Navy, its compliance with the DNV GL rules ing on many more projects using this dwt and 50,000 dwt, which are used for

Vice Admiral Tim Barrett. “The deci- for low ? ash point marine fuels. “We innovative marine fuel and technology.” transporting methanol worldwide.

sion was driven by DCNS’s ability to best meet all of the Australian Gov- ernment’s requirements,” the Austra-

Lindanger Main Particulars lian government announced. “These

Type .......Tanker for chemicals and oil included superior sensor performance ........products with LFL fueled engine and stealth characteristics, as well as

LOA ............................................186 m range and endurance similar to the

LBP ............................................177 m

Collins Class submarine.”

Breadth ....................................32.2 m

The design of the Future Subma-

Depth .......................................19.1 m rine with DCNS will begin this year.

Draft .......................................12.85m

The Short? n Barracuda is a 4,500-ton

Deadweight ......................49,999 dwt conventionally powered submarine.

Speed .................................15.8 knots

Main engine .................Hyundai–B&W

It is closely related to the nuclear- .....................6G50ME-9.3 LGI (Tier II) powered Barracuda which is 4,700

Output ...........10,320 kW at 100 rpm tons.

(Photo: Hyundai Mipo Dockyard)

Subsea Inspections

Robotic (Photo: Kongsberg/Statoil/NTNU

Snakes

Kongsberg Maritime and Statoil have signed an access with existing technology. Eelume robots will be “This is a perfect example of how NTNU AMOS can agreement with Eelume, a NTNU spin-off company, to permanently installed on the seabed and will perform contribute to bringing research based innovations into accelerate new technology that will signi? cantly reduce planned and on-demand inspections and interventions. the market place through new spin-off companies and costs related to subsea inspection, maintenance and re- The solution can be installed on both existing and new cooperation with leading industry players. Eelume is pair operations. NTNU and Sintef have conducted re- ? elds where typical jobs include; visual inspection, already the ? fth spin-off company from researchers at search on snake robotics for more than 10 years. Eelume cleaning and adjusting valves and chokes. NTNU AMOS and the third since 2013. SFF NTNU is now developing a disruptive solution for underwater “With our unique expertise in the ? eld of snake ro- AMOS is strongly supported by the NTNU manage- inspection and maintenance in the form of a swimming botics Eelume is the ? rst company in the world to bring ment, the Norwegian Research Council, Statoil, DNV robot. The idea is to let these robots do inspection and these amazing robots into an industrial setting. Now we GL and SINTEF Group,” says Asgeir J. Sørensen, Di- light intervention jobs on the seabed, reducing the use take the step from academia and into the commercial rector, NTNU AMOS, Center for Autonomous Marine of larger, more expensive vessels. With its snake-like world to secure our place in the new and exciting sub- Operations and Systems.

Watch the new Eelume snake robot in action: form, the slender and ? exible body of the Eelume robot sea intervention landscape,” says Pål Liljebäck, CTO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-6FbxjNsQU provides access to con? ned areas that are dif? cult to Eelume 64 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • MAY 2016

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