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GREAT SHIPS of 2021 “Don’t sit back and wait for the perfect solution to come along.

There are viable technologies, there are opportunities out there. So don’t sit back and wait, jump on it.”

Glenn Edvardsen

CEO, UECC

Photos courtesy UECC

Dual-fuel engine technology has now been combined with the ship’s other energy needs while it is docked.

an energy storage system (ESS), supplied by Finland’s WE “This will effectively eliminate emissions while in port and

Tech, incorporating a battery package from Corvus Energy these vessels are also equipped to connect to green power that will be charged by a permanent magnet, directly driven from shore that is becoming increasingly available in order to shaft generator or dual-fueled generators. reduce harmful emissions of NOx, SOx and particulate mat-

The ESS, which will provide power to the main switch- ter,” said Jan Thore Foss, UECC’s head of ship management board with a DC link for power distribution, will enable peak and newbuilding.

shaving for the main engine and auxiliaries to reduce fuel con- Operational ? exibility can deliver signi? cant fuel ef? ciency sumption and emissions, with a controllable pitch propeller, gains and Foss believes this, combined with a low-emissions bulb rudder and dual-fuel boiler also part of the power system. pro? le, will give the vessels an advantage in the European

These vessels will require only two auxiliary dual-fuel market as EU plans to include shipping in the Emissions Trad- gensets, in addition to the main engine, as the ESS and shaft ing System are set to hike costs for pollutive vessels.

generator provide a spinning reserve to eliminate the need for Edvardsen claims that UECC, jointly owned by green- another genset that would normally be required. focused players NYK and Wallenius Lines, is presently the

The hybrid solution, which has gained DNV’s Battery only shipping company in its regional market segment that

Safety notation, will be steered by an intelligent energy man- is investing in sustainable newbuilds. “UECC has already agement system, supplied by Kongsberg Maritime, that will achieved a substantial reduction in the carbon intensity of its serve as a control system for overall energy production and ? eet, but we aspire to do much more,” he said. While UECC consumption – essentially the ‘energy brain’ of the vessel. has taken de? nitive action, Edvardsen shared his advice for

Batteries can be most ef? ciently charged while at sea using others mulling a technology upgrade: “Don’t sit back and wait the shaft generator so that they are fully charged when enter- for the perfect solution to come along. There are viable tech- ing port, enabling the vessel to maneuver in port using bow nologies, there are opportunities out there. So don’t sit back thrusters driven solely by battery power that can also supply and wait, jump on it.” 26 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • December 2021

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