Feature 3| SE ASIA Backward shipping must shape up
Former car designer Richard Sauter believes that the maritime industry is trailing far behind its counterparts in the auto and aircraſt industries and that it needs to shape up. So he designed his own tanker.
collective heads which they shake with a sharp intake of breath when a reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) of 50% or more over the 1990 levels are considered. According to shipping sages a 30% reduction
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is achievable with today’s technology and more than that will come with the development of new technologies in the future. Fuel cell engines, lighter materials and more efficient hull designs along with ground breaking technologies such as air lubrication and the like will all contribute to decrease GHG emissions from ships in the next 40 years. It is then with some surprise that I learnt
that ships can be built, today, that will reduce emissions by 75%, according to American- born Richard Sauter, who now lives and works in Bali, Indonesia. When compared to the automobile and aircraft industries, shipbuilding is very “backward”, he says. Semi-retired now Sauter spent some
time looking at the developments in the maritime sector and he believes that: “It is easy to make large savings in CO2
emissions
from ships because the vessels of today are so polluting that the designer starts from a
n general those involved within the design and innovation side of the shipping industry tend to scratch their
Wingmast and mainsail system and Solbian marine solar panels which have the highest rated efficiency and a 25 year warranty. With a range of possible power sources,
including wind, solar power, liquefied natural gas
(LNG) and, if all else is
unavailable, diesel, Deliverance can sail at around 15knots on around 20MW of power. With a full array of sails with Wingsail
Richard Sauter has taken a leaf out of the automobile design book.
very high base [when compared to car and aircraſt designers]”. In designing the 330,000dwt Emax
Deliverance solar hybrid post-panamax tanker Sauter has combined the excellence of a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) designed vessel, with a Wärtsilä designed dual fuel engine and added some energy saving devices. Deliverance includes the MHI-designed air lubrication system, the DynaWing hybrid
emulated efficiency, to a gradual reduction of all sails culminating in Wingmast reefing to sustainable and renewable sun power sources, DynaWing sails can deliver between 4 and 8MW of power while the Solbian Solar Panels can offer up to 4MW output. Te energy harnessed from the sun is stored in 5MW Lithium ion UPS (uninterruptible power supply) batteries that allow for zero carbon docking and power for all hotel services. As a major Certified Carbon Offset Project, the carbon offset or reduction in GHG emissions achieved by Deliverance is 110,000tonnes of CO2
three million tonnes of CO2
annually or around over the
supertanker’s 25 year service life. “Te Solbian marine solar panels are a
real break through. Te DynaWing Masts are covered in transparent or even light concentrating film to magnify the light that
The Richard Sauter designed tanker uses a standard MHI-designed tanker with renewable and clean energy additions.
The Naval Architect January 2012
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