NEW PRODUCTS
New carbon canopy can be fitted to any boat
C-Quip has developed a new carbon canopy system that allows a sunshade to be fitted to virtually any boat.
The system includes a set of four carbon poles that are available in different lengths, base sockets and a canopy and can be mounted in several different ways.
“A variety of configurations are achievable,” said Ian Cooke, C-Quip MD. “The hardware is stainless steel with two deck mount options and a rail mount solution.
“It can be free standing using the poles or the canopy can also be attached to a boats’ superstructure such as a flybridge or bimini for instance meaning the options are limitless.”
The system is suitable for a raft of craft from open day boats to larger cruisers and can be retro fitted for the aftermarket or installed by boatbuilders as a standard part of the design.
Customers can buy the appropriate mounts and poles for their specific application. Canopies can be made to customers’ own designs and in their choice of material.
New icebreaker concept to be launched by Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency is launching a new icebreaker concept equipped with an innovative motorised removable bow.
The removable bow, to be delivered by Turku Repair Yard Ltd, is part of the Winter Navigation Motorways of the Sea II project. The €7.6 million scheme, co-funded by EU Connecting Europe Facility programme, aims to develop and enhance the maritime winter navigation system and its safety during winter times. One of its key targets is the creation of a motorised icebreaking removable bow concept, which will enable ice-strengthened vessels to be used as icebreakers during the winter.
Danfoss Editron’s hydrid electric system is powering the removable bow with two generators, built as a DC system, and two propulsion systems. In addition, the company has provided a front supercapacitor so that peak powers can be efficiently controlled. The Editron software also cuts fuel and delivers high efficiencies as the diesel-generators in the DC system can be driven at variable speeds. The power plan and propulsion system of the removable bow has been designed to be operated from the pusher tug wheelhouse, and the machinery can operate unmanned.
Jukka Väisänen, Project Operator at Väylä, commented: “Lake Saimaa’s ice is more solid than sea ice and can reach up to 80cm thick. Developing this innovative design concept for the removable bow and equipping it with its own propulsion system means that we will achieve savings in capital costs, as we will charter the pusher for only part of the year. We are also expecting to see savings in fuel consumption thanks to the hybrid propulsion system.”
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