NYK, ABS, WinGD Working on Battery-Hybrid System to Cut GHG Emissions from Ships
NYK and NYK Group company MTI Co., Ltd. (“MTI”), together with the American Bureau of Shipping (“ABS”) and Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd. ("WinGD"), have started joint research for optimization of ship design by utilizing a battery-hybrid system to aid ship propulsion and thus reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from vessels.A vessel’s main-engine revolutions may increase significantly when a vessel tries to maintain its sailing speed during strong waves and winds.This phenomenon is called “load fluctuation.” The shaft generator may also increase the burden on the main engine.
ClassNK in Joint Ship Design Project
ClassNK Starts Joint Research Project with Shipyards on Upgraded Design taking into consideration Ship's Performance in Actual Seas. ClassNK (Chairman and President: Noboru Ueda) has started full scale ship tests to develop a feedback scheme on the design for ships performances in actual seas in collaboration with IMABARI SHIPBUILDING CO.,LTD (President and Representative Director: Higaki Yukito) and SAYONAS SHIPBUILDING CO. (President and Representative Director: Ueda Takashi).