Take out seafarers (fixed cost, including fleet personal dept and training dept), and the economical speed drops down to half too. 100 t/day becomes 10/day, the same voyage being complete with 20% fuel consumption. Emgine power requirements drop from 27000KW to 30KW High speed (6000) Otto cycle 15Kw X3 deck mounted power packs running on LNG/LPG cut down NOx too. Or 15Kw X2 Azipods will work wonders to operating costs too. Containerised power packs eliminate the engine room, and greatly, enormously simplify the entire propulsion SYSTEM. Hence reliability is boosted and engine crew can be reduced to say one person. Same for deck, vessel will be watched from shore through remote control, including mobile robitic cameras, in addition to fixed cameras. The biggest Greek ship owner says, to meet 2050 targets, entire 65000 fleet have to be scrapped and also all buildings from 2030 must conform with 2050 standards. Since the bunker requirements are greatly reduced LNG/LPG can be bunkered in double walled vacuum insulated tanks, mounted in containers and hence bunkering infrastructure problem also is eliminated. Ultimate destination is Hydrogen Fuel cells, even though it may not be the best for the world, Methane fuel cells are. Why world will go hydrogen is technology colonisation. Etc etc etc I am only seeding your minds. Just think about it, develop it further as your minds pan. So what 2020 rule brought is, make LPG / LNG economically viable, in relation to current fuels. And wake up. 🌹🌹😍
Well, the scrubbers have made the whole thing a joke havnt they. Now the ocean pays the price for running dirty oil.
bsmarII bravo
Take out seafarers (fixed cost, including fleet personal dept and training dept), and the economical speed drops down to half too.
100 t/day becomes 10/day, the same voyage being complete with 20% fuel consumption.
Emgine power requirements drop from 27000KW to 30KW
High speed (6000) Otto cycle 15Kw X3 deck mounted power packs running on LNG/LPG cut down NOx too.
Or 15Kw X2 Azipods will work wonders to operating costs too.
Containerised power packs eliminate the engine room, and greatly, enormously simplify the entire propulsion SYSTEM. Hence reliability is boosted and engine crew can be reduced to say one person.
Same for deck, vessel will be watched from shore through remote control, including mobile robitic cameras, in addition to fixed cameras.
The biggest Greek ship owner says, to meet 2050 targets, entire 65000 fleet have to be scrapped and also all buildings from 2030 must conform with 2050 standards.
Since the bunker requirements are greatly reduced LNG/LPG can be bunkered in double walled vacuum insulated tanks, mounted in containers and hence bunkering infrastructure problem also is eliminated.
Ultimate destination is Hydrogen Fuel cells, even though it may not be the best for the world, Methane fuel cells are. Why world will go hydrogen is technology colonisation.
Etc etc etc
I am only seeding your minds. Just think about it, develop it further as your minds pan.
So what 2020 rule brought is, make LPG / LNG economically viable, in relation to current fuels.
And wake up. 🌹🌹😍
That's a very great deal of change for an industry that has not changed so much before. Gonna be a big race to the scrap heap, vessels and jobs!