Ship Efficiency 2007

• Improving the propulsion efficiency (increased cargo capacity and reduced fuel
  consumption)
• Environmental work within Wallenius (low sulphur fuel oil, NOx reduction, ballast water treatment)
• Alternative energy sources

• Situation and future development of the Port of Hamburg
• Simulation of shipping traffic
• Possible solutions for the future

• Theory behind the reduction of resistance and fuel consumption (potential of savings)
• Application process
• Advantages and disadvantages
• Results from the fleet in service

• State of the art
• Shorebased systems or individual systems?
• Can damages due to bad weather be reduced?
• What is the potential in energy savings?

• Relevant new safety- and environment-related regulations in the shipping industry
  • New Coating Performance Standard
  • Ballast-water Management
  • Fuel-tank Protection
  • Entry into SECA
• How can a class society help to apply these regulations cost-effectively?
• Will goal-based regulations of the future offer advantages?

• Potential of exhaust gas energy for use in propulsion or power generation
• Technical solutions
• Results from test bed or from existing applications

• Optimisation of
  Main dimensions
  Hull form
  Wakefield
  Propeller-rudder-interaction
  considering service conditions

• Efficiency gain through rudder systems
• Reciprocal system tuning of propeller and rudder system
• The earlier the better, how to integrate rudder systems in design
• Experience with full spade rudders for largest container vessels
• Outview to future developments

Anthropogenic climate change – Also a factor for shipping

• Fuel oil properties and their importance
• Changing environment - increasing use of Low Sulphur fuel oils
• Fuel oil compatibility and ignition
• Controlling marine fuel oil quality

• Historical development of the use of heavy fuel oils and their quality
• Engine problems related to heavy fuel oil
• Environmental aspects
• Are destillates, methanol, biofuels or gas engines an alternative?

• An overview of current extensive international maritime environmental legislation
• Does the current environmental legislation achieve the perceived goals as set by politicians and their Regulators?
• Examples as to how the legislation and the relevant Regulations impact tanker operations
• The impact of regional environmental regulation upon tanker operations

• Limits of the efficiency of thermal engines
• Will the dominance of the diesel engine remain?
• Propulsion systems for niche markets
• Will future fuels change the situation?

• Diesel electric propulsion concept versus diesel mechanical configuration
• Spatial arrangement and weight aspects
• Efficiency for different load ranges incl. economical advantages
• Application of simulation technology

• The Wärtsilä RT-flex common-rail engine technology and benefits
• Waste heat recovery system for reduced fuel consumption and lower emissions
• The pulse cylinder lubricating system for reduced operating costs

• Propulsion efficiency and manoeuvrability
• Statistics of propulsion machinery and rudder failure
• Implications of impending international legislation
• Implications of an extension of this to other ship types