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STEERPROP : TEAM BUILDING WITH HAVYARD GROUP AND FAFNIR OFFSHORE
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Havyard Group of Norway and Fafnir
Offshore of Iceland have been awarded the Environmental Award at the annual
Offshore Support Journal Conference in London on 19th February 2015. The award
was given for the new environmentally friendly new hybrid battery-powered
Arctic PSV that Havyard is building for Fafnir.
 The vessel, a Havyard 833 WE ICE
design, incorporates several innovations to enhance the vessel’s efficiency and
decrease emissions. It is a newly developed platform
supply vessel (PSV) design based on the most recent technology within fuel
economy and environmental friendliness. This PSV is designed to operate as
efficiently as possible and with the least amount of influence from exposed
waters, in say, the Arctic region. These innovations include the hull design, the hybrid-battery power and
the Contra-Rotating Propellers propulsion system delivered by Steerprop Ltd. The
idea of hybrid battery diesel-electric propulsion system is the same as for
hybrid cars, namely to produce energy as efficiently as possible while also
having access to necessary power whenever it is needed. Fuel consumption can be
reduced by 5 to 20% in transit, by 25 to 35% in port, and by up to 35% in DP2
(dynamic positioning) mode. The
vessel will be equipped with two SP 35 CRP propulsors, each rated at 2 200
kW in the DNV ICE-1C ice-class.
Steerprop Ltd. is proud to be a member of the team
building this exceptional vessel and extends the warmest congratulations to
both Havyard Group and Fafnir Offshore
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