VLCCs

First dual-fuel VLCC certified by Green Award

First dual-fuel VLCC certified by Green Award

5th October 2023 | Commercial Shipping, The Naval Architect - News

The LNG dual-fuel-powered very large crude carrier (VLCC) Antonis I. Angelicoussis has been certified by the Green Award Foundation. The 330m-long, 320,916dwt tanker is the first LNG dual-fuel VLCC to join the Green Award programme. The certification includes the Green Award greenhouse gas labels CO2 (level 1) and CH4. The Greek-flagged ship is managed by […]

Efficient CFD simulations for speed and delivered power in waves at full scale

Efficient CFD simulations for speed and delivered power in waves at full scale

22nd September 2023 | Naval Architecture, The Naval Architect

By Michal Orych, managing director, FLOWTECH Int. AB, Martin Kjellberg, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden/SSPA, and Lars Larsson, Chalmers University of Technology Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is presently an accepted tool for predicting calm water resistance and power at model scale. The status of CFD for these applications is well covered by the International Workshops […]