Greener Ecoships bulk carrier design

The Greenlotus 32 is a 32,500dwt geared, wide hatched, handy-size bulker designed to meet all forthcoming IMO emissions regulations.

Captain Aykut Yilmaz, general manager, Newport Shipping, said: “From cost and energy efficiency perspectives, it makes a lot of sense for shipowners to reconsider their ageing Handies in favour of the Greenlotus 32. The return on investment is very attractive due to its extremely low fuel consumption and it meets the most stringent emissions reduction requirements.”

At 170.90m long and with a 27m wide hull form, the vessel is optimised for energy efficient operation using computational fluid dynamics and finite element analysis. It also has a propulsion arrangement based around a de-rated, Tier III compliant MAN B&W SG50ME-B9 two-stroke main engine driving a large diameter, fixed pitch propeller.

This configuration provides a heavy fuel oil consumption of just 15.6t/day at a service speed of 14 knots and 7.6 t/day at 11 knots. Ecoships said that when compared to the daily fuel oil consumption of comparable Handy-size designs, the Greenlotus 32 can generate daily fuel savings of more than US$6500 on a bunker price of $650t, operating at 14 knots.

The Greenlotus 32 is also equipped with built-in technology for voyage and weather routing, trim optimisation and a system to provide real-time analysis of ship data, including bunker quality and emissions.

Additional emissions reduction can be achieved through the optional installation of an exhaust gas scrubbing system and/or a Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) unit.