The new generation RoRo vessels, DFDS has ordered with CSC Jinling Shipyard[ds_preview], China, are to raise the bar in environmental friendly transport. Norwegian Designer Knud E. Hansen is now developing the basic design for the ships to be delivered in 2019.
According to Knud E. Hansen the designers have worked closely with DFDS and CSC Jinling Shipyard over the past four months in order to refine and optimise the concept. The result of these efforts is a new generation of RoRo vessels that will be among the largest in the world and will raise the bar for what is considered environmental friendly, it is said.
The vessels with a capacity of 6,700 lane metres are scheduled for delivery in early 2019. The company has options for four more ships. Equipped with scrubbers, ballast water treatment systems and further energy saving technology, the newbuildings will comply with the new IMO-standard EEDI (Energy Efficency Design Index). During the contractual design, a preliminary model test has been performed in order to validate the vessel’s speed/power performance«, Knud E. Hansen says. The further task is now to develop the design into a basic design.
