Hybrid Ship &

the Future of Fish

Nobu Su Initiative
Posidonia 2016, Athens, Greece

Key Messages

Using little ballast means:

Hybrid Ship sailing in ballast

conditions does not require
ballast water, except for purified
clean ballast from middle of
ocean (subject to weather).

Next generation ship design.

no need for ballast water

treatment;
S no contaminated ballast water
from a foreign ecosystem.
S

More fish eggs, more organic fishes

survive
S Gulf of Kutch;
S Arabian Gulf;
S Tokyo Bay.

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A Whale Hybrid Supertanker

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Hybrid Propulsion System

21 meters
VLCC draft with full load
this draft is typical for delivering crude oil to
consumers via South Africa and Suez canal

11,6 meters
VLCC draft with water ballast load
need for ballast
water leads to tanker
return trips

LON
G
COSTLY
HARMFUL FOR
ENVIRONMENT

4 meters (+4 m thrusters)

draft of VLCC with hybrid
propulsion system in ballast
conditions

providing an opportunity to return VLCCtype vessels to origin via a variety of routes

RETRACTABLE
PROPULSION
UNITS
with electric drive are used in
return voyage in ballast conditions

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Conventional and Hybrid

Propulsion Systems

INNOVATIVE HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM

TRADITIONAL WATER BALLAST

HARM TO MARINE
ECOSYSTEM

CARE ABOUT
ENVIRONMENT AND
FISHING RESOURCES
SHORT TERM OF VESSEL
TURNAROUND

LONG RETURN JOURNEYS

EXTRA FUEL CONSUMPTION

2,000 kW + 1,000 kW

EXTRA GREENHOUSE GASES

EMISSIONS

4-6 KNOTS

LONG TERM OF VESSELS

TURNAROUND

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Two separate propulsion

systems in hybrid ship
Main Engine with
Main Propeller

Electric Motor with

Retractable Propeller

Diesel engine;

Electric motor;

Main propeller with rudder;

Retractable 360-degree rotating

propeller under the ships bottom;

Full load of ballast water is

required when sailing without
cargo.

Minimum ballast water is required

when sailing without cargo;

Clean fresh water can be used as

minimum ballast.

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What is the difference?

Hybrid min-Ballast Ship

Conventional Ship

Low-output efficient electricdriven propeller;

Using the main engine in full

ballast condition;

The easiest and most logical way

to protect ocean species;

Ballast Water Exchange damages

the environment, with specific
harm done to fish and plankton;

Reduced fuel consumption and

environmental pollution when
sailing without cargo.

Ships heavily pollute the

environment, even when they
carry no cargo.

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What are the merits?

S Low draft means minimum water resistance with lower fuel oil

consumption;

S Main propeller is not in operation when ballasting, so this time

can be used for maintenance works;

S Main propeller output is fit for optimum most economical design,

i.e. setting mode for 85pct load basis;

S Less barnacles build-up on side shells, as they will dry up during

minimum ballast voyages.

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Evolution in Shipping with

Patented Solutions

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Maintenance

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Major VLCC, Capsize Ships

Are 50% Ballast Sailing
S West to East traffic with cargo;
S East to West traffic with ballast;
S More storage with slow steaming movement is dream

business.

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News for the Shipping Market

Building New Ships
S

New orders will be reduced;

Trendsetters will have huge

bargaining power;

Existing Players

Ballast water treatment may

become hot issue again.

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Old ships suddenly gain value,

and provide licensing and royalty
opportunity for alliances;

Extra competitive edge.

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Impact on US Environment

Ballast Water Exchange

S

Controversial rules

Nature destroyed?

Little Ballast Sailing

Less fish and ocean species?

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Friendly for the

Environment

Preserving the Nature

More organic fish

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