Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe GreenTech/2018
Accuracy of propeller geometry helps meet regulations
MMG New regulations for the shipping industry mean that operators will have to reduce drastically their emissions of sulphur and greenhouse gas over the next few years. To meet these new regulations, it will be necessary to adopt a range of measures to enhance vessel performance. In the following article, Dr Lars Greitsch, managing director of Germany’s Mecklenburger Metallguss (MMG) describes how the right propeller geometry can considerably increase a ship’s propulsive efficiency, thereby also reducing fuel consumption...