Ship&Offshore | Issue 06/2013
Design for efficiency
DEFOS A ship optimised for service conditions will undoubtedly consume less energy. In the Design For Sea (DeFoS) joint industry project, a case study is being done to show the impact of a ship designed to comply with the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), as described by Maarten Flikkema, project manager at the R&D department of MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands).