Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 05/2018
The future challenges of hull air lubrication
SSPA The global shipping industry offers growing potential for employing air lubrication systems to reduce drag for cargo ships and in the development of a future generation of green vessels. SSPA Sweden AB, a company providing maritime consultancy services, has been involved in numerous projects to develop and test different systems of air lubrication for decades. This article, by Alex Shiri, project manager and researcher, and Magnus Wikander, senior naval architect at SSPA, discusses some practical aspects of each method...