Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe GreenTech/2017
Paving the way for greater environmental performance
innovative vessels | The Nor-Shipping 2017 event in Oslo was the occasion for two vessels to win design awards – the Energy-Efficiency Award and the Next Generation Award, respectively. For the Energy Efficiency Award, the judging panel chose Venture Joy , a 43,500dwt, geared Handysize bulker designed by Finland’s Deltamarin for Hamburg Bulk Carriers (HBC), Germany, under project title HBC43. Venture Joy is of the specially tailored B.Delta43 design and is 190m long, 30m wide and was delivered in August 2016. Built at the Qingshan Shipyard in Wuhan, China, the Lloyd’s Register-classed Venture Joy is equipped with an MAN B&W 5S50 ME-B9.3 Tier II, LNG-ready engine.