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THE SHIP TEXT: LISETTE VOS PHOTO: MAX DIJKSTERHUIS THE VESSEL IN NUMBERS Green driven Every year, the Amsterdam port area hosts thousands of ships, each with its own story and cargo. This section highlights one particular ship – in this issue, sustainable car carrier Drive Green Highway. Drive Green Highway, an innovative and sustainable car carrier, is the flagship of the Drive Green Project by Japanese shipping company K Line. The vessel is its way of showcasing a sustainable future for shipping: Drive Green Highway brings together so many smart technologies that its CO2 emissions are 25% lower than a conventional car carrier. The vessel has only recently been completed: Drive Green Highway was launched on 14 February in Yokohama, Japan. It arrived in the port of Amsterdam, as its first ever visit to a Dutch port, less than two months later. The massive hold has space for 7,500 cars, but the ship also carries other cargo: several earthmovers were unloaded at the VCK Terminal/Waterland, for instance. The vessel left for Teesport (UK) after a day, as scheduled. The shipping company K Line has created a futuristic movie (available on YouTube) which illustrates all the innovative technologies deployed on the ship. A striking element is the modern design of Drive Green Highway, especially when compared to conventional car carriers, which are often described as shoeboxes. A car carrier is usually large and hugely sensitive to the wind, while the dynamic design of Drive Green Highway reduces wind resistance and improves stability. WHAT’S IN A NAME? Obviously the name refers to the green (i.e. sustainable) nature of the ship. Drive Green Highway is the first sustainable car carrier in a series of ten ships made for the Drive Green Project of the Japanese shipping company K Line. As the first of the carriers, only Drive Green Highway will have all the innovative techniques mentioned above, and will act as a testing ground for future applications. For more information, see www.kline. co.jp/en/movie/1203779_2645.html. Gross register tonnage: 76,387 Maximum speed: 20 knots (service speed: c. 18 knots) Length: 200 m Beam: 37.5 m Draught: up to 9.9 m Capacity: more than 7,500 cars Sustainable technologies A prominent feature of the ship is the 900 solar panels on the deck, which together generate sufficient power for the LED lighting on board. Other sustainable technologies help reduce fuel consumption. For instance, the use of a special coating reduces drag by 20%. The design of the propeller – based on a new type of calculations – provides another boost to efficiency. Innovative technologies in the car carrier significantly reduce emissions of sulphur and nitrogen. Ship fuel often contains a lot of sulphur, and the rules for emissions have become more stringent since 1 January 2015. Drive Green Highway features an advanced scrubber which rinses exhaust gases, while innovative technologies in the engine significantly reduce nitrogen emissions. <strong>AMSTERDAM</strong> SEAPORTS 2016 43
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