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The winter navigation system in the Naval Architect Mikko Elo was onboard cargo vessel Suula to observe the real ice
Baltic Sea requires all merchant ships, conditions in Bay of Bothnia in winter 2017.
even those usually escorted by
icebreakers, to have some ice
performance and accordingly the
Finnish-Swedish Ice Class Rules include
a requirement for minimum installed
power. On the other hand, the Energy
Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) imposes
a power ceiling for ships, resulting in
somewhat contradictory regulations.
To proceed in ice ships require higher
installed power than is in use when
sailing in open water. In EEDI
calculations this handicap is
compensated for with a correction factor
in order for ice classed ships to be on the
same level as average open water ships.
There is a fear, however, that the EEDI Suula is a conventional product tanker
requirements will have an impact on the with a bulbous bow designed for ice
winter navigation system and an operations.
increase in icebreaker services would be
needed to maintain an efficient and
fluent navigation system. If this is the 30 cm. No ice ridges were encountered
case then the entire aim of lowering but a strong wind from southwest
carbon dioxide emissions is lost. resulted in pressure in the ice field,
Consequently, the Winter Navigation which slowed us down at times. Outside
Research Board funded a research the Oulu fairway there was additionally a
project named BowForm, with the aim to narrow patch of thick brash ice at the
see how well the new EEDI-ships edge of the fast ice cover which turned
manage in ice conditions in practice out to be the most challenging ice
compared to ships of conventional conditions during the trip.”
design. Based on these observations a testing
no defined channel, or situations where programme was established.
Testing programme no icebreaker is available.” For the tests a two-part model with a
In the Finnish-Swedish Ice Class Rules Aker Arctic Naval Architect Mikko Elo changeable bow was used.
the installed power requirements for was first onboard tanker Suula in March “The advantage is that it is basically the
each ice class are based on the ship's 2017 to gather information about the real same ship with different bows so the
ability to maintain a speed of 5 knots in a ice conditions. Suula is a conventional results are easy to compare,” Saisto
brash ice channel of certain thickness. product tanker with a bulbous bow says.
“In real life, nature is never perfect and designed for ice conditions. Two different bow forms, an “EEDI
ice channels are not always available,” “We started the trip from Porvoo, via bow” designed to fulfil the requirements
Project Manager Ilkka Saisto explains. Oulu onwards to Vaasa,” Elo says. “We of low water resistance and the Suula
“Due to that reason, our aim was to had open water until the Bay of Bothnia, bulbous bow, were tested in two different
investigate also conditions where there is where the ice thickness was only about ice conditions.
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Aker Arctic Technology Inc Newsletter September 2018
Other projects Two sets of tests with both models were performed.
The Winter Navigation Research Board
has also funded other research projects
EEDI [g Co2 /te. nm]
related to EEDI and ice navigation. 25
Mattsson has recently finalised the The purpose of the
Phase 0 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2014
PREEDICT project in which he has, IMO Energy
Phase 1 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2019
together with the Finnish Transport Efficiency Design 20
Phase 2 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2024
Safety Agency (Trafi), developed a index (EEDI) is to
proposal for new correction factors for promote energy Phase 3 01.01.2025 - Onwards
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