Eco-friendly NYK Coal Carrier Honored as 2012 Ship of the Year
An eco-friendly NYK-owned coal carrier,Soyo, has been selected as the 2012 "Ship of the Year" by the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers (JASNAOE)Soyo was honored for its innovative air-lubrication system and its proven impact on CO2 reduction. This new air-lubrication system reduces CO2 emissions by taking some of the main engine scavenging air (combustion air) from the main engine's turbocharger and leading it to the vessel's bottom to reduce the frictional resistance between the vessel's bottom and the seawater.A system featuring this scavenging air bypass is expected to be effective in reducing CO2 on large vessels having deep drafts.Yamatai andYamato have similar air-lubrication systems, and were actually the world's first vessels involved in overseas transport to have such a system permanently installed. The NYK Group is currently looking to equip car carriers with this eco-friendly system.The system was jointly developed by NYK, Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., and the Monohakobi Technology Institute, an NYK Group company, in cooperation with the National Maritime Research Institute. System development was subsidized through Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's "Support for Technology Development from Marine Vessels for Curtailing CO2" project, among others.*The NYK Group will continue to encourage initiatives that ...
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