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Clean technology company Silverstream Technologies has announced that they have been jointly awarded the Royal Institution of Naval Architects QinetiQ Maritime Innovation Award, alongside Shell Shipping & Maritime, for the recent retrofit installation of the Silverstream
® System onboard the Shell-chartered LNG carrier
Methane Patricia Camila.
Methane Patricia Camilla.
The award, which recognises innovations that are making significant improvements in the design, construction, and operation of oceangoing vessels, has been presented to the companies for their efforts to drive forward the use of proven efficiency technologies within shipping.
The announcement supports Silverstream’s continued ambition to make air lubrication a standard on all vessels. It also follows the recently announced completion of trials of the System onboard the
Silverstream Technologies and Shell awarded the Royal Institution of Naval Architects QinetiQ Maritime Innovation Award
Clean technology company Silverstream Technologies has today announced that they have been jointly awarded the Royal Institution of Naval Architects’ QinetiQ Maritime Innovation Award, alongside Shell Shipping & Maritime, for the recent retrofit installation of the Silverstream® System onboard the Shell-chartered LNG carrier Methane Patricia Camila.
The award, which recognises innovations that are making significant improvements in the design, construction and operation of oceangoing vessels, has been presented to the companies for their efforts to drive forward the use of proven efficiency technologies within shipping.
The announcement supports Silverstream’s continued ambition to make air lubrication a standard on all vessels. It also follows the recently announced completion of trials of the System onboard the Methane Patricia Camila. During these trials,
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Clean technology company Silverstream Technologies has announced that its pioneering air lubrication system, the Silverstream
® System, has delivered significant fuel and emissions savings during testing on the Shell-chartered 170 000 m
3 LNG carrier
Methane Patricia Camila.
Following operational testing of the retrofitted technology, Silverstream and Shell’s engineers demonstrated 6.6% net savings generated by the Silverstream System. The technology was tested at various vessel speeds during the
Methane Patricia Camila’s normal operations, to calculate fuel and emissions savings.
The Silverstream System enables fuel and emissions efficiencies through its unique design. The innovative technology produces a thin layer of microbubbles along the full flat bottom of the vessel, reducing frictional resistance between the water and the hull.