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Retrofitting Shell’s Patricia Camila LNG tanker with air lubricationled to significant fuel and emissions savings for the giant vessel. Andrew Wade reports.
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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,