Elomatic’s new Marine & Offshore Energy appointment
Guido Schulte (M.Sc.) has been appointed as Sales Director for Elomatic’s Marine & Offshore Energy Business Unit (BU) starting on November 1, 2022. He will also continue in his position as Managing Director at Elomatic Maritime Technologies GmbH in Wismar, Germany.As Sales Director, Schulte will be responsible for leading and developing the sales for Marine & Offshore Energy globally, including the company’s BU sales and marketing strategy, budgeting, organization and business development. With this key appointment, Elomatic will strengthen its sales organization in both the marine and
Offshore wind farms are facing a considerable bottleneck in construction, as the current method of installation using offshore lift vessels is both slow and expensive. Finnish Elomatic offers a foundation solution that makes installation without lift vessels possible and is up to 20 % more affordable than current methods.With Elomatic’s Float Foundation concept, the windfarm is installed onshore using cranes. The wind farm and foundation are then towed to the site of operation and lowered to sea without lift vessels.
This method is 10-20 % more cost-effective than current installation
The purpose of Elogrids is to reduce a ship’s fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. This decision significantly decreases the environmental impact of marine traffic. M/S Viking XPRS is the second Viking Line ship to have Elogrids installed.Elogrids reduce a M/S Viking XPRS fuel consumption about 2 %, which leads to about 500 kilos of fuel saved per day. This reduction means 1 500 kilos less CO\2\ emissions per day.
Elogrids are installed at the entrance of tunnel thrusters. They reduce additional resistance from tunnels in normal operation and improve propeller thrust force when
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (hereinafter, NYK), MTI Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, MTI), and Elomatic, a Finnish consulting and engineering firm, launched the development of a concept design for “Ammonia-fuel Ready LNG-Fueled Vessel” (ARLFV), which covers the transition to future marine fuel.1. Background
Currently, NYK and MTI (hereinafter, the NYK Group) promotes upgrading its fleet via the use of LNG, a low-carbon marine fuel, to achieve NYK’s mid- and long-term environmental targets*. The LNG-fueled vessel is set as a bridge solution to future marine fuel. The NYK Group also participates