THE South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has proposed a new design feature to increase the box intake of large containerships at the world’s largest maritime trade fair in Hamburg.
The patented concept, called "Skybench", consists of a three-deck accommodation block straddling deck containers and sliding fore and-aft on side rails located on the top of two side casings.
Designed to be installed on twin-island ships, which feature a semi-forward deckhouse, Skybench allows for almost an entire bay of deck containers to be loaded underneath the ship's bridge and above the bunker tanks.
Designed for a 14,000-TEU and for a 19,000-TEUers, Skybench will add an extra 300 TEU for a typical 20-row wide ultra large containership and of up to 450 TEU for a 23-row wide 19,000-TEUer, reports Alphaliner.
Hyundai suggests its Skybench would be ideal to compensate the intake loss that gas-powered ships have compared to heavy fuel oil (HFO)-fuel vessels, due to the large size of liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanks.
However, the concept can be applied to HFO-fuelled vessels as well. Hyundai also claims that Skybench could introduce a survival concept in case of emergency, since the sliding accommodation block is detachable and would float if the vessel should sink.
CONTAINER
18 September 2014 - 21:43
Hyundai comes up with Skybench concept to boost volume of large boxships
THE South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has proposed a new design feature to increase the box intake of large containerships at the world’s largest maritime trade fair in Hamburg.
CONTAINER
18 September 2014 - 21:43
Hyundai comes up with Skybench concept to boost volume of large boxships
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