The Rolls-Royce marine magazine Issue 28 • September 2016 beyond the horizon Rolls-Royce advanced design and technology opens up a new age of adventure tourism Pages 20-23 Customer focus Leading innovation Latest projects Latest technology On board a fish farm Safe transfers to Radical developments ‘Power by the Hour’ vessel powered by LNG offshore wind turbines in contra-rotation service reduces risks upfront ContentsIssue 28 • September 2016 Latest projects 16 20 CONTRA-ROTATION INVESTING IN ADVENTURE Decades of experience in hydrodynamics Norwegian shipping line Hurtigruten and cavitation are vital in providing a radical places an order for up to four new propulsion solution for a hybrid superyacht Rolls-Royce designed explorer vessels Leading innovation Latest technology Customer focus 10 28 WALK THIS WAY SUSTAINABLY Transferring technicians FEEDING FISH safely and efficiently to LNG-powered vessels are offshore wind turbines playing a key role in keeping the fish fed in Norway’s vast 12 aquaculture industry QUESTIONS ANSWERED Kevin Daffy, Director 30 Engineering & Technology, on A DECADE OF challenges and opportunities NAVAL SUPPORT How a small team providing 14 32 34 in-service support to the PERMANENT MAGNETS REASSESS YOUR RISK TRIED AND TESTED Royal Australian Navy has Rolls-Royce is expanding Rolls-Royce expands its The new MTU marine gas evolved to become a leading its range of permanent innovative marine “Power engine successfully completes provider of fully integrated magnet thruster options by the Hour” service 3,000 hours of bench testing material support About Indepth magazine People © Rolls-Royce plc 2016. 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Patrik Wheater; Richard White Production: Connect Publications Ltd rolls-royce indepth magazine 03 upfront EditorialThought leadership from our Executives Despite current economic uncertainties, Rolls-Royce is focused on navigating new markets arising from our experience in different industries and sectors with mikael mäkinen nce again, the eyes of the shipping world will O be on Hamburg this September, where the SMM international maritime trade fair takes place. With the rapid pace of technology development in our industry today, and the challenges many have faced because of low oil prices, this year’s SMM promises to be an eye opener for many reasons. There’s no doubt that the digitisation of shipping is happening, and happening fast, so I expect that will be a hot topic once again. The wider availability of new cloud-based technology and big data platforms is going to have a dramatic impact on how the shipping industry manages information, not to mention how it will operate in future. We’re seeing solid growth in the use of data, with owners wanting more real time information to better future technology challenges facing One example is in offshore wind, manage their assets. our customers across all sectors, where the trend is now towards For Rolls-Royce, it means a new not only those involved in offshore. larger turbines operating further out way of thinking, and a new way of What our experience of offshore to sea, beyond the range of smaller running our business. We’re nearing TOP: The Benetti does give us though is a suite of workboats. So, what do you require the completion of a major exercise Vivace 125 yacht Iron proven technology that can be used to carry out these demanding to re-shape our business around Man is the first to be elsewhere, in adjacent markets. tasks and ferry people and fitted with Azipull the future market, and that of Carbon thrusters This year, we’ve been successful equipment safely to these offshore course means shaping our business [Image credit: in landing a range of contracts installations? The answer is a vessel around the future demands Benetti/Quin Bisset] that have involved us taking our with proven capability, excellent of our customers. BOTTOM: Our technology into new and emerging seakeeping and in-built systems vast experience What low oil prices have taught markets, where the demands are to enable the safe and routine in offshore is us is that we need a business with also benefitting surprisingly often quite similar to maintenance of a growing number more balance that can address the renewable energy. those of offshore operators. of offshore windfarms. 04 rolls-royce indepth magazine upfront “The need to withstand harsh sea conditions, to operate efficiently, reliably and safely, underpins our product and systems philosophy” We’ve recently won a repeat ABOVE: Rolls-Royce much of which owes its existence to The past 18 months have rocked order for the latest adaptation of will design and the demands of the North Sea. These many parts of our industry, but in equip explorer cruise our classic UT design, specifically ships for Norway’s ships will feature our wave-piercing some ways this period has created developed around the requirements Hurtigruten. bow, and the Unified Bridge, both a much sharper focus on what of this evolving industry. The originally developed with offshore in lies ahead in technology terms. walk-to-work nature of these ships BELOW: Mikael mind, but now finding favour across Successful navigation of such new means maintenance crews can Mäkinen a range of ship types. It’s been many opportunities will be the key to spend several days at sea, in relative years since we designed a cruise ship, a brighter future. There will be comfort between shifts, much and we’re delighted to be involved in challenges along the way, such as in the way those serving oil and this very significant project. uncertainties in the world economy, gas platforms do. Another area I expect to hear but there is a clear drive to move The need to withstand more about in future is the use of shipping to a new age. harsh sea conditions, to operate alternative materials and smart Digitisation is coming, and there efficiently, reliably and safely, manufacturing techniques. Across is a growing demand for ships to be underpins our product and systems Rolls-Royce we have access to an increasingly efficient – that will see philosophy. That’s meant that extensive range of know-how in more players adopting new digital we’ve had to develop solutions these technologies, developed for business models. So there is no that are mission critical and our numerous markets. The use of much doubt about our industry being in customers can rely on. lighter carbon fibre materials in transition, which could perhaps see Another new market opportunity our jet engines is quite advanced, more consolidation. Such transition is an exciting project for Norway’s and we’re now taking this to our is an exciting prospect, and if you’re Hurtigruten, who are developing marine portfolio. prepared to embrace change, the a new generation of explorer This year we delivered our first opportunities will come. cruise ships to operate in Arctic Azipull Carbon thruster, a significant waters. It’s a destination growing proportion of which is manufactured in popularity with passengers from carbon fibre. Aimed initially who want an experience just at the yacht market, its lightweight www.rolls-royce.com/ products-and-services/marine that little bit different. Read more construction and hydrodynamic marineinfo about it on page 18. characteristics give us another @rolls-royce.com These vessels will incorporate exciting prospect for the future – you www.linkedin.com/ a range of Rolls-Royce technology, can read more on page 8. company/rolls-royce rolls-royce indepth magazine 05 upfront Vision for autonomous ships published The Rolls-Royce led Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications The latest developments across Rolls-Royce marine Initiative (AAWA) published a white paper to coincide with its presentations at the Autonomous Ship Technology Symposium 2016 in Amsterdam. The white paper outlines the project’s £44m investment in vision of how remote and autonomous shipping will become a reality. thruster manufacture It explores the research carried out on the business Rolls-Royce is planning a major case for autonomous programme of investment in its applications, the safety and azimuth thruster production facility security implications of in Rauma, Finland, consolidating designing and operating assembly and test capability and remotely operated ships, modernising the operation to the legal and regulatory position the business for future dimensions and the growth opportunities. existence and readiness The €57m* (£44m) project will of a supplier network include a major rebuild of existing to deliver commercially facilities, the transfer of thruster applicable products. assembly and testing on to one site The white paper draws from the existing two locations, on a range of expertise and a significant investment from academic researchers in new equipment. from some of Finland’s Rauma produces a wide range of leading universities: mechanical azimuth thrusters for Tampere University of use across a number of applications, Technology; VTT Technical including semi-submersible drilling Research Centre of Finland rigs and drillships, tugs and offshore Ltd; Åbo Akademi University; vessels, to icebreakers and polar Aalto University, and the research ships.