Streamline realises greater efficiencies

Up to 90% of all goods handled in Europe are transported by sea and within the EU, more than 40% of goods are carried by water. Increasing environmental concerns, borne out in new legislation, coupled with volatile oil prices, have created a renewed focus on fuel efficiency for the marine industry. This paper will address advances in CFD that have been made and then by elaborating on some of the concepts that they have been used on, including a study on contra-rotating propeller arrangements, distributed thrust for inland waterway vessels and advanced waterjets.