The Sea Trial of TT-Line's 1st Green Ship Has Started

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German ferry operator TT-Line has started sea trials for its first Green Ship (LNG-powered RoPax ferry) in China. The sea trial will last about two weeks and is one of two test phases that are taking place.

The ferry will be operated in TT-Line's Baltic Sea route network in Germany, Poland, Lithuania, and Sweden. It will join TT-Line's existing fleet of six ferries operating on various routes in the Baltic Sea.

TT-Line signed a contract with the Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Jinling for the ferry's construction in December 2018. The contract also includes an option for a second vessel. TT-Line designed and developed it in collaboration with Copenhagen-based designer, OSK-Shiptech. The ferry is designed with the aim of achieving five-star environmental rating from the Clean Shipping Index (CSI). TT-Line Green Ship has an overall length of 230m, a breadth of 31m, a height of 39m, and a maximum draught of 6.7m. It will offer comfortable and modern travel experience to passengers.

The TT-Line Green Ship will have a range of energy-efficient solutions in order to provide an environment-friendly transport solution for passengers. Air-conditioning will operate on a cold recovery system by reusing the chilliness of re-gasified LNG. The Alaska-cooler will use seawater to run the air-conditioning system. The ferry will also be equipped with a heat recovery system, which will absorb heat from outbound air to warm up fresh inbound air.

All air handling units, compressors, fans, as well as heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) pumps aboard the ferry will have variable-frequency drive (VFD) controllers to improve energy-efficiency.

Source:

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