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Danish Innovation Drive Finds Big Emission Savings


Denmark’s largest maritime innovation project has concluded with major emission reductions for shipowners J Lauritzen and Torm and several fuel-saving machinery innovations, says an article published in Marine Propulsion.

What is the Blue INNOship programme?

The four-year Blue INNOship programme, comprising 16 technical projects with input from 40 commercial and academic organisations, has cut the two shipowners’ CO2 emissions by more than 100,000 tonnes a year.

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[Answer] How Does Ship Engines Work?

According to Newton’s third law of motion, every action has an equal and opposite action. Though not always obvious (in a literal sense), it’s the essence of anything that moves us through the world.

Ships are powered by propellers and they too use Newton’s third law, as it is the propeller which pulls or pushes the vessel forward by hurling a mass of water behind it, explains Baibhav Mishra in an article published in Sea News. Here’s an excerpt from that article

The Marine Engine

In a marine...

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Sharrow Engineering Unveils Game Changing New High Efficiency Propeller

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The Sharrow Propeller increases efficiency 9-15 percent with same installation cost as traditional props.

Philadelphia design firm Sharrow Engineering, LLC announced today that the company’s revolutionary propeller design has been awarded patents in the US, Japan, Canada, and European Union with further domestic and international patents pending. Additionally, the final phase of testing on its core propeller product has been completed.

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https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/sharrow-engineering-unveils-game-changing-new-high-efficiency-propeller/

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