The X-Press Carina smoothly departed from COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Shanghai at 6:00 am on September 13th, 2023, accompanied by the sounding of the whistle. It signifies the successful delivery of ContiOcean Group for Singapore X-Press Feeders on wind deflector EPC project for container vessel.
X-Press Carina is a newly delivered vessel of X-Press Feeders, with the overall length of 272 meters, width of 42.8 meters and container capacity over 7,000 TEU. By installing the wind deflector on the bow for significant reductions in wind resistance, the fuel savings and an emission reduction is up to 2%.
At the beginning of 2023, upon receiving the appeal of X-Press Feeders, our R&D team implemented a multi-step design process that included basic and detailed designs, FEM calculations and analysis, CFD simulations, and wind tunnel tests to achieve a 2% in fuel consumption saving and emissions reduction. Through structural optimization to reduce the weight of the structure. We ensured that there was no containers reduction when fully loaded. Relying on ContiOcean project management team with offshore project experience and management standards, we were successfully awarded the EPC contract for the series of projects.
After the delivered from newbuilding shipyard, the X-Press Carina was berthed into CHI Shanghai on the evening of September 3rd, 2023. During the construction, elaborate planning and efficient management were carried out by the project team to overcome weather impact caused by Typhoon No. 11, ensuring to finish the additional modification in short period. At 15:00 on September 6, an 800 tons floating crane was utilized for wind deflector lifting and installing. After 18 hours of continuous hard work, team members successfully accomplished overall installation of the wind deflector at 9:00 am on September 7. In early morning hours of September 11, all steel and painting jobs for wind deflector were finalized within a working period of seven days. Subsequent to completing the preparation jobs such as bunkering, X-Press Carina sailed smoothly in the early morning of September 13th.
ContiOcean Group successfully delivered the first set of container vessel wind deflector within 7 days, resulting in a 2% reduction in fuel consumption and emissions. It signifies another successful development by ContiOcean Group in energy-saving devices, following PSV, HAVF, and rudder bulb. Furthermore, it represents another milestone for ContiOcean Group in delivering EPC turnkey projects after the completion of the EGCS EPC project. This accomplishment highlights ContiOcean Group's advancements in marketing, R&D, as well as project management capabilities.Since established, ContiOcean Group is focusing on the development and research of marine and offshore environment protection solutions. Its core business mainly covers the fields of marine and offshore environment protection solutions, marine clean energy solutions, and smart shipping. At present, based on the exhaust gas clean system reference of the hundreds of vessels, ContiOcean Group has developed the products covering LNG/LEG-fuel gas supply system, Methanol/LPG/Ammonia-LFSS fuel supply system, LNG/LPG/LCO2/ammonium-cargo handling system. Further more, the carbon capture system developed based on the ContiOcean exhaust gas clean system will be delivered and installed in 2024.Mr. Jacky Zhou, the chairman of ContiOcean Group, said that ContiOcean will continue to follow the corporate mission of "propel green energy, protect blue planet", by the research and development in the field of marine and offshore environment protection, marine clean energy solution, smart shipping and so on, to make a contribution to the marine industry and global carbon emission reduction achieved.
