RETROFITting ships with new technologies for improved overall environmental footprint.

Project RETROFIT’s aim is to develop methods and supporting tools for the benefi t of the shipbuilding and ship repair industry, as well as the shipping community involved in (ship) retrofi tting activities following a practical and pragmatic approach.

The main points of project RETROFIT are:• Methods to identify ship candidates for retrofi tting

based on (rest) life cycle considerations and tools to assess the overall economic performance of ships.

• Methods and tools for simulating the working of various confi gurations of ship main and auxiliary systems regarding energy usage and emissions including alternative fuels, alternative energy sources, energy recovering systems, emission treatment systems etc.

• Methods and tools for “reverse engineering” enabling to build product models suitable for the retrofi tting process. Ship external (hull form) and internal geometry (compartments), and machinery & outfi t positions (with all relevant piping & cabling) will be necessary.

• Methods and tools to control ships energy and emission performance: decision support systems for emission control and energy optimization over the entire service profi le, monitoring and managing retrofi tted technologies performance throughout the remaining life cycle.

• Design-for-retrofi tting methodology based on standardisation and modularisation principles.

• Effi cient corresponding yard processes for minimum out-of-business time for retrofi tting ships

Retrofi tting is defi ned as the installation on-board ships of state-of-the-art or innovative components or systems and could in principle be driven by the need to meet new regulatory standards or by the ship owner interest to upgrade to higher operational standards.

Technologically rejuvenated ships might / will “age” again within years after retrofi tting. Possessing the capability to monitor and manage the retrofi tted ship overall performance throughout the remaining life cycle will a) ensure optimal performance and b) help identify emerging conditions which justify new retrofi tting action(s). Retrofi tting should therefore become an established practice in the shipping industry involving the entire value chain and exploring the possibilities that may open to the industry on a continuous basis.

RETROFIT Project FP 7Retrofi tting

The project will be carried out by a consortium of fourteen European members including ship owners, major equipment suppliers, research organisations and class. The project duration is three years, the budget is ca. 4 million. The RETROFIT consortium consists of the following organisations:

A main challenge of project RETROFIT is to assess the performance of ships before and after retrofi tting. The proposed assessment method employs simulation technology to determine the ship performance in operation, using an existing ship as benchmark (case ship). NAME: José Mariá Entrecanales, a RORO vessel

maintaining a regular service between mainland Spain and the island of Mallorca

OWNER: Acciona Transmediterraea. The company owns a fl eet of 22 RORO, RO-PAX and High Speed vessels.

LENGTH O.A. 209.43m LENGTH P.P. 190.00 mBREADTH 26.5 mDRAUGHT, SCANTLINGS 7.10 m DEPTH, MAIN DECK 9.60 mDEPTH, UPPER DECK 16,65 mSERVICE SPEED (90%MCR, 10% S.M.) 26 KnotsMAXIMUM DISPLACEMENT 22140 tonCLASSIFICATION SOCIETY Bureau Veritas CLASS NOTATIONS I+ HULL, + MACH, Ro-Ro Cargo Ship,

Unrestricted Navigation, AUT-UMS, AUT-PORT, SYS-NEQ-1,MON-SHAFT, IN-WATERSURVEY

GROSS TONNAGE 30998 GTNET TONNAGE 18547 NTDEADWEIGHT 10140 tonBUILDER NAVANTIA Astillero San Fernando – Puerto RealYARD NUMBER C/ 509, 2010

Retrofi t fi rst results • WP1-RETROFIT ships in operation: developing a method for identifying

“worthy” retrofi tting candidates and their retrofi tting needs. WP1 will provide a (full-scale) validated analysis and assessment model.

• WP2-The RETROFIT ship: handles the new (retrofi tted) ship confi guration in terms of safety and investigates a “design for retrofi tting” approach by means of a ship architecture based on modularisation and standardisation principles.

• WP3-RETROFIT Green technologies solutions: dealing with available green technologies in terms of selection, evaluation and combining & fi tting these into existing ship confi gurations. WP3 deals also with development of methods and tools to monitor and control ships energy and emission performance.

• WP4-RETROFIT process: dealing with the process of retrofi tting, in particular reverse engineering methods and tools.

• WP5-RETROFIT Impact, knowledge and dissemination: takes care of the knowledge updating throughout the duration of the project, develops the Dissemination & Exploitation Plan and provides the project website.

• WP6-RETROFIT management: taking care of the execution of the work programme, deals with the registration, administration and control of the consortium resources, organises key events and report on progress according to the contract terms.

Consortium Case ship

www.retrofi t-project.eu | Project Coordinator: CMTI | +31 10 44 44 330 | info@cmti.nl

ACCIONA Infraestructuras www.acciona.com

Center of Maritime Technologies (CMT) www.cmt-net.org

Centre for Maritime Technology and Innovation (CMTI) - Project Coordinator www.cmti.nl

IMAWIS Maritime Wirtschafts- und Schiffbauforschung www.imawis.de

Imtech Marine & Offshore www.imtech.nl

Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) www.marin.nl

MARLO www.marlo.nl

Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen www.scheldepoort.com

Gdańsk Shipyard www.gdanskshipyard.pl

Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientifi c Research (TNO) www.tno.nl

Delft University of Technology www.tudelft.nl

University of Antwerp www.ua.ac.be

VICUS Desarrollos Technológicos www.vicusdt.com

Wärtsilä www.wartsila.com