DSR completes Becker Twisted Fin series
Last October Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR) won the contract for installing the first Becker Twisted Fin on seven containerships of the fleet of Hamburg based liner shipping company Hamburg Süd.
To complete the project in time, the vessels were routed in such a way that they could each be dry-docked for a maximum of six days every consecutive week. All the ships have now been re-delivered.
The Becker Twisted Fin has been developed to improve the performance of the vessel in combination with the propeller and the aft body of the vessel. After testing in the Hamburg Ship Model Basin HSVA it showed an improvement of reducing the fuel consumption for this type of vessel by close to 4%. With the Becker Twisted Fins now installed, both Hamburg Süd and Damen Shiprepair have contributed in a small but significant way to environmental protection.
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