PERFECt Project Pushes LNG-Powered Boxship Closer to the Order Book

DNV GL says phase II of the PERFECt project validated phase I results.
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DNV GL Wednesday announced that its PERFECt joint industry project (JIP) with ABB, OMT, GTT, Caterpillar's Solar Turbines, CMA CGM, and CMA CGM subsidiary CMA Ships has shown the technical and economic feasibility of an electric-driven 20,000 TEU ultra large container vessel (ULCV) with an liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled combined cycle gas and steam turbine (COGES) electric power plant.

As Ship & Bunker has previously reported, the JIP project was intended to utilise LNG as a primary fuel for a box ship design with an ultra-low emissions profile that featured the same carrying capacity and efficiency as existing ULCVs.

Phase II of the project was intended to validate phase I results and develop the concept to a "ready to order" stage.

"The results show technical and economic feasibility of the project. Existing technologies can be adopted to make PERFECt II a reality," said Julien Bec, GTT, Vice-President of LNG as Fuel directorate.

The results of phase II of the PERFECt JIP were presented Wednesday at the Nor-Shipping trade fair in Oslo.

"The PERFECt project has brought a new set of expert capabilities together and delivered promising results," said Gerd Würsig, Business Director for LNG-fuelled ships at DNV GL – Maritime.

"The impulse behind this project was the interest in seeing how a modern ultra large container ship design could benefit from clean fuel and highly efficient COGES technology. We have achieved our objectives and now have a validated design concept with enough technical detail to develop a business case."