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Visit us at booth 305, hall A3  

Rolls-Royce will be exhibiting its latest advanced technology designed to make ship operations smarter, greener and more efficient and which will shape the future of the maritime industry.

On show will be the company’s innovative propulsion technology, including the new permanent magnet thruster, the latest green and high tech engines and newest Unified Bridge applications. The company will also be demonstrating how it is applying experience from the oil and gas sector to specialist ship design in other areas and how Ship Intelligence is creating smarter ships and helping customers cut costs and improve reliability. 

The company is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the MTU Series 4000 this year as well as two years since the launch of its Bergen B33:45 and the 70th Anniversary of Bergen engine production. 

Find out more below, or visit the stand (booth 305, hall A3).

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At a glance

Hurtigruten's new Rolls-Royce designed explorer vessel 

Specialised Vessels

Hear about the specialist vessels explorer cruise ships, wind farm support vessels and research ships in build, which use decades of Rolls-Royce experience designing vessels and equipment to operate safely and reliably in some of the harshest conditions on the planet.

SMM - Ship Intelligence

Ship Intelligence

Find out about how Rolls-Royce is using Ship Intelligence to help customers cut costs and improve the overall availability, performance and safety of their vessels using the company’s Power By The Hour product developed and proven in the company’s aerospace business.

Unified Bridge 

Unified Bridge

Experience the newest applications for the Rolls-Royce Unified Bridge including for: Wind Farm Support Vessels and large passenger ferries as well as tugs and fishing vessels, using virtual reality technology.

Permanent Magnet Technology 

Innovative propulsion

See the company’s latest innovative propulsion technology including the permanent magnet tunnel thruster the TT-PM 2000. 

LNG 

Engines

See some of the company’s newest, most advanced and greenest engines.

Specialist vessels
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award winning UT 540 Wind Farm Support Vessel

Rolls-Royce combines experience, the ability to innovate and state-of-the-art equipment to set the standard for the future of ship design and solve the challenges our customers face.

Watch the Wind Farm Support Vessel animation on YouTube

We design complete solutions to provide measurable value where it matters most. Our approach reduces costs, maximises efficiency, minimises emissions and caps risk, delivering solutions that strike a perfect balance between performance, investment and ownerships costs, all backed by an international customer support network of over 1000 service engineers in 50+ locations .

Jan Emblemsvåg, Rolls-Royce, Senior Vice President of Ship Design and Systems – Marine is available for briefings and interview.

At SMM we are showcasing three of our latest specialist designs:

  • The award winning UT 540 Wind Farm Support Vessel was developed specifically to support operations in shallow waters at offshore windfarms. The design has a high focus on seakeeping capabilities, station keeping performance, improved comfort and safety on board, and reduced fuel consumption.  As well as designing the vessel, Rolls-Royce supply the diesel electric main machinery, consisting of frequency controlled electric driven azimuth thrusters, super silent mounted transverse thrusters, DP2 dynamic positioning system, power electrical system, deck machinery, and the latest generation Acon automation and control system.

    The first vessel was ordered in 2015 by Østensjø Rederi to serve as the base for wind turbine technicians while they perform maintenance on DONG Energy’s Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm, off the coast of Lincolnshire, UK. The company has ordered a second vessel to work on the Hornsea Project One wind farm off the coast of the UK.

    A leading member of the design team Martin de Jongh is available for briefings and interview.
  • Explorer cruise vessels – we have recently signed a £25m contract with Hurtigruten for two vessels with an option for two more. In addition to the innovative ship design with a wave piercing bow, Rolls-Royce will supply an integrated package of technology and equipment.  Among the deliveries will be the innovative Rolls-Royce Unified Bridge, which represents a complete redesign of the ship bridge environment.

    A leading member of the design team Per Edil Vedlog is available for briefings and interview.
  • Research Vessels - Rolls-Royce was selected to design and equip a new polar research ship (Polar Code 4) for Britain- the RRS Sir David Attenborough. The 128m long UT 851 Polar vessel has to meet a series of tough requirements including; the ability to break first year ice one metre thick at three knots, generate very low levels of underwater radiated noise, carry up to 90 people and a large quantity of cargo and undertake long cruises, all with minimum risk of pollution.

    In meeting these demanding requirements Rolls-Royce has gained from designing the UT395 Polar Code 3 research vessel, FF Kronprins Haakon, currently being built in Italy for the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research. 

    A leading member of the design team Einer Vegsund and Hans Robert Almestad VP Sales & Contract Europe are available for briefings and interview.

For further information, or to arrange an appointment with one of our experts, please contact:

Simon Kirby
External Communications Manager - Marine
 
Ship Intelligence
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YouTube video: Rolls-Royce future shore control centre

Rolls-Royce is harnessing the power of big data in order to deliver customer solutions in the areas of health management solutions, optimisation and decision support, and remote and autonomous operation.

Increasingly sophisticated ships will harness data to drive safer, more efficient and more cost effective operations. 

With the widest product portfolio in the marine industry and advanced data analytics developed in our aerospace business, Rolls-Royce is a natural leader for the era of ship intelligence. Over $50 billion in asset value is already monitored across Rolls-Royce every day and our world-class experts can help customers transform their operations through:

  • Health Management Solutions (HMS) allow us to monitor the condition of equipment in operation, collecting data which will allow customers to make informed decisions about vessel operations and maintenance. This can improve vessel availability, minimise unexpected downtime and extend maintenance intervals for our customers. Where a fault is identified with the potential to threaten a complete breakdown, Rolls-Royce can, with the permission of the Master, assist the crew to manage or fix the problem remotely;  
  • Optimisation and decision support allows us to help turn customers’ information into  insight providing reports, analytics, and advice to optimise their operations around energy, emissions, payload and safety. 
  • Remote and autonomous ships - worldwide interest in remote and autonomous shipping is growing driven by the potential benefits. They are expected to be safer, more efficient and cheaper both to build and to run. The technologies needed to make them a reality exist.

The Rolls-Royce led AAWA project brings together universities, ship designers, equipment manufacturers, and classification societies to explore the economic, social, legal, regulatory and technological factors which need to be addressed to make autonomous ships a reality. It will pave the way for a remote controlled ship in commercial use by the end of the decade. 

Oskar Levander, Rolls-Royce, Vice President of Innovation – Marine, Rolls-Royce, Marco Cristoforo Camporeale , General Manager – Health Management Solutions are available for briefings and interview.

For further information, or to arrange an appointment with one of our experts, please contact:

Simon Kirby
External Communications Manager - Marine
 
Unified Bridge
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YouTube video: Dr Frøy Bjørneseth - Principal Engineer for Human Factors and Control Centres

The Rolls-Royce Unified Bridge concept is at the forefront of bridge design.

Since its launch, at Nor Shipping in 2011 our focus has been on designing bridge solutions which increase the safety of vessel operations, offer potential savings through more effective use of the equipment and provide better, more attractive, working conditions for seafarers by improving crew comfort on the bridge. We have delivered, or are about to deliver, six vessels which embody this approach. 

The first of those vessels was Simon Møkster’s PSV Stril Luna in August 2014. Since then we have delivered bridge systems to different vessel types- such as anchor handling and tug support (AHTS), platform supply vessels (PSV) and mega yachts.  Upcoming deliveries include polar research vessels (such as the UK’s RRS Sir David Attenborough), offshore construction vessels and passenger vessels.

What operators of all these types of vessels want is to make operating the vessel safer by making it easier for operators to focus on the safety critical. We do this is by seeking to reduce the number of things the crew on the bridge have to think about – the cognitive load – through ergonomic design.  We try to simplify the tools being used and their closeness to the operator, especially when safety critical operations occur.

Try it for yourself and see the latest Unified Bridge applications for: Wind Farm Support Vessels and large passenger ferries as well as tugs and fishing vessels, thanks to Virtual Reality. 

Jann Peter Strand, Rolls-Royce Product Manager Automation and Control – Marine and Dr Frøy Bjørneseth, Principal Engineer - Human Factors and Control Centres are available for briefings and interview.

For further information, or to arrange an appointment with one of our experts, please contact:

Simon Kirby
External Communications Manager - Marine
Engines
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Video: B33:45 diesel engine

The Bergen B33:45 was launched at SMM 2014 with a total of approximately 40 more units contracted to date. 

The Bergen B33:45 is designed to have a 20% higher power output than its predecessor, has  reduced life cycle costs and easier servicing with increased intervals of up to 25,000 hours. When fitted with a Selective Catalytic Reactor the Bergen B33:45 is IMO Tier III compliant. The engine is compact, modular, and easy for shipyards to install. 

The first engine entered service aboard the Norwegian fishing vessel Holmøy in Spring 2016. 

Orders have been received for a number of other fishing vessels, as well as specialist vessels such as the RSS Sir David Attenborough a new £200 million polar research vessel for the UK, a seabed mining vessel  and two unique cargo transfer vessels intended to transfer fluid between an offshore production facility and a tanker. 

Rolls-Royce will also be presenting new MTU branded propulsion systems designed to meet IMO III and EPA Tier 4 emission regulations for commercial, off-shore and military vessels and yachts. With the introduction of our new and advanced diesel and gas engines, in addition to our proven and robust propulsion systems, we are now offering our customers in the maritime industry the latest green- and high-tech developments for the coming decades. 

The company is also celebrating the 20th anniversary of the MTU Series 4000 – which has delivered unrivalled power density, superior performance, exceptional fuel efficiency and unwavering reliability to customers for the past 20 years. 

Johanna Wreime, Area Sales Manager – Marine is available for briefings and interview.

For further information, or to arrange an appointment with one of our experts, please contact:

Simon Kirby
External Communications Manager - Marine
Innovative propulsion
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Video: Agathe Kalvatn on Permanent Magnet Thrusters

Rolls-Royce has invested significantly to effectively harness permanent magnet (PM) motor technology for thrusters and deck machinery.

On display will be the TT-PM 2000, currently the largest tunnel thruster (1,600kW) in the Rolls-Royce PM-TT range. Based on the rim drive principle, the motor rotor is integral with the propeller to form a compact, quiet and efficient unit - power output is increased by around 25 per cent for the same propeller size – cavitation is virtually eliminated. The only items in the thruster room are terminal box and cable connections for the power supply.

Watch the latest Permanent Magnet technology video on YouTube

The same rim drive PM technology is used in the AZ-PM 1900, the smallest (1100kW) in a new range of PM azimuth thrusters now being commercialised, following successful in-service testing. Motor efficiency is at 97 per cent and as it is submerged, no additional cooling is required saving space. A larger model, AZ-PM 2600, will follow.

For superyachts the lightweight Azipull Carbon (AZP C65) rated at 2,000kW was introduced earlier this year. It has delivered impressive performance for Italian builder Benetti.

Rune Garen, Director of Propulsion Research &Technology, Rolls-Royce, Gunnar Johnsen Head of Electrical System R&T – Marine, and Goran Grundtiz the manager of the Rolls-Royce Hydrodynamic Research Centre are all available for briefings and interview.

For further information, or to arrange an appointment with one of our experts, please contact:

Simon Kirby
External Communications Manager - Marine

Hear our experts speak on all four days of the SMM Conference Programme

Rolls-Royce is providing a range of expert speakers to all four days of the SMM Conference Programme from 5th to 8th September.

Oskar Levander, Rolls-Royce, Vice President of Innovation – MarineOskar Levander, Rolls-Royce, Vice President of Innovation – Marine is speaking at the first ever Maritime Future Summit. On September 5th Oscar will talk about "Ship intelligence and the journey towards unmanned ships" in the Chicago Conference Room from 1400.

Oskar Levander, Rolls-Royce, Vice President of Innovation – MarineOskar Levander will also speak about the operational and environmental benefits of remote and autonomous shipping at the Global Maritime Environmental Congress (gmec) on Tuesday September 6th at 1300 in the Chicago Conference Room. His subject will be "Can unmanned ships become a reality and what is the timeline?"

Christoph Fenske, Director Application Centre Governmental Naval, MTU FriedrichshafenAt the International Conference for Maritime Security and Defence "Christoph Fenske, Director Application Centre Governmental Naval, MTU Friedrichshafen, will talk about “Diesel engines for naval vessels becoming GREENer" in the Osaka Conference Room on Wednesday September 7th from 1500.

Jann Peter Strand, Rolls-Royce Product Manager Automation and Control – Marine Jann Peter Strand Rolls-Royce Technical Product Manager, Automation – Marine will be speaking on "Big Data in oil & gas and offshore wind" as part of the Offshore Dialogue 2016 Programme on Thursday  September 8th in the Chicago Conference Room from 1445. 

If you want to know more about the SMM supporting programme of workshops, symposiums and seminars visit the website: www.smm-hamburg.com/en/programme/ 

Talk to an expert 

Rolls-Royce has a range of relevant expert spokespeople - listed below - available for briefings and interview in the run up to, and at, the show.

Ship Intelligence

Oskar Levander, Rolls-Royce, Vice President of Innovation – MarineOskar Levander 
Vice President of Innovation – Marine
Request a briefing

General Manager – Health Management Solutions, Marco Cristoforo Camporeale

Marco Cristoforo Camporeale
General Manager – Health Management Solutions Request a briefing

 

Innovative Propulsion 

Rune Garen - Director of Propulsion Research & Technology, Rolls-RoyceRune Garen
Director of Propulsion Research & Technology
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Gunnar Johnsen - Head of Electrical Systems R&T, Rolls-RoyceGunnar Johnsen
Head of Electrical System R&T – Marine
Request a briefing

Goran Grundtiz the manager of the Rolls-Royce Hydrodynamic Research Centre Goran Grundtiz
Manager, Hydrodynamic Research Centre
Request a briefing


Engines

Johanna Wreime, Area Sales Manager, Rolls-Royce Marine ASJohanna Wreime
Area Sales Manager, Rolls-Royce Marine AS
Request a briefing


Specialist Vessels

Martijn de Jongh - Designer, Rolls-RoyceMartijn de Jongh
Design team  - UT 540 Wind Farm Support Vessel
Request a briefing

Per Edil Vedlog - Designer, Rolls-Royce

Per Edil Vedlog 
Design team - Explorer cruise vessels
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Einer Vegsund a leading member of the design team Einar Vegsund 
Design team - Research vessels
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Hans Robert Alemstad - VP Sales & Contract, Rolls-RoyceHans Robert Almestad
VP Sales & Contract - Europe
Request a briefing


Unified Bridge

Jann Peter Strand, Rolls-Royce Product Manager Automation and Control – Marine Jann Peter Strand
Product Manager Automation and Control – Marine
Request a briefing

Dr Frøy Bjørneseth, Principal Engineer - Human Factors and Control Centres Dr Frøy Bjørneseth
Principal Engineer - Human Factors and Control Centres
Request a briefing 

 

 

 

If you would like to speak to one of our experts listed, please contact:

Simon Kirby
External Communications Manager - Marine

[email protected]
+44 (0)7557 849 149

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Rolls-Royce contacts


Craig Taylor - Head of Communications - Marine

Craig Taylor

Head of Communications
Marine

+44 (0)7807 969 426
[email protected]


Simon Kirby External Communications Manager – Marine

Simon Kirby
External Communications Manager
Marine

+44 (0)7557 849 149
[email protected]

Donna Wightman - Head of Global Events - Marine

Donna Wightman

Head of Global Events
Marine

+44 (0)7973 595 704
donna.wightman@rolls-royce.com


  
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