GL subsidiary eases the future ship challenge

摘要

German classification society Germanischer Lloyd has established a new subsidiary, called FutureShip in order to prepare shipowners for the challenges they face when optimising the operational efficiency of their existing and future ships.rnThe new subsidiary will integrate the expertise of its recently-acquired subsidiary Friendship Consulting and comprise the FuelSaver programme, including CO_2-analy-sis (ECO-Patterns) and operational fuel consumption analysis (ECO-Practices) services.rnGL believes that while there are 'significant savings from operational and low-rnlevel technical changes', the greatest savings generally can be achieved when engineering optimisations are taken into account.