FESC, the FKAB Environmental Ship Concept, sees the Swedish naval architecture company emerging with a new design for a 3250-4600 lane metre ro-ro carrier, with sustainable technology at its core. The market swing towards Capesize bulk carriers temporarily diverted FKAB's attention from the project but, with new IMO regulations pending on fuel emissions, and a fall in orders apparent in the bulk carrier market, FKAB has returned to the FESC project with renewed vigour. FESC is a ship concept based on available and proven technology, aiming to combine low emissions to air and sea with acceptable or good economical performance across the entire life cycle of the vessel. It is based on the FKAB R13 ro-ro design, envisaging a twin skeg, fully redundant, stern loader; with several load designs in the range from 3300 to 4600 lane metres. The idea is that the green technology used on such a vessel could be applied to larger vessels in the future.
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